Maine’s home sales and home prices held steady during May, according to new data from the Maine Association of Realtors (MAR). A total of 1,206 single-family existing homes were sold in Maine last month, with a median sold price of $425,000. Both figures were...
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) has filed an amicus brief opposing a motion by Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) for a preliminary injunction in Zillow v. MRED. Two weeks ago, a federal judge ordered the Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) to restore Zillow’s access to its multiple...
eXp Realty, a subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGNT), has promoted Wendy Forsythe to chief operating officer (COO). Forsythe had been the company’s chief marketing officer for the past two years. Before joining eXp, she served as COO at HomeSmart...
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has a new role as the celebrity spokesperson for 51 Park, a luxury residential development in the affluent Israeli city of Herzliya. The Times of Israel reports that Paltrow stars in a new commercial for the development. The...
A buyer who purchases the median-priced home today with 20% down will pay $413,700 in interest over a 30-year mortgage at the current 6.53% rate, according to a data report from Best Interest Financial and Clever Real Estate. However, that sum is $10,500 more than the...
Kiavi, a San Francisco-headquartered private lender to residential real estate investors, has been acquired by Figure Technology Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: FIGR), a blockchain-native capital marketplace for tokenized assets, in a $717 million transaction. Kiavi’s...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 22-26
