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Mortgage Applications Down for Second Week After Slight Uptick in Rates

Applications for home purchases dipped again this week following mortgage rates moving higher, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending October 4, 2024.  MBA reported that mortgage applications decreased 5.1% from one week earlier, when they dipped 1.3%. Overall applications are still up over this time last…

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Real Estate Professionals Offer Help, Hope to Hurricane Helene’s Victims

Above, Hurricane Helene cause a tree to crash on the home of Savanna Pope in western North Carolina. Photo by Savannah Pope. Savannah Pope and her family are navigating the unknown after furious winds from Hurricane Helene sent a tree crashing through the second story of the roof of their western North Carolina home. Wind,…

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Forbes Global Properties Announces Merger of Telluride Properties and Telluride Real Estate Corp.

Above, 851 Wilson Way, Telluride, Colorado listed by Telluride Properties/Forbes Global Properties. Listed as “One of the most stunning residences ever constructed in the Telluride region, including floor-to-ceiling glass, soul stirring views, infinity edge pond and flowing floor plan, creating an immersion in nature like no other home.” Listing price: $22,500,000 and represented by Steve…

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REALTOR® Realities: Job Insights From Longtime Pros to Prospective Agents

Most everyone likes to talk about what they do professionally. Well, maybe not lawyers worried they’ll be cornered for free legal advice. But inquire of people you meet about how they earn a living, and you’ll usually get a positive response. What about your job as a REALTOR®? You know the deal. Anything to turn…

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Webinar Recap: How to Scale Your Team to Reach 9-Figure Sales Volume Success

In the latest RISMedia webinar—“Fundamentals of Success in 2024”—panelists Jason Mitchell, founder of Jason Mitchell Group and real estate broker, Heather McColaugh, the top performing agent on the BF Realty team and RISMedia’s 2023 Midwest Region Rookie of the Year, and James Wexler, the owner of Wexler Realty Group, discussed their insights and strategies needed…

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Judge Will Pause Buyer Cases for Three Companies Pending Seller Appeal

In a conference for the largest buyer-filed commission cases today,  Judge LaShonda Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois, who only recently took over the complex litigation after the previous judge recused herself last month, said she would stay proceedings against Keller Williams, Anywhere and RE/MAX pending an appeals court ruling in the seller cases.…

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United Real Estate Recognized as a Leading Franchisor for Eighth Straight Year

United® Real Estate has announced the company has been recognized as one of America’s largest and fastest-growing franchise organizations in the Franchise Times Top 400 for the eighth-consecutive year. The achievement follows its inclusion in the 2024 Smartest-Growing list of franchisors, also published by the Franchise Times.  According to the company, the Top 400 accolade…

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Buffini & Company Introduce New Automated Social Suite

Real estate coaching firm Buffini & Company has announced the new Referral Maker® Social Suite, described as a “a sophisticated yet easy-to-use new solution that automates and accelerates” real estate agents’ social media marketing Powered by Back At You, Referral Maker® automates social media outreach across multiple platforms in one solution–including an MLS integration for…

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Legislative Round-Up: Election Season Housing Plans, and How Congress Is Responding

Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate professionals. Housing affordability is one of the pressing issues facing Americans today. No surprise, that in election season, politicians—from presidential candidates to congressional representatives—are putting forth their solutions. Both the Democrats and Republicans have claimed…

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Will There Be a Deep Freeze as the Seasons Turn?

Is it possible we see a surge in home listings this winter? According to different sources, the possibility is very real. In at least two different locales, some agents have visceral expectations that this winter season will be far more active than usual. The pending election, coupled with the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cut,…

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