by Jesse Williams | Jan 20, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Marketing, National, News, Premier, Teams, Technology |
It is not the flashiest or most dynamic part of the real estate industry. The concept of a Multiple Listing Service, or MLS, goes back more than 100 years when local boards would meet in a dusty office and exchange paper copies of listings. Eventually, these were...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 20, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
Mortgage rates continued their upward trajectory for the fourth straight week, rising to their highest level since the beginning of the pandemic, according to this week’s report from Freddie Mac. According to the agency’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS), the...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 20, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, News, Teams |
As the consumer shopping season wound down in December, real estate demand remained high amidst staggeringly low inventory. Zillow’s latest market report showed housing inventory is down 40.5% versus December 2019—just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic began....
by Jesse Williams | Jan 19, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
“Not in my backyard.” That phrase has sounded out so many times—directed at land use experts, local politicians and housing developers—that it now has its own acronym. The NIMBY phenomenon, or NIMBYism can be found in nearly every community across the country, with...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 19, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Lead Story, National, News, Teams |
2021 ended with more good news for home builders, with December seeing the third straight month of new residential construction increases, according to the latest report from the Commerce Department release Wednesday. Growth was primarily driven by a 5% increase of...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 19, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 2.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ending January 14, 2022, compared with the previous week. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 3%, according to the Mortgage...