The Federal Reserve had opted to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75%. The central bank’s policy making Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cited a low level of job gains, elevated inflation and a “high level of uncertainty” due to...
Austin-headquartered Keller Williams Realty LLC (KW) has acquired Michael Lewis Marketing Suite (MLMS), a marketing services company supporting KW-affiliated real estate agents and brokerages. Since 2013, MLMS has supported more than 130,000 KW-affiliated agents and...
The national average apartment rent in April was $1,730, a 0.2% increase from March’s upwardly revised level of $1,727. According to data from Apartsment.com, a subsidiary of CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), April was the fifth consecutive month of positive rent...
The Japanese government has sent a formal request to the nation’s leading real estate and crypto associations demanding tighter checks on real estate transactions that use cryptocurrency payments. Coin Edition reports four Japanese government agencies – the Financial...
The Senate Banking Committee voted 13-11 along party lines to advance the nomination of Kevin Warsh to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Warsh’s nomination was in doubt when Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, pledged to...