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| Real estate pro sentenced in fraud scheme, blames ex-husband | ||
| 5/19/2026 12:14 PM | ||
| A former real estate professional who ran a fraudulent investment fund along with her ex-husband was sentenced to 55 months in prison Friday after a jury convicted her of wire fraud, money laundering and tax fraud in a scheme that stole more than $2 million from 22 victims, most of them Seattle residents...Read More | ||
| Rocket, Redfin offer homebuyers up to $20K savings | ||
| 5/19/2026 11:52 AM | ||
| Rocket is offering clients up to $20,000 in lender-paid credits and commission discounts when they buy, sell and finance with Redfin and Rocket Mortgage....Read More | ||
| Zillow, MRED and a midnight deadline in Chicago | ||
| 5/19/2026 11:04 AM | ||
| Either the courts will decide the listing rules in the next several hours, coach Darryl Davis writes, or the most powerful players in residential real estate will decide them by attrition...Read More | ||
| Don’t expect mortgage rate relief anytime soon: Fannie Mae | ||
| 5/19/2026 10:26 AM | ||
| Fannie Mae"s May housing forecast locks in a 6.3 percent average 30-year rate through the end of 2026 and most of 2027, as the Iran War keeps inflation elevated and Federal Reserve rate cuts off the table...Read More | ||
| NAR: Pending sales up, but supply crunch threatens affordability | ||
| 5/19/2026 10:24 AM | ||
| Pending home sales rose in April, but NAR Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun warned the gains could be undermined by a deepening supply shortage that risks pushing home price growth past wage growth...Read More | ||
| Opendoor’s new product pays agents twice. Here’s how it works | ||
| 5/19/2026 10:15 AM | ||
| Opendoor launches Cash Now, More Later nationally with RealScout as its launch partner, giving agents two commissions on a single seller...Read More | ||
| Homebuilder confidence ticks up, but the incentives tell the real story | ||
| 5/19/2026 8:10 AM | ||
| Builder confidence rose in May, but 14 straight months of sales incentives signal that affordability pressure has shifted from buyers to builders" bottom lines...Read More | ||
| Who will become real estate’s power brokers? A timeline of brokerage consolidation | ||
| 5/19/2026 3:45 AM | ||
| A wave of mergers and acquisitions has reshaped residential brokerage since the NAR settlement. Here’s how the industry is consolidating...Read More | ||
| Brokers have stopped waiting for the MLS industry to catch up | ||
| 5/19/2026 3:00 AM | ||
| Voluntary consolidation requires MLS executives to vote their organizations out of existence in favor of a larger entity they probably won"t run, Amit Kulkarni writes...Read More | ||
| Stale listing? Another open house isn’t the fast fix you’re looking for | ||
| 5/19/2026 3:00 AM | ||
| Your listing isn"t stuck. It just needs better management, Josh Ries writes. Here"s how to reset and refresh that stale listing to meet the market...Read More | ||