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| Mortgage Applications Increase for Fourth Straight Week | ||
| 3/11/2026 1:58 PM | ||
| With the war in Iran causing market volatility this past week including an average mortgage rate increase from below and back up over 6%, home purchase application activity increased for the fourth straight week. According to the latest Market Composite Index from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)—its measure of mortgage loan activity...Read More | ||
| Stellar MLS CEO to Transition to Leadership Role at Universal Consulting Opportunities | ||
| 3/11/2026 1:51 PM | ||
| Above, Merri Jo Cowen After nearly two decades leading Stellar MLS, CEO Merri Jo Cowen is transitioning into a full-time leadership role at Universal Consulting Opportunities (UCO), the organization’s global MLS advisory subsidiary. Cowen will focus on expanding UCO’s international consulting efforts, working with real estate organizations to de...Read More | ||
| CoStar and Activist Investor D.E. Shaw Back on Attack Over Homes.com | ||
| 3/11/2026 12:57 PM | ||
| In another tense back and forth between CoStar Group and an activist investor, hedge fund The D.E. Shaw Group criticized what it called the company’s latest “attempt to evade accountability for longstanding and ongoing underperformance of Homes.com.” The new dispute comes about a month after D.E. Stevens first demanded that CoS...Read More | ||
| Inflation Trends Lower, but Future Uncertain With Rising Geopolitical Tensions | ||
| 3/11/2026 12:13 PM | ||
| Inflation appeared to once again be on the right track for the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, economists are feeling uncertain about whether the trend will continue as the economy faces potential fallout from geopolitical issues—most notably, the war in Iran. The BLS’s&...Read More | ||
| The Latest Transitions, Mergers and Executive Hirings in Real Estate | ||
| 3/11/2026 10:42 AM | ||
| Premier Sotheby’s International Realty names CFO, promotes two Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, headquartered in Naples, Florida, has named and promoted Abigail Tezniarz to chief financial officer and promoted Melissa Morehouse to associate vice president of marketing operations and Frank Russell to associate vice president of creative se...Read More | ||
| Top-Producing Rhode Island Brokerage Brings 300 Agents in Move to REMAX | ||
| 3/10/2026 3:36 PM | ||
| REMAX® has announced Rhode Island-based HomeSmart Professionals has joined its brand. Owned and operated by Dean deTonnancourt, the brokerage will now operate as REMAX Revolution, bringing more than 300 agents from six offices into the network. “Dean and his agents add to the leading market share REMAX has in Rhode Island, and we’re e...Read More | ||
| Women in Real Estate: Insights and Strategies for Succeeding in Today’s Market | ||
| 3/10/2026 3:27 PM | ||
| Above (L-R): Jackie Louh, Lisa Sturtevant, Bess Freedman, Christina Pappas, Carrie Little, Michele Harrington and DeAnne Golden (upper row). Anam Hargey, Wendy Forsythe, Marisela Harper, Athena Peterson and Brenda Maher (lower row). During RISMedia’s 5th Annual Rocking in the New Year event on Jan. 8, a cohort of female leaders from across the i...Read More | ||
| California Regional MLS to Offer AI-powered RealReports to All Users as No-Cost Core Product | ||
| 3/10/2026 3:08 PM | ||
| California Regional MLS (CRMLS) has announced that it is expanding access to RealReports, the property analysis platform powered by the latest AI, to all users at no additional cost. Previously, RealReports was available as an opt-in product for individual CRMLS Associations via the Product Co-Op, as stated by the MLS. After seeing such en...Read More | ||
| Existing-Home Sales See Spark in ‘Potential’ Pre-Spring Buying Preview | ||
| 3/10/2026 1:15 PM | ||
| Ahead of the much-awaited spring season, existing-home sales have seen a modest improvement that has been characterized as a “potential” sign of increasing demand, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). NAR’s Existing-Home Sales Report saw a 1.7% increase in sales to a rate of 4.09 million in February...Read More | ||
| The Compass-Redfin Deal Dominated the Headlines. What Changes for Buyers, Sellers or Agents? | ||
| 3/10/2026 1:05 PM | ||
| Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part story examining the impact of the Redfin-Compass deal. Read part one here. “Real estate isn’t a transaction. It’s a process.” Those words, from Compass CEO Robert Reffkin on the company’s recent earnings call, were in response to a question about how Compass agents can communicate value&#...Read More | ||