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Forty-two percent of homeowners cite home prices or affordability as a reason they stay in their current homes, and 38 percent would move if market conditions improved, according to a Nationwide survey.

Councilmember Christina Hendricks has proposed a bill that requires agents to disclose the use of 'altered images' in their marketing materials.

Compass filed an antitrust lawsuit against CRMLS on Friday and said it will pay MLS fines for agents at its company-owned brokerages who publicly market listings kept off the MLS.

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Compass Home Platform’s next test is winning over Anywhere franchisees in 2027. Rory Golod on the rollout so far and a new AI-focused data pledge.

Thursday's letter urges an end to "anticompetive" practices the Democratic senators argue are stifling the American dream of homeownership.

Preparation isn't just for listing presentations or networking events, Krys Benyamein writes. Real estate agents should prepare to have more effective everyday conversations.

The Bainbridge Island home had no comps. Its agent and builder explain how they priced it, finished it a year early and sold it for over ask in five days.

Year-end homebuying has a deadline. With four weeks left before the holiday freeze, trainer Bernice Ross shares strategies to help buyers find motivated sellers.

Ten organizations now have $200,000 each to sharpen their plans for making homeownership more affordable in their communities. Five will be chosen next spring for $4.6 million awards from Capital One’s $25 million initiative.

The investor share of home purchases dropped to the lowest level since Q1 2025, but interest rate fluctuations may allow investors to claw back in Q3

Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino joins Better’s board as the AI-native lender pushes cost cuts, buybacks and its Tinman platform under Better 2.0.

The gap in renting versus buying widened over the past year, with rental demand up 19.2 percent and Bay Area rents at record highs, according to Zillow and Realtor.com.

As AI moves from suggesting the next step to taking it, brokerages need to define where automation ends and human judgment still owns the decision, Ryan Persad writes.

OPINION: Your first contact with a potential real estate client starts long before they reach out to you, whether you know it or not, The Agency President Rainy Hake Austin writes.

Estately uses land leases to reduce homebuyers' mortgage payments, saving them up to 20 percent on their initial monthly payments.

Every buyer who says they will wait for rates to come down is like a driver looking for a closer spot in the lot, Darryl Davis writes. Here is the conversation that gets them out of the car.

The real estate market has swung from one extreme to the other over the past five years, Cara Ameer writes, which can create feelings of doubt, stress and regret.

The reversal comes less than two weeks after Better was still aggressively fighting Garg’s effort to regain control.

RealAssist AI is now available on Realtor.com+, the portal's collaborative search platform exclusively available through multiple listing services.