by Jesse Williams | Feb 24, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
The past year—or at least the second half of it—wasn’t too kind to large-scale iBuyers, and it showed as its two most prominent players, Opendoor and Offerpad, continued to struggle financially during the final three months of 2022. In its latest earnings...
by Jesse Williams | Feb 23, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Editor’s Note: The Playbook is a new RISMedia weekly segment centering on what brokers and agents are doing to ensure they not only survive but thrive in these challenging times. Industry professionals explain the strategies they’re employing and unique ideas they’ve...
by Jesse Williams | Feb 22, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Halfway through a positive but uneventful Q4 company earnings call on February 21, CoStar CEO Andy Florance suddenly changed gears dramatically, announcing that the company would not be acquiring realtor.com® from News Corp. Speculation had been rampant for the last...
by Jesse Williams | Feb 21, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Existing-home sales continued to decrease for the twelfth straight month in January, but only dropped slightly, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) recent existing-home sales report. NAR’s latest data on existing homes found that total...
by Jesse Williams | Feb 17, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
The Leading Economic Index (LEI) fell by 0.3% in January to 110.3, following a decline of 0.8% in December, according to the latest release from The Conference Board. January’s LEI was down 3.6% over the six-month period between July 2022 and January 2023—a steeper...