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Improve your understanding of how broad economic factors impact the housing market with this Fed explainer from Jonathan Pressman.

The real House of Guinness: 'I definitely think that they thought of themselves as Irish. We were genetically Irish, but with a religion that put us in the minority'  The Irish Independent

How Portugal, Spain, Greece, Malta, and More Let You Pay Your Way to European Residency – Here’s What You Need to Know!  Travel And Tour World

Real estate broker to USGA champion: A 2026 US Open spot is secured at Troon  azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic

UWM and Pennymac are pricing jumbo mortgages of up to $819,000 as if they were conforming, ahead of an official announcement by Fannie and Freddie's federal regulator in November.

A new federal lawsuit alleges that Zillow has been deceiving homebuyers and inflating purchase prices through an alleged scheme involving hidden fees paid by real estate agents, according to court documents filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. The class-action suit, brought by law firm Hagens Berman…

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A homebuyer represented by the law firm involved in the Moehrl commission lawsuit is targeting Zillow in a new class-action case that alleges the listing portal has used "deceptive and illegal" practices to inflate homebuyer costs.

From real estate broker to USGA champion: Brandon Holtz secures spot in 2026 U.S. Open  Cronkite News

The 15 Cheapest Places to Live: U.S. Cities Edition  Kiplinger

At $2 per share, the latest offering of three million shares is priced nearly three times higher than a March raise, when the North Carolina-based real estate brokerage was flirting with delisting.

Real estate coach Darryl Davis offers insights for communicating authentically without relying on over-produced, scripted talking points.

Rent growth is slowing down as of July, ceasing the strong uptick seen in the first half of 2025, according to the latest data from Cotality. Cotality’s Single-Family Rent Index for July found that rent growth came in 2.3% year-over-year, less than the 3.1% growth seen a year ago. Rent growth in July also dipped…

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Redfin’s latest analysis reveals the states where homeowners will benefit most from the new state and local tax (SALT) cap, which Congress raised from $10,000 to $40,000.

Forbes Global Properties announces its member company GUIDE Real Estate has opened its newest office in Paso Robles, California. The brokerage now operates seven offices and boasts more than 300 real estate advisors across the Golden State.   With the addition of GUIDE Paso Robles the firm extends its footprint into San Luis Obispo County, an…

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FBS, the creator of the Flexmls® Platform, has announced a strategic integration with Zillow that introduces a functionality simplifying and enhancing the process of importing high-value, critical listing media into the MLS. The two companies say that this integration represents the shared vision to improve the agent experience and showcase the value of the MLS. …

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Above, Savannah Scott John L. Scott Real Estate has announced that Savannah Scott has been promoted to the role of vice president of Broker Experience. Scott, a fourth-generation member of the Bellevue, Washington-based longtime family-owned business, has been a broker with the firm for the past seven years and held the director of Broker Engagement…

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Christy Schwartz, the iBuyer’s longtime chief accounting officer, was named interim CFO. She’ll replace Selim Freiha, who served as CFO for less than a year.

Agent Harliegh Hoffman and her husband, Jordan Hoffman, were arrested earlier this month after the Lake City Police Department received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Europe has menu of options to make wealthy pay more taxes: Spain wants to hit foreign property investors  majorcadailybulletin.com