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Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. As the TikTok ban looms—with the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act now signed into law and in motion—there’s many in the real estate industry that…

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Forbes Global Properties has announced that Luxury Living Costa Rica has joined its network. Family-owned and operated for more than 30 years, Luxury Living Costa Rica will exclusively represent the brand throughout Costa Rica, meeting the needs of sophisticated and affluent local and global buyers. According to a release, Yali Alpízar founded Luxury Living Costa…

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Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. has been named a Top Low-Cost Franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for the fifth consecutive year, appearing on its 2024 list of “Top Franchises for Less Than $150,000.” To earn recognition as a Top Low-Cost Franchise, Weichert stated that companies must have appeared on the 2024 Entrepreneur “Franchise 500” list, an…

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The leadership shake-ups just keep coming out of eXp Realty. The company continues to lean on its cache of internal talent to carry its brand into the future. In its latest move on Tuesday, the brokerage announced that Tampa eXp Realty agent and team leader Kendall Bonner as vice president of Industry Relations. She will…

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Spotlights were shining down onstage, but it was Quintavius Burdette who lit up the arena during the opening session of the 2024 RE/MAX R4® convention, the brand’s annual global event known for its education and networking opportunities. Since the former Division I college football player began his career with RE/MAX® five years ago, he’s closed…

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced its finalized Fair Lending, Fair Housing, and Equitable Housing Finance Plans to address barriers to sustainable housing opportunities.  In a release, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) praised FHFA’s efforts to codify existing practices and programs. The new plans show a sustained commitment to remove obstacles to…

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The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 6.4% annual gain for February, up from a 6.0% rise in the previous month. The data from the leading measure of U.S. home prices released April 30 shows that 18 out of the 20 major metro markets…

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Keller Williams president and CEO Mark Willis sat with Real Estate News to talk about his return to the Texas franchiser and how commission lawsuits could spark a new wave of brokerage and agent consolidation.

US Home Prices Rocket In February For Strongest One-Month Increase In 2 Years: Real Estate Stocks React -  Benzinga

Up to 330,377 homeowners from whom Ocwen collected mortgage payments could be eligible to claim refunds of $60 per broker price opinion and $70 per hybrid valuation

Engel & Völkers Philadelphia will be led by Jim Becker, Ed Casella and Logan Rothman, while Mexico City will be helmed by Rodrigo Pérez del Toro and Malusa de Nova.

Consumers have been feeling the waves of unrest in the economy, with mortgage rates now back up above 7% and the PCE index—the Fed’s favorite measure of inflation—up by 2.8% year-over-year. Consumer confidence fell significantly in April, dropping from 103.1 in March to 97, according to the latest data from The Conference Board.  After the…

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London Prime Property Index Q1 2024 shows fall in prices – but is a rebound due?  Coutts

San Diego, Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York posted annual price increases for the third-straight month, with each of the cities S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller tracks hitting record highs.

Eighteen of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas witnessed rents rise on an annual basis in March, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, where a lack of rental supply is common and owning a home is costly.

King's godson and family get £50m dividend from London property empire  The Telegraph

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the world’s most favorable technology tools, as millions of people from the general population to real estate professionals alike use various models programmed for different purposes, all with the goal of expanding their knowledge in their respective fields—or honing their skills. Looking at the real estate industry specifically,…

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the world’s most favorable technology tools, as millions of people from the general population to real estate professionals alike use various models programmed for different purposes, all with the goal of expanding their knowledge in their respective fields—or honing their skills. Looking at the real estate industry specifically,…

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Top row, left to right: John Featherston, Kymber Menkiti, Lennox Scott; Bottom row, left to right: Rod Messick, Barbara Betts, Terrie O’Connor Amid a cascade of lawsuit settlements and forthcoming rule changes that stand to disrupt the real estate playing field, brokerage leaders are striving to stay ahead of the fast and furious pace of…

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London to be boosted by £1bn mixed use property development in Blackfriars  City A.M.