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London’s Luxury Home Market Had Its Worst Year Since Covid  Bloomberg.com

"Accountability is love," team leader Mahala Landin says. Find out how Carolina Collective Realty keeps it at the core of every meeting, training and celebration with coach Verl Workman.

8 Opulent Real Estate Properties On The Market  LUXUO

Execution on hold for inmate who forced realtors to strip naked, shot them execution-style  USA Today

Mergers and acquisitions are big business in real estate, and technology plays a critical role, writes contributor Lauren Henss. The real game changer? Whether the organization can handle the merger swiftly.

The application uses sharp user interface design and AI to shrink data input and offer inspectors a number of ways to complete reports in less time, tech expert Craig Rowe writes.

Harding Green acquires prime London agent  Estate Agent Today

Monthly purchases of $13 billion in mortgages and MBS may be taking pressure off mortgage rates — and setting the stage for a more attractive public offering.

If you want better lead conversion rates in your real estate business, stop chasing volume, and start delivering real relevance, Josh Ries writes.

Rebranding isn’t about change for the sake of change—it’s about alignment. As your business evolves, your brand should evolve with it. In real estate, where perception drives trust and trust drives growth, a rebrand is a powerful way to clarify your identity, sharpen your message and lead with renewed purpose. When done right, it’s not…

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Cheryl Bare, third from left, with her Home Pros team.  Cheryl Bare held two careers for four years, teaching school by day and selling real estate evenings and weekends under the auspices of her father-in-law’s small Maryland brokerage. “It was the craziest time in my life, working 24/7” said Bare, who spent 15 years as…

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Woman’s dream home renovation faces $240k bill after neighbour’s secret move  realestate.com.au

Earlier in 2025, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that would have deregulated several professional accreditations within Florida and abolished commissions/regulatory bodies—that exist as part of the larger Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)—overseeing those professions. One is the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC), the seven-member board that regulates real estate…

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Google is displaying real estate listings as search results in some markets — prompting questions about IDX violations and analyst speculation about risks to the portals.

Builder confidence remained in negative territory for the final month of 2025—as it did throughout the year due to continued economic and market challenges—though there’s some hope for a better year in 2026, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) data. The December NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) found that builder…

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Live Q&A: Seismic changes in London's real estate market  London Free Press

Sometimes your dream home isn’t on the MLS, and that’s because it may not be for sale…yet.  For Katie Hill, founder of Unlisted, the home she had her eye on was her neighbor’s, but it wasn’t for sale, at least not yet. Her dream of downsizing and being able to lounge in a backyard pool,…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Federal judge has agreed to consolidate the Taylor and Armstrong lawsuits A federal judge in Seattle has consolidated two related class-action lawsuits against Zillow into a single case.  The Taylor v. Zillow class-action…

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Amidst the rapidly accelerating multi-front war over real estate listings, the most important player may have just made its first move. Tech giant Google has started a “controlled experiment” to include real estate listings in sponsored search results, according to HouseCanary, a property data company that is working with Google to provide listings to the…

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In a weekend email to its members, Chicago’s MRED MLS warned that Zillow had been contacting subscribers to say there may be "disruptions" starting in the new year.