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Get packing: 10 places that will pay you to live there in 2024

Dec 27, 2023

More and more places are turning to cash incentives or free land to lure new residents. Here are 10 to consider if you or your clients are thinking of making a change in the new year.

Why utopias fail and the ‘Ponzi scheme’ of new development

Dec 27, 2023

Michael Rodriguez, director of research at Smart Growth America, said that people have been building utopias for millennia, but the best cities are the ones that gradually evolve over time.

The jobs, gigs and side hustles agents took on to get through 2023

Dec 27, 2023

From Uber driving to launching a print shop, agents came up with creative ways to supplement their businesses and stay entrepreneurial during a slow market.

What is your New Year’s resolution? Pulse

Dec 27, 2023

As the calendar turns to 2024, you've got a whole new opportunity to start the new year off on the right foot. What's the plan?

How this indie brokerage is transforming agents’ lives

Dec 27, 2023

In his latest Snapshot profile, Brandon Doyle talks to Dan and Melody Smith of Anvil Real Estate about their leadership and training philosophy and their "relentless pursuit of agents' success."

It’s time to consider eliminating NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy

Dec 27, 2023

According to coach Darryl Davis, although its intentions were good, the unintended consequences of the Clear Cooperation Policy may make it more trouble than it's worth.

Title insurer First American and many subsidiaries remain offline

Dec 26, 2023

The Dec. 20 cybersecurity incident has derailed closings and generated complaints about the lack of communication since the company took some systems offline.

US home prices tally biggest uptick of 2023 amid steep mortgage rates

Dec 26, 2023

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index posted a yearly increase of 4.8 percent during October, their fastest annual rate increase of 2023.

LoanCare says data breach affected 1.3M mortgage customers

Dec 26, 2023

Parent company Fidelity National Financial has not said whether other subsidiaries were affected in cybersecurity incident it discovered and contained in November.

House Hacking spiked amid COVID. In 2024, it will be a household name

Dec 26, 2023

Last month, Fannie Mae lowered its down payment minimum for some properties, clearing a path for investors like Alejandro and Jessicas Cuevas, who bought in Chicago with hacking in mind.

Home prices saw their biggest increase of the year in October

Dec 26, 2023

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index posted a yearly increase of 4.8 percent during October, their fastest annual rate increase of 2023.

Domicile takes gamification of Zillow-scrolling to whole new level

Dec 26, 2023

The app is the first-ever game to pull real-time MLS data to merge gaming with an ever-changing real estate market where users can guess home prices and connect with agents.