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CoStar lays off staff amid drastic Homes.com cost-cutting campaign

The company has vowed to slash over 35 percent of its spending on Homes.com after years of attempting to build a fourth major real estate listings search portal.

Sitzer, Moehrl attorneys file new lawsuit targeting mortgage firms

Three homebuyers, who are also military veterans, allege the mortgage companies' referral programs led to higher cost loans.

Affordability is better, but buyers are still bailing out of contracts

Pending home sales slid on a monthly and annual basis in January, despite improving market factors. However, several economists urged agents to stay calm, saying a sales boost will likely come this spring.

Testing Reffkin’s big idea: Take the Intel Index survey today

Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate's most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey.

A national MLS could be great, execs say, but feasibility and antitrust issues pose a challenge

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin recently floated the idea of a national MLS. Luxury real estate leaders are intrigued by the concept, but have many questions about how such an entity might work.

Buyers aren’t flaky. The market is setting them up to walk away

Escalating costs and the impact of deferred maintenance mean that buyers and sellers aren't always on the same page, so buyers are walking away, bi-coastal luxury agent Cara Ameer writes.

From content to closings: How social media drove $50M in mortgage production

Rick Guerrero and Brandon “Bran the Mortgage Man” Brotsky discuss how a consistent personal branding strategy helped generate roughly $50 million in annual loan production directly from social media relationships.

Buyers turn to the resale market as builders abandon price cuts

Rising existing-home inventory is thwarting homebuilders, who are now slowing permits and starts — and backing off from hefty incentives.

Affordable housing is a polycrisis: Here are 5 things to know in 2026

If real estate and housing are your passion and your career, Rachael Hite writes, you should be among the foremost advocates to help all Americans find their way home.

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