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Women in Real Estate: It’s Time to Be Fearless
It’s been pointed out for decades that, “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards in high heels.” Yet despite the wry, if credible, suggestion that females have at least as much talent, flexibility and gumption as their male counterparts, women still lag far behind men in top-tier leadership roles. Now, in a time…
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North Dakota REALTOR® Inducted Into Century 21 Dick Loughlin International Hall of Fame
Above, Amy Hullet Century 21 Real Estate has announced that REALTOR® Amy Hullet of CENTURY 21 Morrison Realty in Bismark, North Dakota has been inducted into the CENTURY 21® Dick Loughlin International Hall of Fame (IHOF). Hullet was recognized for her dedication to the advancement of real estate professionals and commitment to giving back to…
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Steve Harney, legendary Keeping Current Matters founder, dies at 68
HomeStack, LiveEasy partner to advance white-labeled solutions
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Ask The Newsmakers: Rising Through the Ranks
Above, from left, DeAnn Golden, Stacey Johnson-Cosby, Jackie Louh and Laura O’Connor In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked a few of our 2024 Real Estate Newsmakers to reflect on their leadership journey by answering this question: “You’ve impressively risen through the ranks in the real estate industry. What most contributed to your ability…
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Job Growth Remains Strong, but Rise in Unemployment Creates Mixed Picture
Job growth news remained positive in February, with companies adding nonfarm payroll workers at the continued strong pace of 275,000 last month, but less robust than January’s 353,000 new jobs; unemployment also broke its hold-steady pace, rising 3.9%, creating a mixed picture of a potentially softening labor market. This, according to the latest jobs report…
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Legislative Round-Up: Two Bills Currently Under Consideration Aim to Protect the Independent Contractor Status, Access to Affordable Housing
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate professionals. H.R. 5419: Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act Introduced to the U.S. Congress in September 2023, the bill if passed would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify that…
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Op-Ed: Reap the Rewards of Repeat and Referral Business With a Concerted Effort to Stay in Touch
Given the myriad challenges that defined the 2023 real estate market, from low inventory to mortgage rates surging to a 23-year high—and everything in between—it’s not surprising that existing-home sales, measuring 4.09 million, sank to their lowest level in 30 years. With a lack of inventory plaguing markets across the board, and homeowners holding onto…
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Matt Beall: Hawaii’s market is ‘extraordinarily strained’
Mortgage Mix: First-Time Homebuyers Make Headway as Mortgage Market Shifts
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. A new report from ICE found that despite the mortgage market challenges faced last year, first-time homebuyers made significant headway as they claimed 47% of government sponsored enterprise (GSE) purchase loans and 39% of all…
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NAR, NAHB Issue Statements on Proposed Housing Measures in SOTU
In his State of the Union Address (SOTU) last night, President Joe Biden briefly addressed some housing-related issues, namely housing affordability, with proposals for change that industry groups generally praised. In his speech, Biden called for a $10,000 credit for first-time homebuyers as well as a $10,000 credit for people who sell starter homes. The…
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