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Maurice Muhammad alleges a "monopoly" by NAR, the state Realtor association and the local MLS limits competition, inflates prices, and disproportionately affects minority brokers and agents.

Another worry for bond market investors is "quantitative tightening," the Fed's program to trim its massive holdings of government debt and mortgages.

The 25 Best Places to Live for Quality of Life  Real Estate

Now operating as Century 21 1st Priority Realty, Duc Lu and his team will have access to the brand’s technology, marketing, lead generation and agent coaching tools and platforms. Lu plans to initially streamline internal operations at his brokerage before focusing on external growth.

Sueba USA's Ivy Lofts opens in Pearland mixed-use development  The Business Journals

What different election scenarios mean for real estate  National Mortgage News

Unless you and your team don’t have an office carpool, odds are that you’re all spending a lot of time driving yourselves from the office, to open houses, etc. What are the best ways to ensure the time you spend in the car doesn’t feel like gaps in the workday, but full parts of it?…

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Renters struggle as U.S. rents break records  Arizona Big Media

Dee Evans worked for a Texas mortgage company to help put her husband through dental school. By the time he was in practice, she had decided to take the leap into sales. She was licensed as a REALTOR® in 2003. By 2005, she was a top producer for Ebby Halliday in Rockwall, Texas, and four…

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Despite some better economic signs—such as the latest Consumer Price Index seeing the smallest annual increase since February 2021—non-profit research firm The Conference Board’s forward-looking measure of the economy, Leading Economic Index (LEI), has continued to decline for the seventh straight month. The LEI fell 0.5% in September to 99.7, following a 0.3% decline in…

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Richard Saghian, the founder of the California-based online fashion company Fashion Nova, has expanded his real estate portfolio with the purchase of two Miami Beach properties for $30 million, The Real Deal reported Wednesday. The acquisition includes a waterfront home at 5718 North Bay Road and a non-waterfront property at 5725 North Bay Road.

The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Fairway Independent Mortgage fined $10 million for alleged redlining  Wisconsin-based Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation has been under investigation since 2021 due to accusations of redlining (or not lending to residents in communities of color) throughout…

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US Equity Indexes Retreat as 10-Year Yield Surging to Highest in About 12 Weeks Hits Real Estate  Marketscreener.com

Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate has announced the launch of a new brand campaign and tagline, emphasizing their 99% client satisfaction rating and deep understanding of homes. This campaign further connects the trusted reputation and quality synonymous with the iconic Better Homes & Gardens media brand, which engages more than 42 million print and…

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This year's presidential election has people totally stressed out. Trainer Bernice Ross offers strategies for releasing your anxiety and getting back to business.

Jason Peteler of Revel Real Estate and Matthew Yim of Coldwell Banker only knew at first that an EV company had rented their listing for a few days as a filming location. They had no idea it would be the first home in which Tesla's Optimus Robot would be filmed.

Lawyers for NAR, HomeServices of America, RE/MAX, Anywhere and HSF Affiliates denied claims of a conspiracy to inflate commissions, arguing that Homie would have benefitted from the plot.

The legal drama in the real estate arena continues to unfold. This time, it’s HomeServices of America asking for a federal court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by Homie Technologies, according to a new motion for dismissal filed Friday with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Utah. HomeServices of America requested…

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Did Harry & Meghan Just Buy Property in Europe to Be Close to a Member of the Royal Family?  House Beautiful

When a campaign finance report showed nearly $56,000 was spent to support four City Council candidates in Portland, Maine, nothing seemed out of the ordinary until a local newspaper noted who filed the report: the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The expenditure raised some eyebrows in Portland as to why a national political action committee…

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