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Rocket Companies announces $1.2B senior notes offering

Rocket will use the offering, which is split between notes due in 2031 and 2034, to pay debts, including Senior Notes due this year.

Homebuyers hoping for Fed relief may be waiting until 2027

Goldman Sachs pushed its next expected Fed rate cuts into 2027, while J.P. Morgan expects the central bank to stay on hold this year.

Existing-home sales hit highest level since December

Existing-home sales rose 3.2 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.17 million, the highest level since December, according to NAR. The median price hit $429,300, marking 35 consecutive months of year-over-year gains.

EXp promotes marketing chief Wendy Forsythe to COO

Wendy Forsythe has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at eXp Realty, the cloud-based brokerage announced this week.

Fannie Mae just approved a Bitcoin-backed home loan for the first time

Better Home & Finance and Coinbase have funded the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage collateralized by Bitcoin, with plans to open the product to qualified borrowers nationwide by this summer.

Johnny DelPrete on golf and the art of networking

Douglas Elliman agent and former professional golfer Johnny DelPrete shares the key to building a solid network in the luxury market.

Short-form videos that engage clients in 30 seconds (or less)

The agents winning on video right now aren't the ones with the best gear, Maris Callahan Messervey writes. They're the ones who started before they felt ready and got better as they went.

What Compass actually wants from the MLS-Zillow chess match

Time is running out for MLSs to chart their own course and take back power from both Compass International Holdings and Zillow, coach Darryl Davis writes.

The seller isn’t resisting the move. They’re resisting the perceived loss

Stop pushing clients toward decisions, broker-owner Deb Siefkin writes, and start helping them understand the tradeoffs and the reasoning behind their move.

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