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Map Shows Best and Worst U.S. Cities To Flip Houses  MSN

Housing Market Predictions: What Homebuyers and Sellers Should Know  Business Insider

Constellation Data Labs will provide active property listings and public records to a broader range of industries including mortgage lenders, asset managers and insurers.

Virginia-based portal CoStar Group grew its revenue 11 percent in Q4, to $709 million, executives said Tuesday. Traffic to Homes.com Network remained steady, with 110 million average monthly unique visitors.

On Tuesday, 11 new civil lawsuits were filed against the brothers under an extension of the New York City Gender-Motivated Violence Act. A majority of plaintiffs allege they had been drugged before being assaulted by the Alexanders.

At Keller Williams' annual Family Reunion, franchise co-founder Gary Keller said 2025 won't be any better than 2024 — but agents can still thrive if they're willing to dig in and use market headwinds to their advantage.

The company now has 17,752 principal agents. Founder and CEO Robert Reffkin said in a new earnings report that he believes his company will pull ahead in 2025.

Led by Mark Coppens and Matt Hickey, the Living Vogue team will join eXp Realty's luxury division in Sarasota, Florida, according to executives on Tuesday. The team inked $150 million in sales last year.

Top, members of the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation present a donation check to 914 Cares. Bottom, Carol McCann, far right, Orange County, New York regional director, presents a donation check to members of the Wallkill Boys & Girls Club. The Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation (HGRF), the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®,…

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When building an e-commerce shop, you don’t waste time creating payment rails—you turn to Shopify, which has already built that infrastructure. This allows you to focus on what makes your brand unique. Realfinity is bringing this same approach to real estate professionals, providing the infrastructure for agents looking to seamlessly offer mortgage services. Embedded finance:…

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Barings to acquire $11bn U.S. real estate firm Artemis  Alternatives Watch

Barings acquires $11bn U.S. real estate firm Artemis  Alternatives Watch

Final Offer—the leading offer, negotiation and collaboration platform for residential real estate—has announced the acquisition of Private Collection, a source of listing information for off-market properties. The addition of Private Collection expands on Final Offer’s recent launch of Exclusive Listings.  Private Collection stated it has a nearly 100% adoption of active agents and total sales…

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Inside Real Estate has announced the release of its Vitals Dashboard, which centralizes performance data into a streamlined, user-friendly format, delivering daily stats, trends, and detailed comparisons that allow users to quickly gauge key metrics, track progress and make informed decisions from one interface. “Agents and brokers often struggle not just with juggling multiple tools,…

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Real estate titan might keep South Bay malls due to their top-notch performance  The Mercury News

Builder sentiment took a significant reduction in February, declining by five index points over tariff, building cost and mortgage rate concerns, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The index, measured on a zero to 100 spectrum, with anything higher than 50 indicating a majority of homebuilders are…

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Barings to Acquire Artemis Real Estate Partners  USA Herald

What Makes Waxahachie Special: A Perspective from Europe | Columnists  Waxahachie Sun

Current Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner previously worked in housing during the first Trump administration—specifically overseeing so-called “opportunity zones.” Passed in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, opportunity zones are designated mostly low-income areas that offer tax breaks for developers/investors, so as to spur revitalization within the zone. New opportunity zones…

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claims to have "recovered" $1.9 billion in misallocated Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds, the agency announced on X Friday. While DOGE attempted to redact sensitive details in the shared documents, some information may have been unintentionally exposed.