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Mike Simonsen joins Compass as chief economist
Mike Simonsen, the founder of Altos Research, is joining Compass as the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm’s first chief economist.
Housing inventory actually fell last week. What is going on?
The Housing Market Tracker shows housing inventory decreased last week, while purchase application data grew 25% year-over-year.
In Northern Virginia, senior housing has a supply-and-demand ‘disconnect’
Fairfax County, which borders the District of Columbia and is home to about 1.1 million residents, is experiencing a “disconnect” between its affordable housing supply and the number of seniors living on a fixed income.
The 2024 CHLA Report on IMBs
This week, the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) released our latest annual CHLA Report on Independent Mortgage Banks (IMB). As the only national trade group that exclusively represents IMBs, we are taking this opportunity to explain what IMBs are, the role they play in mortgage markets, the issues that are critical to them, and what CHLA recommends regarding those issues.
Bob Broeksmit outlines MBA priorities under Trump administration
MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit laid out the trade group’s priorities during the opening session of the MBA’s IMB25 conference Monday.
Why new-home sales are disappointing, despite beating estimates
Today’s home sales report was disappointing. The headline figures beat expectations, but we had negative revisions and increased inventory.
Zillow or CoStar? NAR settlement terms could determine a winner
Analysts and experts weigh in on how the terms of NAR’s commission lawsuit settlement agreement could impact the major listing portals.
How the brokerage landscape has changed in the last five years
Looking at sides, many of the same players are still top of the pile, but The Real Brokerage jumped from 11th to 6th in a single year.
While the Austin housing market isn’t sizzling, agents say it is still warm
Despite an uptick in inventory, Austin metro area home prices are holding steady and giving agents confidence in the strength of the market
