Optimal Blue’s Scott Smith talks long-term goals, competition in mortgage tech
Optimal Blue — a provider of secondary market solutions and actionable data services — plans to solidify its position as an end-to-end solution from pricing a...
In this brutal housing market, you’ll need to make $115K to buy the typical...
The last two years of soaring mortgage rates and rising home prices have brought the fastest erosion in housing market affordability in modern history, and it’s...
Plaintiffs take the stand in the Sitzer/Burnett trial
So far, week one of the Sitzer/Burnett bombshell class action antitrust buyer broker commission lawsuit has seen four of the five named plaintiffs testify in front...
Opinion: All the ways the class-action commission lawsuits are misguided
I am repeating myself but bear with me. No seller must use a real estate agent to sell a home — ever. In fact, considering inter-family...
Two top BHHS teams create one mega team in Las Vegas
Two of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties’ top teams, The Mullin Group and The Blankfeld Group, have merged to create The Mullin Blankfeld Group. Together, they...
Senate votes to block CFPB small business lending rule, Biden threatens veto
With the U.S. House of Representatives effectively incapable of conducting lawmaking business until a new speaker is elected, the U.S. Senate is pressing forward with its...
Closing in on Halloween, the housing market is still savagely unhealthy
The savagely unhealthy housing market continues to unfold as we approach Halloween. Sales are still falling, home prices keep rising, and inventory is still negative year...
REBNY to require sellers to directly pay buyer’s agent
In what could be an attempt to get ahead of changes that may be coming to the real estate industry, the Real Estate Board of New...
Christian Wallace joins Real as the chief of integrated home services
The Real Brokerage has appointed Christian Wallace as chief of integrated home services, the company announced on Thursday. Prior to joining the brokerage, Wallace worked at some...
CoStar poised to acquire UK-based residential portal OnTheMarket
CoStar Group, the parent company of real estate data giant CoStar, has made an offer to acquire OnThe Market, the third most visited residential property portal...