by | Nov 22, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index was up slightly in November, yet another increase from its 70.5 reading in October to a final reading of 71.8 in November, a 1.8% increase, according to the University of Michigan’s survey of consumers. The index...
by | Nov 22, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level policy that impacts real estate professionals. The 2024 U.S. election was a victory for the Republican party—they retained control of the House of...
by | Nov 21, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Existing-home sales—a metric that includes single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops—grew 2.9% in October, the first year-over-year increase in more than three years, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.96 million, up from 3.85 million one year ago. Up...
by Beth McGuire | Nov 21, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage rates are continuing their hover in the upper sixes. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) ticked back up this week from last week’s 6.78% to an average of 6.84% this week, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac,...
by | Nov 21, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Keller Williams was the target of an attempted phishing attack on its Command platform it confirmed on Tuesday, forcing the company to roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) as an added security measure. This comes just days after news broke of a similar...
by | Nov 21, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S., which provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term, declined by 0.4% in October, to 99.5, following a 0.3% decline in...