Can Heirs Who Aren’t Named in a Trust Still Challenge It? What California Families Need to Know About Hamlin v. Jendayi

Can Heirs Who Aren’t Named in a Trust Still Challenge It? What California Families Need to Know About Hamlin v. Jendayi

If you’re a California resident managing an estate or worried about protecting your family’s inheritance rights, a recent legal development could significantly impact your ability to contest a trust—even if you were... Read more »
Why Your Real Estate Email Campaigns Aren’t Converting (Yet) 

Why Your Real Estate Email Campaigns Aren’t Converting (Yet) 

If your database feels cold or your emails aren’t converting, try one or more of these five strategy shifts from Josh Ries. The results might surprise you. When we first started sending... Read more »
A month after seismic industry changes, real estate agents aren’t much more optimistic

A month after seismic industry changes, real estate agents aren’t much more optimistic

In the six months since news of the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement broke, agent attitudes toward the settlement’s required business practice changes have only slightly improved. This... Read more »
Why aren’t home prices falling?

Why aren’t home prices falling?

For years, the U.S. housing market boomed. Economic growth, cash flowing through the economy, and cheap mortgages all drove massive homebuyer demand for more than a decade. People have told me, “Home... Read more »
Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. And why not? In times of depressed revenue, it... Read more »
California’s high costs aren’t deterring Gen Z from moving there: Zillow

California’s high costs aren’t deterring Gen Z from moving there: Zillow

A Zillow analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released Friday shows that the youngest group of prospective homebuyers, Generation Z, are bucking a larger trend by moving to California. Even as California... Read more »
Why aren’t home prices falling?

Q1 AgentPulse survey: Agents aren’t yet fielding commission lawsuit questions

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. The survey, which... Read more »
Why aren’t there more new homes for sale?

Why aren’t there more new homes for sale?

From Census: New Home Sales: Sales of new single‐family houses in October 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 679,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census... Read more »