by Beth McGuire | Feb 5, 2024 | Best Practices, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
As the sluggish 2023 housing market retreats farther from view, new industry data points to reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the upcoming spring home-buying season. Thanks to lower mortgage rates as of late, affordability pressures have eased. The share of...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. As 2024 marches on, the real estate industry continues to face lawsuits in the wake of the Sitzer/Burnett ruling...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 2, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Job growth was unexpectedly strong in January, with companies adding workers at the robust pace of 353,000 last month, another data report pointing to the strength of the U.S. economy. The latest data, issued Friday by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics landed well...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | 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. –A potentially landmark Supreme Court case is scheduled for oral arguments later this month, focused on a...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The latest Survey of Consumers from the University of Michigan finds that consumer sentiment in January remains relatively rosy, suggesting optimism about the economy as the new year gets underway. The Index of Consumer Sentiment, calculated by surveying consumers,...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Amidst ongoing lawsuits countrywide surrounding the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and large brokerages, many have sided with NAR as pro-consolidation these past couple of weeks, and some companies for the first time—hoping for the implementation of 19...