Compass has announced the brokerage will be expanding its nationwide footprint through the acquisition of Latter & Blum, an historic 100+-year-old real estate giant with more than 3,000 agents and 32 offices across the Gulf Coast region of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The move brings Compass into New Orleans and the broader Louisiana and… The post Compass Acquires Historic Gulf Coast...
3 April 2024
As I sat in my family room Monday night, eagerly watching the NCAA Tournament second-round game between No. 1 seed Iowa and No. 8 seed West Virginia, I couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion. There was a lot on the line as Caitlin Clark took the floor at Carver-Hawkeye Arena one final time.… The post Thoughts on Leadership: The Caitlin Clark Effect appeared first on...
As the housing industry celebrates New Homes Month in April, data shows that builders continue to respond to buyer preferences by constructing smaller homes to place homeownership within reach of families planning to buy a home this year. In fact, a recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) analysis found that new homes built in… The post Home-Buyer Preferences Shift as Affordability Challenges...
ERA® Real Estate announced its latest affiliation with RONIN Real Estate Professionals, a trusted source in Western Colorado’s Grand Valley real estate market. Founded only three years ago by Mark Wingerter, ERA stated that the company has already amassed several glowing reviews and become one of the most reputable real estate providers in Mesa County,… The post ERA Real Estate Expands to Western...
Jabin Norris Founder/Owner PROACTIVE Real Estate, a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Holden Beach, North Carolina https://proactiverealestate.com Region served: Brunswick County, North Carolina Years in real estate: 18 Number of offices: 1 Number of agents: 22 Favorite part of your job: The daily opportunity to help brokers grow their careers and… The post The Mindset of...
Many of the major behavioral and demographic shifts precipitated by the pandemic are receding, according to the latest data from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), as both homebuyers and sellers revert to familiar patterns regarding when they sell, how far they move, what motivates them to enter the market and the barriers they encounter.… The post Pandemic Trends Fade as Gen-Z Buyers,...
The energy at the 2024 RE/MAX R4 convention hit a new level at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, when the annual Global Referral Exchange had officially kicked off. Agents or brokerages from nearly 60 countries participated in the exchange, the company stated, which many R4 regulars say is their favorite event of the convention. A few… The post 2024 RE/MAX R4 Global Referral Exchange: ‘This is Where the World...
If there is one word that summarizes the hoped-for outcome of all the buyer commission lawsuits that have roiled the residential real estate industry over the recent past year, it has to be transparency. After the now-famous Burnett court decision and subsequent multi-million-dollar settlements from major brokerages and the National Association of REALTORS®, how and… The post New REW Buyer-Commission...
Mortgage applications decreased slightly from one week earlier by 0.6%, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Mar. 29, 2024. This week’s numbers: The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. … The post Mortgage...