Aspiring first-time buyers may want to consider settling down in Detroit, Virginia Beach or Warren, Michigan, where a typical household would need just a few years to save the median down payment. This, according to new analysis from Rocket that estimates the time it would take a typical household to save for a down payment…

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Above, Village home in Lower Longwood, Eaton Constantine In this edition of Great Spaces, we travel to the British countryside to explore a home with historic character along with easy access to village life and market-town amenities.    Property highlights: Location: Lower Longwood, Eaton Constantine, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Listing Price: Offers in the region of £695,000 (approx.…

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After a negative report in late May, which came on the heels of three months of gains, nonprofit research firm The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index, which measures American opinions of current economic conditions and their outlook for the next six months, inched up by 0.6 points to 91.2 in June, up from a downwardly…

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Home-price growth continues to cool and provide relief to priced-out prospective homebuyers throughout the first half of this year, as the latest S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index saw an “essentially flat” report in April, as characterized by Nicholas Godec, head of Fixed Income Tradables & Commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices.…

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Above, Isom Coleman Isom Coleman CEO/Broker HomeSmart ICARE Realty Sacramento, California https://homesmart.com/real-estate-office/california/sacramento/16-homesmart-icare-realty Region served: The Greater Sacramento area Years in real estate: 20-plus Number of offices: 4 Number of agents: 338 Best advice for new agents: Treat it like a business from day one. Be consistent with your daily activities and invest in your skillsets…

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Editor’s note: RISMedia will be on the ground in Chicago this week to provide live coverage of the hearing. Stay tuned to RISMedia.com for the latest updates.  A long-simmering dispute between Zillow and Chicago-based MLS Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) exploded into a public battle last month, ending up (like many recent industry disputes have)…

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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® announced it will be adding Landtrust Agency Network to its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources for its global network of 500 marketing-leading real estate firms.  Landtrust Agency Network, a partnership platform for real estate brokerages, seeks to operate or expand affiliated title services without operational burden,…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Zillow-MRED-Compass Heads for Testimony July 1-2 RISMedia will be on the ground in Chicago July 1-2, covering the high-stakes trial between Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass. The preliminary injunction hearing…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. – In the last week of June, mortgage rates continued to hover around 6.5%, with rates hitting the lowest 30-year fixed rate (6.53%) since May 14 at the end of the week. These rates…

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Above, from left, Michael Wurzer, Cameron Paine, Melissa King, Garry Marsoubian and Justin Landon From the abolition of the three-way rule to the creation of private listing environments, MLSs are navigating new territory and reinventing themselves and the role they play with brokers and agents.  In an upcoming session at RISMedia’s CEO & Leadership Exchange,…

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