Stellar MLS has been awarded the Top Workplaces 2024 honor by the Orlando Sentinel Media Group for the third consecutive year. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures 15 culture...
The National Association of Home Builders announced today that Ken Wingert has been named its new chief advocacy officer. NAHB stated that Wingert will lead the association's advocacy efforts, which include its Federal Government Affairs; BUILD-PAC, NAHB's political action committee; State and Local Government Affairs; Housing Finance; Legal Advocacy ...read more
After more than two years of heavy-handed rate-raising by the Federal Reserve, which was largely responsible for putting the brakes on a historically hot pandemic housing market, Fed Chair Jerome Powell yesterday explicitly said that the central bank believes the country has avoided a recession and navigated a so-called...
The October issue of RISMedia's Real Estate magazine is now available, and not to be missed are several exclusive features, including an in-depth look at the CENTURY 21 Brand's exploration of how the American dream of homeownership has evolved, and what that means for agents. In addition, we also...
It's strike four, over and out, for Rupert Murdoch's REA Group, as its continuing, months-long effort to acquire Rightmove has come to an end. Its fourth offer of $8.3B was rejected by the UK portal's board of directors Sept. 30, and Murdoch's Sydney-based News Corp subsidiary said there will...
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has announced the integration of ListAssist HomeSearch, a new property search technology for buyers that focuses on using more precise and personalized language. According to the company, with ListAssist HomeSearch, users can now simply describe their dream home using natural language in the search ...read more
In real estate, branding is important. Name recognition, being “top of mind” and expanding your sphere are almost synonymous with success in the real estate business. At the same time, some take a “more is better” approach and seek to scrawl their logo, name, catchphrase or company on every...
An idea to draw attention to a flashpoint issue in residential real estate while also potentially gaining new members for the American Real Estate Association (AREA, our acronym usage, not theirs) has worked out well, thanks to the group's co-founder, Jason Haber. Haber, an agent with Compass in New...
Editor's note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia's weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. The last week of September was far from the bumpiest the real estate industry has experienced in recent memory, with lawsuit updates coming in the form of...
Cloze—a provider of AI-powered sales and marketing software for real estate brokerages—has announced the addition of proptech leader Simon Chen to its Board of Directors. In addition to his current role as CEO at Arrival Home Loans, Chen is a well-known industry executive with experience in the review and ...read more