Final Offer—the leading offer, negotiation and collaboration platform for residential real estate—has announced the acquisition of Private Collection, a source of listing information for off-market properties. The addition of Private Collection expands on Final Offer's recent launch of Exclusive Listings. Private Collection stated it has a nearly 100% adoption ...read more
Inside Real Estate has announced the release of its Vitals Dashboard, which centralizes performance data into a streamlined, user-friendly format, delivering daily stats, trends, and detailed comparisons that allow users to quickly gauge key metrics, track progress and make informed decisions from one interface. “Agents and brokers often struggle...
Builder sentiment took a significant reduction in February, declining by five index points over tariff, building cost and mortgage rate concerns, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The index, measured on a zero to 100 spectrum, with anything higher than 50...
Current Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner previously worked in housing during the first Trump administration—specifically overseeing so-called “opportunity zones.” Passed in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, opportunity zones are designated mostly low-income areas that offer tax breaks for developers/investors, so as to spur revitalization...
The COURT REPORT is RISMedia's weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. DOJ tips hand in REX v. Zillow appeal The Department of Justice (DOJ) took a hard stance against a previous court ruling in a case involving Real Estate Exchange...
The deadline to participate in RISMedia's 37th Annual Power Broker Survey—the residential real estate industry's preeminent report identifying and ranking the nation's top brokerages based on sales-dollar volume and transaction sides—has been extended to Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Click here to participate! Participating in the survey provides real estate ...read more
Above: J. Lennox Scott A longtime industry advocate and thought leader, J. Lennox Scott constantly finds himself considering new ways to maintain the company's 90-year legacy while driving innovation in the real estate markets where his roughly 3,000 broker associates are located—and where the competition to engage clients is...
MetroList, Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS), and Oregon Data Share, LLC (ODS) have announced a technology collaboration to share real estate transaction data across California, Nevada and Oregon. The strategic partnership between the three leading multiple listing service organizations will provide real estate professionals with access to real-time, multi-state...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) took a hard stance against a previous court ruling in a case involving Real Estate Exchange (REX), Zillow and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). Before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the DOJ argued that NAR's no-comingling rule required Zillow to segregate non-MLS...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) appears to be joining the roster of government agencies facing cuts. Antonio Gaines, president of AFGE National Council 222, said the agency plans to “discharge 50% of its workforce,” meaning its 9,600 employees, as reported by Bloomberg Law. The cuts ...read more