A $1M starter home is now the norm in over 200 cities across the US  MSN

JND Legal Administration, the company tapped by lawyers to oversee administrative tasks around the Gibson settlement, sent mail out to millions of potential class members earlier this year.

Former USANA Health exec Donald Cherry will now lead eXp Realty's sustainability efforts. Cherry is the fifth high-level hire or promotion eXp has made this year.

A University of Washington study revealed iBuyers give Black homeowners better offers than they receive on the open market. However, those offers potentially come with some longterm tradeoffs.

A longtime thorn in Zillow's side, Left and his firm Citron Capital LLC face charges from the DOJ and SEC that they profited by taking positions in companies that were the opposite of what they told investors to do.

Restb.ai has debuted a new “Special Report Series” to unlock unique visual insights provided from Restb.ai’s proprietary AI models. The inaugural report is the first-of-its-kind study to examine the impact of floor plans on Days on Market (or DOM). Restb.ai’s study examined 100,000 single-family properties listed between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024, across…

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With President Biden bowing out, and Kamala Harris now the likely Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, real estate practitioners will want to know where she stands on key housing issues. After all, it’s hard to understand a leader without understanding the context of her career (Harris didn’t just fall out of a coconut…

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Should You Install a Backyard Sauna?  Real Estate

What region of the country is seeing the most booming real estate market? While the South seems to be the obvious answer currently—with lower taxes and booming industries a natural draw to homebuyers—data suggests 17 out of 20 Sun Belt states are actually overvalued, a tell that a market at least isn’t cold.  Research by…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. -A rule to create more standards and quality controls for automated value models (AVMs) that are used in mortgages was finalized earlier this month. The changers were originally championed by Vice President Kamala Harris in…

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The Games have not drawn as much international traffic as Paris anticipated, but the city's visibility may draw luxury clients hopping on the 'quiet luxury' trend that's swept real estate.

The personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) increased 0.1% in June (slightly up from May’s 0% monthly change) and was up 2.5% from a year ago, according to estimates released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on July 26, with the annual rate showing a slight decline from the prior month. The results bode…

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Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

Consumers continued to keep their economic hopes in check in July, as sentiment readings continue to slowly decrease. Consumer sentiment fell 2.6% in July, from 68.2 in June to 66.4, according to the University of Michigan’s latest report. This is the fifth straight month of decreases, with a 0.5% decrease in March, a 1.9% fall in…

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The Arc in London’s Fintech District Celebrates Strong Asian Connections as It Opens Its Doors  Taiwan News

Unsold new homes just hit an all-time high in the US South. Here’s why.  Yahoo Finance

Real estate software company MoxiWorks has been building its 150-plus member MoxiCloud network for years to help users solve challenges its products may not address. The latest to be selected is SOCi, a powerful online marketing solution.

James Kaminsky, the former Realtor.com® and current CoStar Group employee in the middle of a data-theft lawsuit between two real estate portal giants, Realtor.com (owned by Move, Inc.) and CoStar’s Homes.com, on July 25 provided his side of the story in a court filing, writing that while he did access documents and information from Move,…

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CBRE named fund accounting partner for UBS Asset Management’s U.S. direct real estate business  Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

News | Europe Real Estate Investment Up 10% in 2024  CoStar Group