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Realtor.com announces the ‘Best Day to Sell’ for 2024

Mar 21, 2024

Listing agents have less than a month to prepare homesellers for the spring housing season, according to Realtor.com's annual "Best Day to Sell" analysis, published on Thursday. This year, the portal says the week of April 14 is the best time to close a deal as fluctuating mortgage rates have a dual effect on the market.

Broker Spotlight: Mark McDonough, BHGRE Winans

Mar 21, 2024

Find out how this broker-owner left his role as a marketer for brands like Patron Tequila, the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Athletics to lead — and grow — a real estate company.

5 ways to cultivate success for women real estate leaders

Mar 21, 2024

ERA Real Estate vice president, and new Inman contributor, Lee Ann Roughton shares practical ways to help all women in real estate rise together.

Lesson Learned: Take care of your money, and it’ll take care of you

Mar 21, 2024

Find out how SERHANT. agent Marzena Wawrzaszek built her business from the ground up and how her childhood dreams combined to create a life by design.

EXCLUSIVE: Look inside an $18M mansion from ‘Buying Beverly Hills’

Mar 21, 2024

An eye-popping property owned by celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif will head to auction during Season 2 of the reality TV show. Will it command the desired price?

Fed preparing to slow the pace of ‘quantitative tightening’

Mar 20, 2024

In addition to anticipating three rate cuts this year, Federal Reserve policymakers are considering whether to taper the pace at which they unwind the central bank's $7 trillion balance sheet.

Local Logic, Property Panorama integration provides market clarity

Mar 20, 2024

Local Logic and Property Panorama are working together to advance the way real estate agents present listings and services to the market.

Who’s out: The brokerages not covered in the NAR settlement

Mar 20, 2024

More than 90 brokerages would not be covered under the $418 million deal, though most have the option of buying in.

Landlords pull plug on renter incentives ahead of spring

Mar 20, 2024

While incentives are still an integral part of the new-home market, they're falling out of popularity in the rental segment as demand — and competition — strengthens. The number of Zillow rental listings with concessions has struggled, going from 32.7 percent in December to 31.9 percent in January. The concession rate jumped 5.6 percent year over year to 32.2 percent in February; however, it marks the slowest annual growth pace since June 2023.

In ‘shocker’ of a vote, Chicago transfer tax hike headed for defeat

Mar 20, 2024

The key policy item for first-term Mayor Brandon Johnson would have raised an estimated $100M through a tax hike on real estate sales.

Trump son-in-law Kushner pursues overseas real estate deals

Mar 20, 2024

Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, is pursuing deals in Albania and Serbia even as his father-in-law runs for president. Some observers say the situation raises red flags.

Rising mortgage rates threaten to curtail spring homebuying

Mar 20, 2024

After two consecutive weeks of rising demand, applications for purchase mortgages dropped by a seasonally adjusted 1 percent last week compared to the week before, and 14 percent from a year ago.