If agents are the soldiers in the field, then managing brokers are the generals. Maybe that analogy is a little militant for real estate, but it’s not a bad way of illustrating the relationship between the two. Agents expect a lot

In June of last year, the U.S. Supreme Court saved the Fair Housing Act from being gutted, ruling that intention was a non-factor in disparate impact cases. Late last month, a Washington, D.C. district court handed a knife to

In an April 28 letter to mortgage associations and professionals across the U.S., Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray acknowledged their concerns, and hinted at what could be a rewriting of the rule. In November of last year,

It’s now official – according to population estimates from the Census Bureau that Pew Research has compiled, Millennials are now the largest generation in the U.S. Millennials now number 75.4 million, overtaking the Baby Boomer generation’s 74.9 million; Millennials

Metro Atlanta home prices posted strong increases in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Covering numbers through February, the Case-Shiller reported that home prices rose in Metro Atlanta by 0.4 percent from January to February, and from Feb. 2015, prices were up 6.1 percent; both statistics

In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray written by the Association of Mortgage Investors, the group’s executive director, Chris Katopis, calls out TRID as being “well intentioned” but described an atmosphere of “legal uncertainty”

Bankrate’s latest Financial Security Index offers up good news There are many studies that look into how Americans spend money, but agents should take note of a new Bankrate Financial Security Index, which measures American consumers’ confidence in the market, their net

In a new report on its 2016 Real Estate Outlook survey, KPMG found that many real estate investors are still confident in the market’s ability to produce returns, though some have found reason to temper that optimism with caution. On

Forget what you thought you knew about the housing market – according to Freddie Mac, 2016’s housing market will see a return to pre-crisis levels. In the year following the recovery surge of 2014, the market slowed – a result

Schools are an integral part of the search process for many a homebuyer, and new research from the National Association of Realtors has reinforced just how non-negotiable the issue is. According to NAR’s 2016 Home Buyer and Seller Generational

Breaking down the many barriers to credit erected in the wake of the mortgage crisis has been a slow process. Credit issues have kept older homeowners from selling and younger renters from buying. But according to Fannie Mae’s Q1 Mortgage Lender Sentiment

The consumer equation is messy – expectations are up, attitudes towards the current market are down, and overall, confidence is on the rise, according to The Conference Board’s March Consumer Confidence Index. Using 1985 as the index’s baseline, where

Urban buyers today would have hated the 1950s. In the Urban Land Institute’s “America in 2015” report, a survey of U.S. residents found that approximately half considered “walkability” a top or high priority when determining where to live. But

In less than a month we will have passed the tax filing deadline; and if you’re a real estate agent unfamiliar with the credits and deductions you’re entitled to, you may be forfeiting more than you have to. Do

NAREB seeks to address barriers on both the borrowing and lending side of homeownership The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) plans to launch a nationwide wealth building and  homeownership initiative focused on African Americans. The initiative has a goal

Cities may see less Millennials moving in going forward, thanks to shifting demographic trends as the generation grows older, according to a new CityLab report. The report, which covered a talk by USC urban planning professor Dowell Myers, argued