by | Oct 14, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Over the past few months, Tanya Monestier, a University at Buffalo law professor who also describes herself as a consumer advocate, has written some scathing commentaries and critiques of industry practices—specifically focused on new buyer agreements that have been...
by | Oct 11, 2024 | Consumer, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
A key skill to being a real estate agent is judging a buyer’s mood. So how are consumers feeling on a wide scale? Consumer sentiment dipped slightly in the early days of October 2024, from 70.1 to 68.9, per the latest report for the University of Michigan. This...
by | Oct 11, 2024 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Above, Tony Delgado Recent changes in the real estate industry have introduced new ways of doing business for brokers and agents. These changes demand strong leadership, transparency and adaptability to navigate the evolving landscape successfully. A fundamental...
by | Oct 11, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
While a plurality of homebuyers believes that it still isn’t the right time to pull the trigger on homebuying, new data from Fannie Mae shows increasingly positive attitudes towards purchasing a home, primarily due to the recent declines in mortgage rates. The latest...
by | Oct 10, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) today filed its petition to the Supreme Court in a long-running, contentious dispute with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over an ostensibly shuttered investigation into various NAR policies, asking the highest court in the...
by Beth McGuire | Oct 10, 2024 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Above, from left, Jillian Young, Donny Samson, Drayton Saunders, Kate Rossi and Cindy Ariosa. Photo by AJ Canaria. As the industry reconciles with new realities in the post-National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)-settlement era, agent attrition has been acknowledged...