by Beth McGuire | Jun 5, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Luxury, National, News, Teams, Tech |
On a brisk March morning in Rhode Island, midway through one of the biggest announcements of his life, Dean deTonnancourt felt a flicker of nerves. The longtime brokerage owner had assembled his 300 agents—people he cares about deeply, many of whom had been with their...
by | Jun 4, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
When shopping for a home, it’s easy to focus on the details of the property itself—from the number of bedrooms and bathrooms to total square footage. But finding the right home is about more than what’s within its four walls. It’s also about the community that...
by Beth McGuire | Jun 2, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
At the ‘Zillow Unlock 2025’ conference last year, the conversation wasn’t about what might happen. It was about where the industry was already heading and what agents needed to do next. A few months into 2026, those signals have turned into operating conditions. The...
by Beth McGuire | Jun 2, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
A coalition of fair housing and lending advocacy organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), challenging a new rule they say will lead to rampant discrimination in lending and roll back decades of fair housing...
by Beth McGuire | Jun 1, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
Any shifts or emerging trends in the market—how many home shoppers show up to an open house, how long negotiations take or how long a listing stays on market—are first experienced by agents on the front lines of U.S. real estate transactions, and a new survey shows...
by Beth McGuire | May 29, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
On May 12, in federal court in Chicago, Zillow sued Compass and the listing service MRED under the Sherman Act, alleging coordinated conduct to restrict access to listing data. Four days earlier, Compass had terminated all its direct listing feeds to Zillow...