After celebrating another class of real estate rookie superstars in 2024, RISMedia has announced that nominations for its fourth-annual Real Estate Rookie of the Year contest will open soon. The 2025 Rookie of the Year award, designed to honor real estate professionals who are new to the business yet...
Universal Consulting Opportunities (UCO), a subsidiary of Stellar MLS, has announced it was invited to join nearly 1,000 real estate professionals from across India to provide expert guidance on introducing the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) model as part of a conference hosted by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)...
ERA Key Realty Services of Northbridge, Massachusetts, has announced that Team Blue in its Wilmington, Massachusetts office has been named the number one team in ERA Real Estate. Wilmington's Team Blue, which includes team leader Lori Penney, Linda DuCharme, Tim Penney, Janelle Penney, Tatum Teague, Alex Wargo and Marissa...
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Central, a regional brokerage with headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, has announced it has joined forces with market leading Redd, Brown and Williams Real Estate Services, INC, a multi-office real estate and appraisal firm in Eastern Kentucky. Now doing business as Better Homes...
RISMedia has announced a newly expanded industry awards celebration to be held during its 37th Annual CEO & Leadership Exchange taking place Sept. 3-5 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. During this year's event, RISMedia will be merging two of its most prestigious annual celebrations—the Real Estate Newsmakers...
The numbers tell the story of residential real estate's tumultuous year in 2024. Faced with an unprecedented combination of circumstances—from the nearly $1B paid out to settle the Burnett lawsuit to the August 17 mandated rule changes to stubborn inflation, escalating home prices and sparse inventory—it should come as...
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) has announced recent honors given to top-performing member firms and individuals at an awards event held during its Annual Conference at Wynn Las Vegas. The luncheon event was a highlight of the network's 2025 Conference Week, which also included a series...
The main news topic on everyone's minds this week—tariffs—took center stage during Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech Friday morning in Arlington, Virginia. More than initially expected, Trump's tariffs are likely to trigger even higher inflation and slower growth, warned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell “While uncertainty remains ...read more
The U.S. labor market appears to be settling out to a “healthy” level following recent years of ups and downs, but the latest tariffs announcement has economists uncertain for the future. The U.S. added 228,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate rose ever so slightly to 4.2% (up...
RealPage, a leading provider of real estate software, filed a lawsuit against the City of Berkeley, California, this week, challenging a new ordinance that bans the use of algorithmic pricing tools for rental properties. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks to block the ordinance from taking effect on...