Resources

These are the women who have moved me: Ginger Wilcox

Mar 26, 2025

According to the Better Homes and Gardens president, leadership isn’t just about what we accomplish individually. It’s about the way we show up for others, the opportunities we create and the impact we leave behind.

How Veena Rayapareddi is forging a new path for women in real estate

Mar 26, 2025

In her latest Women, Wealth and Real Estate profile, Melanie Klein reflects on the career of this New York Realtor and how she set her own seat at the table.

7 conversations every agent must master to thrive in 2025

Mar 26, 2025

Communication isn't just part of the job of a real estate professions; it is the job, coach Darryl Davis writes. Here's how to make sure you're ready for your toughest conversations.

Don’t break up the marketplace, just fix it: Glenn Kelman

Mar 25, 2025

Rather than intentionally fragmenting the marketplace, the Redfin CEO writes, all listings should show in one place, with the seller allowing different levels of disclosure on each listing.

Trump’s FHFA could rein in Fannie and Freddie’s high-end lending

Mar 25, 2025

Cutting the mortgage giants' $806,500 conforming loan limit could relieve pressure on home prices but leave more homebuyers seeking jumbo mortgages at higher rates from private lenders.

Docusign solutions to enhance RentSpree experience

Mar 25, 2025

Docusign, positioning itself as “the intelligent agreement management” company after a brand overhaul, has a large presence throughout all categories of real estate, integrating with transactions management systems, property management tools, leasing applications and other end-to-end contract-based solutions.

Bonus Homes CEO: ‘We want to be the don’t-sell solution’

Mar 25, 2025

Bonus Homes might be an industry first model, investing in a seller's equity to take on the home as its landlord and paying out appreciation over time.

NAR opts to keep Clear Cooperation but adds a new option

Mar 25, 2025

After months of debate, NAR announced Tuesday it will keep its policy requiring properties to be listed on an MLS within one day of marketing while adding new "delayed marketing exempt listings."

Commissions in dollars, not percentages, help consumers

Mar 25, 2025

The Consumer Policy Center argues that percentage-based commissions give buyers' agents a "backward incentive" and that consumers now have a chance to save money.

US home prices rose modestly in January, led by NYC and Chicago

Mar 25, 2025

The FHFA Housing Price Index posted a 4.8 percent annual growth rate while the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices showed a slightly lower increase of 4.1 percent, according to new data released Tuesday.

NAR opts to keep Clear Cooperation, but adds a new option

Mar 25, 2025

After months of debate, NAR kept the policy requiring properties to be listed on an MLS within one day of marketing, but it added a new 'delayed marketing exempt listings' option.

Compass, Windermere duke it out on Instagram over CCP

Mar 25, 2025

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin also criticized Northwest MLS, describing its rules as uniquely restrictive. But Windermere fired back at what it criticized as "hoarding inventory."