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Ben Beadle, chief executive of trade body the National Residential Landlords Association says that while it is important to protect tenants, it is vital that reform does “not make worse an already chronic shortage of rental properties to meet demand.”
"While the reduction in mortgage debt costs has been modest so far, the combination of better interest rate forecasts and a brighter economic outlook has provided more room for house price growth in the second half of the year.”
But Dwiggins doesn't just answer questions, he asks them of guests on Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, his podcast with Keith Robinson, NextHome's chief strategic officer.
"The NAR Settlement, which precipitated these form changes, did not envision a seller's broker using the 'requirement' for buyer representation agreements to his advantage to secure clients," Monestier wrote.
Trouble is growing for EasyKnock in the state of Texas as the sale-leaseback proptech faces mounting lawsuits from frustrated customers who felt misled by the company, a recent NPR investigation found.
Move lawyers claim that after being hired by CoStar, Kaminsky continued to log into and access important, confidential information and trade secrets related to Realtor.com's content, editorial strategy, staff and audience.
New renderings of a mixed-use development for the Baldwin Village neighborhood with a Costco and 800 apartments over the top and adjacent to a warehouse store at 5035 Coliseum Street emerged this week, SFGate reported, signaling new signs of life for the proposal, which was first hinted in January 2023.
The latest Redfin report, which tracks data on four-week rolling averages, noted that new listings increased 9.9% year-over-year, which is the highest level in two months.
After decades of talk about raising the level of professionalism among agents, this is "where the rubber is going to hit the road," said panelist Matt Hendricks, a licensed broker in four states and senior director of industry affairs for Zillow.
What the associations had to say: DMAR and SMDRA doubled down on their previous statement that selling now will increase protections from commissions lawsuits and affirmed their commitment "ensuring that there will be no disruptions during or after the finalization of this sale," they said in their own new FAQ.
“The fact that so far Labour haven’t matched the Conservatives’ policy to make the current higher Stamp Duty thresholds more permanent, will be worrying many first-time buyers hoping to get on the ladder in the next couple of years,” says Reallymoving chief executive Rob Houghton.
The June 28 webinar featured analysis from Mike Simonsen, founder of Altos Research, and Daren Blomquist, vice president at Auction.com.