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Fannie Mae: Most Consumers Remain ‘Apprehensive’ About Housing Market
Consumers reported significantly greater optimism about the future direction of mortgage rates, despite showing little change in overall home buying sentiment, according to Fannie Mae data. Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) for August increased 0.6 points to 72.1, up 5.2 points year over year. Fannie Mae added that a high of 39% of…
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United Real Estate Ranks as the Fastest-Growing National Brokerage by Revenue
United® Real Estate has announced the company has been ranked in the Inc. 5000 for the eighth year as one the fastest-growing privately held U.S. companies. This year, the firm placed as the No. 1 Fastest-Growing National Brokerage by revenue, according to a release by the brokerage. The ranking considers the three-year average growth rates…
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Waning Trust in Data, News Sources Has Brokers Looking Inward
The maelstrom of change and upheaval sparked by a commission-lawsuit pile-on, subsequent practice changes to compensation structure and a media feeding frenzy may have shifted who real estate brokers trust—and who they are depending on to guide them through a still very uncertain time. In RISMedia’s latest Broker Confidence Index (BCI) survey of the country’s…
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How Brokerages, Agents Can Avoid ‘Legal Landmines’ Post-Settlement
Above: (left to right) Mike McDonagh, Kendall Bonner, Ed Zorn, Marilyn Wilson WASHINGTON, D.C.—What happens when you get a bunch of lawyers and business operations experts in the room with hundreds of brokerage leaders to talk about one of the most pivotal legal cases the housing industry has seen in decades? Well, let’s just say…
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