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RISMedia is excited to announce that Rick Haase, President of United Real Estate, will be heading up an industry-leading panel of real estate experts at the 2024 Real Estate’s Rocking in the New Year, the company’s fourth-annual all-virtual conference to be broadcast live on Jan. 11, 2024.  Click here to register!  Haase’s panel, The 5…

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The U.S. states where homeowners gained — and lost — equity in 2023  CBS News

More US commercial property owners to tap securities market in 2024 -Moody's  KFGO

Bright MLS has announced that its digital campaign, “Open Housing Marketplace,” featuring an original digital short, “A Place to Call Home,” has been named a finalist in two categories, Responsible Technology and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion of the 3rd Annual Anthem Awards, a special focus of the Webby Awards that honors purpose and mission-driven work…

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Every real estate professional knows that 2023 has been a challenging year for the housing market, with consumers facing many hurdles to homeownership. As the year winds down, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) is looking back at where we’ve been over the last 12 months and where we’re likely to go in 2024 to…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday.  –Freddie Mac announced a new down payment assistance push, standardizing and streamlining the process for borrowers to receive financial help when purchasing a house. A Freddie executive called the new procedures a big step toward “clarity…

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Above, from left, Michele Harrington, CEO, First Team Real Estate; Craig Cheatham, President & CEO, The Realty Alliance; Gretchen Pearson, President/Owner, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties; and David Romero, EVP of Growth, Realty ONE Group. Photo by Aidan Whalen.  Exactly two weeks after the bombshell ruling in the Burnett vs. NAR trial was delivered, five…

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The U.S. added 199,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.7%, according to the latest Employment Situation Summary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the unemployment rate only falling slightly from 3.9% in October, the number of unemployed persons changed little at 6.3 million. Employment growth in November was…

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Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

The economy has been a matter of discrepancy for much of 2023. The data and relevant reports show an economy that on paper is improving; unemployment is low (about 3.7% as of the last jobs report), and the Federal Reserve hasn’t raised interest rates in the last few months, a sign of slowing inflation. However,…

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Get on the property ladder in London with shared ownership from Aster Group  My London

Inside UK’s most viewed homes on Zoopla – £25k terrace, 2-bed overlooking Leyton Orient and £36.5m London m...  The Sun

In partnership with Roomvo, the brokerage and search portal's new Redfin Redesign tool grants homebuyers the ability to alter room finishes while alerting agents to a buyer's growing interest.

Pending U.S. home sales have dropped to a record low — even worse than during the 2008 financial crisis. Does this ...  MSN

Real estate industry urges EU to develop new product labels for SFDR  IPE Real Assets

Dubai real estate: London Gate announces MASSIVE 450m Franck Muller-branded skyscraper  Arabian Business

EDGE and Mitsubishi Estate London buy 125 Shaftesbury Avenue building  IPE Real Assets

With words of wisdom from Charlie Munger, Simon Sinek and even Friedrich Nietzsche, team leader Carl Medford looks at 12 reasons to quit a job and 12 ways to fight that impulse.

ESG and Real Estate – a European Perspective #1 Proposed recast of the Energy Performance on Buildings Directive ...  Dentons

10 hottest and 10 coldest housing markets in the U.S. right now  Fast Company