With REMAX Acquisition, Real Brokerage Would Gain Status Among Real Estate’s “Big Three”

With REMAX Acquisition, Real Brokerage Would Gain Status Among Real Estate’s “Big Three”

Quick Read The Real Brokerage’s proposed $880 million acquisition of REMAX, pending approval, aims to place the combined entity among real estate’s top three enterprises by scale, behind Compass and Keller Williams.... Read more »
Amazon, Google, Microsoft Are Among Tech Giants Promising That Homeowners Won’t Pay Higher Electric Bills for Data Centers

Amazon, Google, Microsoft Are Among Tech Giants Promising That Homeowners Won’t Pay Higher Electric Bills for Data Centers

President Donald Trump has unveiled a sweeping new pledge from some of the nation’s biggest tech companies, promising that homeowners won’t foot the bill for power-hungry AI data centers. Under the deal... Read more »
L.A. and Long Beach among least affordable cities for homebuyers

L.A. and Long Beach among least affordable cities for homebuyers

Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego are among the world’s least affordable cities for homebuyers, a recent report says. When the price of a regular home is compared to regular local... Read more »
NAR’s free-spending is unrivaled among housing trade groups

NAR’s free-spending is unrivaled among housing trade groups

NAR’s volunteer leaders receive financial benefits that no other nonprofit in the housing space comes close to matching, 990 filings reveal. Earlier this week the National Association of Realtors(NAR) made headlines for... Read more »
Altman Brothers Among Top Douglas Elliman Teams Nationwide

Altman Brothers Among Top Douglas Elliman Teams Nationwide

The Beverly Hills-based Altman Brothers Team was dubbed Douglas Elliman’s top large team for sales volume and gross commission income in the nation, according to a press release from the residential brokerage.... Read more »
Major real estate firms among defendants in 118 data privacy lawsuits

Major real estate firms among defendants in 118 data privacy lawsuits

Nearly a dozen real estate industry firms have been named as defendants in the 118 data privacy lawsuits filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey over the past 10 days by... Read more »
Utah, Idaho Among Top 10 States With Most ‘severe’ Housing Crisis

Utah, Idaho Among Top 10 States With Most ‘severe’ Housing Crisis

Housing Market Shortage Sharpens in Suburbs, Small Towns, Report Says. A Washington D.C. nonprofit, Up for Growth, devoted to solving the nation’s housing shortage, issued a new report Thursday that found the... Read more »
RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate landlords

RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate landlords

A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software takes empathy... Read more »
Beverly Hills Home Sells for .2M, Among Year’s Top Deals

Beverly Hills Home Sells for $24.2M, Among Year’s Top Deals

A mansion at 802 Foothill Road in the Beverly Hills Flats traded for $24.2 million on Dec. 15., according to listing sites. The 17,000-square-foot home on more than half an acre ranked... Read more »
Major real estate firms among defendants in 118 data privacy lawsuits

HousingWire Daily podcast claims #2 spot among US business news podcasts

Dallas, Texas – HousingWire, the leader in mortgage and real estate news and information, proudly announces the ascension of its flagship podcast, HousingWire Daily, to the No. 2 position among business news... Read more »