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Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level of 2026
While mortgage rates hit a high for the year so far, reflecting escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, analysts point to average rates still remaining below year-ago levels and offering some improvement to buyers purchasing power. The average mortgage rate ticked up 11 basis points to 6.22% this week, up from 6.11% last week,…
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Compass Pressures MLSs Who ‘Double Down’ on Premarket Restrictions With Fiery Open Letter
As a cascade of “premarketing” partnerships and programs sweep through the industry, Compass International Holdings (CIH), Rocket and Redfin have sent out a letter asking MLSs to change their policies to support phased listing distribution and cease punishments on agents for “seller-directed marketing plans.” The letter, obtained by RISMedia, was seemingly shared with MLSs and…
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State-Wide MLS taps RealReports to roll out AI property tools
The Women of Brands by Integra
Behind every successful real estate professional is a strong support system—one that delivers the tools, infrastructure and guidance needed to empower entrepreneurs to excel. From recruiting and lead development to long-term business strategy, the Brands by Integra network, a family-owned and -operated network of companies created back in 1995 and led by the D’Amico family,…
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Local Investors Outpace Builders in Delivering Affordable Starter Homes: Report
America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t solely caused by too few homes. It’s also because of too few usable ones. A new report from real estate marketplace New Western suggests that local fix-and-flip investors—not homebuilders—are key to helping solve the problem. The report, conducted in partnership with the National Association for Housing Revitalization (NAHR), found that…
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New-Home Sales Hit Significant Low Amid Winter Weather and Market Challenges
Winter weather and market constraints put significant downward pressure on new-home sales to start off 2026, according to the latest data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Census Bureau. The New Residential Sales report for January found that new-home sales fell a whopping 17.6% to a rate of 587,000 (compared to…
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Lioce Properties Group Joins Lamacchia Realty Following Merger
Above, Anthony Lamacchia, Josh Lioce and Jackie Louh Lamacchia Realty announced that Lioce Properties Group, based in Milford, Massachusetts, has joined the company following a merger finalized earlier this week. The move expands Lamacchia Realty’s presence in the South Metrowest and Worcester County markets. “I’m so beyond excited to finally have an office in South…
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Indie broker-owner on coming-soon listings and real estate portals: It’s all about control
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Compass, Rocket pledge to ‘defend’ its agents from MLSs in open letter
Compass, Rocket pledge to ‘defend’ agents from MLSs in open letter
