by | Sep 23, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
For Leo Pareja, the wheels of change started churning long before the Aug. 17 NAR mandate deadline. During a special one-on-one conversation with RISMedia Founder & CEO John Featherston at RISMedia’s 36th Annual CEO & Leadership Exchange, the eXp CEO...
by | Sep 20, 2024 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Membership in the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has long been an essential requirement for real estate professionals, but that may soon change in the deep south. Alabama REALTORS® is now pushing to end mandatory NAR membership, allowing REALTORS® to only...
by | Sep 20, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. -The Federal Reserve this week kicked off a long expected campaign of rate cuts with a larger than expected 50 basis...
by | Sep 20, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
A lack of building coupled with rising prices and interest rates that are falling at a tapered pace are the main drivers of the persisting housing affordability crisis, according to researcher Daniel T. McCue, who carried out the analysis for a recent Harvard...
by | Sep 19, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved a settlement from OceanFirst Bank in relation to a redlining investigation against them. The Conciliation Agreement was announced Wednesday, Sept. 18 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). OceanFirst...
by Beth McGuire | Sep 19, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
More signs point to more favorable housing costs this week as average mortgage rates continued to fall, following an aggressive half a point cut to interest rates announced by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.09% this...