Hostile takeovers don’t happen often among publicly traded companies in America, and they’re even rarer in U.S. homebuilding. So a little over a week of public quiet during Dream Finders Homes’ hostile pursuit of Beazer Homes should not be mistaken for inaction. Rather, this may
HousingWire Data shows the median list price of homes in Florida at $495,000, with the median price of new listings at $450,000.
Tennessee MLS Realtracs plans to cut Zillow feed June 1 over IDX display compliance, as brokers work on direct listing feeds.
After a major cast overhaul, Inman sat down with Mary Bonnet to find out what happened and why she won't be returning.
Supporters argue it could ease affordability pressures while critics warn it may fuel higher home prices and reshape local tax structures.
Zoning reform has grabbed most of the attention in housing policy circles, but sometimes it’s the unglamorous, technical building code changes that save builders real money. Single-stair reform was the first to sweep through state legislatures and city halls as a tool to spur mis
StreetMatrix expanded its housing index to Arizona and Utah, adding monthly state and city reports with 1-year to 3-year comparisons.
Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Pro provided additional details this week on their rollout of VantageScore 4.0 in mortgage lending after officially announcing last week that they have started using VantageScore 4.0 alongside Classic FICO scores.
As more states adopt shot clock laws for permitting timelines, municipalities are piloting AI to reduce delays and improve consistency. Clariti, expanding its offerings with Clariti AI Studio workshops, cites results including 70% faster reviews in Honolulu
Realty ONE Group launched ZONE Pro, an AI platform for 20,000 agents that centralizes operations, referrals and training across 30 markets.
Second Century Ventures named its 2026 REACH cohort: Ai.realestate, Association Online, BrokerBot, LotRoll, MaxHome.ai and StackWrap. Here's what the class says about where real estate's real problems still live.
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CoStar Group has agreed to acquire Zonda, a leading provider of new home construction data and builder software, for $800 million in cash — marking the company's most direct move into the nearly $1 trillion U.S. new residential construction market.
Learn how to provide professional guidance and leadership as you develop a relationship with your homebuying clients.
BrokerBot has closed a seed round led by Grand Ventures with NAR's Second Century Ventures participating, after scaling to 240-plus brokerages and 30,000 agents in 16 months without outside capital.
Google called it the biggest change to Search since launch. For agents who built their marketing around ranking on the first page, the platform is moving in a new direction — and the shift is already affecting how buyers and sellers find information online.
New Census data show Americans continue to leave coastal cities for Sun Belt suburbs. Agents in North Carolina, South Florida and NYC explain the financing math driving the shift.
When brokerage leaders own the business they run, Beau Keenan and Nancy Fennell write, their ownership changes how strategy is set, how agents are supported and how culture grows.
The complexities and emotions behind a divorce listing make it fundamentally different from other transactions. Lindsey Harn teaches you to navigate amid conflict.
Anthony Lamacchia is drawing a line in the sand as the Compass-Zillow fight spills into MLSs, warning he’ll sue if it reaches his markets.
Real estate is not just about properties, Debbi DiMaggio writes. It’s about helping people move confidently into their next chapter.
Bernice Ross shares strategies for combining niche marketing with high-level AI prompting to develop a business-building engine and superpower your production.
Investing in multifamily housing rewards local insight, patience, persistence and the development of operational excellence, Michael Zaransky writes.
New York state lawmakers approved a tax on luxury second homes in New York City Wednesday, targeting properties valued at $5 million or more in a measure expected to generate as much as $500 million annually.
New residential sales declined 11.3 percent annually in April, as buyer activity wilted under rising mortgage rates.
U.S. home purchase loans hit their lowest quarterly level since early 2014 and pending home sales fell for a second consecutive week, according to new reports from Attom and Redfin.
Balcony raises $14 million to build connected digital infrastructure for U.S. property land records, starting with 370,000 property parcels in Bergen County, New Jersey.
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