Florida Realtors has come out against a bill in the state legislature that would abolish the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC). House Bill 1461 eliminate nearly all the state boards and commissions tasked with regulating professions under the Florida Department of...
Robert M. Sawyer, a prominent real estate developer and educator, passed away on April 4 at his home on Martha’s Vineyard at the age of 87. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1937, he graduated from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and relocated to...
Fidelity Investments has put its 803,000-square-foot Boston headquarters on the market for sublease as it prepares to move into a smaller space elsewhere in the city. Bisnow.com, citing an unnamed “source close to the building,” reports the financial services company...
The Rocklin, California-based start-up Mortgage Marketing Vault has officially launched, offering a membership platform designed to simplify marketing efforts for traditional and reverse mortgage lenders. According to the company, the new platform offers online...
Home sellers are a highly tolerant group – to the point of being willing to work with real estate agents with sketchy backgrounds and dubious behavior. According to a survey conducted by Clever Real Estate, 58% of sellers said they were willing to work with agents...
Americans spent an estimated $603 billion on home remodeling projects in 2024, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The top remodeling projects that realtors recommended to sellers before listing their homes included painting the...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
