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Recruiting expert Brett Jennings explains why brokerages that organize their value into a clear growth framework stand out in a crowded recruiting landscape.

Compass also plans to offer up to $862.5 million in convertible senior notes in a private offering after 99 percent of Compass and 72 percent of Anywhere shares were cast in favor of the merger.

Target marketing accelerates client acquisition, but only when personas are legally compliant, fair housing expert Dr. Lee Davenport writes.

In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump claimed the American Dream of homeownership is slipping out of people’s reach, “especially younger Americans.” “It is for that reason, and much more, that I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress…

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Success doesn't come from automation, CEO and coach Lori Muller writes. It's earned through every action, every relationship and every moment of authenticity.

Trump says he wants to ban large-scale investors from buying homes  USA Today

Trump says he wants to ban Wall Street from buying houses  USA Today

Applications for purchase mortgages drops for a fifth consecutive week to the lowest level since October, as mortgage rates continue to hover above 6 percent.

The president's announcement was made against the backdrop of high inflation, which Trump blamed on former President Biden and Democrats in Congress.

Above, Kasey Jorgenson Round Rock, Texas-based Jorgenson Group is officially launching Jorgenson Real Estate, an independent brokerage, after 16 years operating within Keller Williams Realty (KWR), founder Kasey Jorgenson announced. The move marks a strategic shift for the Central Texas team, which has operated at scale for more than a decade and is positioning itself…

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You’re never speaking to just one person. You’re speaking to their entire unseen network, Jeff Sibel writes. Real estate rewards long-term relationships more than short-term commissions.

A recent academic study analyzing Zillow Home Loans (ZHL)—funded by the portal’s rival, CoStar—offers a new analysis of how Zillow’s policies and practices allegedly affect consumers, on the heels of a class-action lawsuit claiming the company is violating antitrust laws through mortgage referrals. The aforementioned lawsuit put Zillow in the hot seat by alleging the…

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After investing heavily to create a fourth competing major real estate search portal, CoStar said Wednesday that it would cut spending on Homes.com by 35 percent this year.

Leafy but not smug, fun not rowdy, cool not edgy: this south London area has it all  London Evening Standard

U.S. will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes, Trump says  Dallas News

The top five lender and loan servicer says it's already using HomeVision's AI technology to evaluate collateral and will expand its capabilities to create an automated end-to-end underwriting platform, including income, assets and credit.

While mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level since September, applications for home purchases were down nearly 10% from two weeks prior. Despite the mixed trends, mortgage watchers expect rates to remain at current levels with periods of increased refinances.  According to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report, the Market Composite Index—the measure of…

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Editor’s note: In this two-part series, we take a look at how the buyer experience differs today from past years. Part 1 was a look back at how the process evolved to where it is now. Here, we review how tech has impacted everything, and the skills required to serve luxury-market clients. Information overload. The…

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White House moves to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes  Financial Times

Chris and Raquelle Judge earned $4.8 million from renovation projects they didn't complete, leaving some clients out of more than six figures in costs.