March home sales posted the largest month-over-month increase in three years, according to the latest REMAX National Housing Report. Across the 50 metro areas surveyed for the report, home sales surged by 31.6% from February to March, the strongest monthly increase...
Two trade groups representing Texas real estate professionals, the San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR) and Four Rivers Association of Realtors, have announced a strategic merger agreement. SABOR represents more than 13,000 members across 13 counties in South Texas....
The Financial Crimes Unit of Texas’ Midland Police Department made its first arrest after investigating a series of fraudulent real estate sales. The suspect, 50-year-old Courtney Lister, was arrested on April 13. At the time of his apprehension, he possessed and...
An anonymous donor has provided funds to Kansas’ Wichita Habitat for Humanity for the creation of an affordable housing development named in honor of Pope Leo XIV. KMUW reports “Pope Leo Village” will consist of eight rehabilitated homes in northeast Wichita. The...
The real estate industry in Belarus has formed its first national trade organization. Reform.News reports the Chamber of Realtors was registered with the Belarus Ministry of Justice on April 16. Hennadz Shykhantsou, a realtor at the Minsk City Agency for State...
A “pied-à-terre tax” aimed at New York City’s wealthiest property owners, the Wall Street Journal slams home builders, and a Massachusetts town rejects a 50% property tax hike. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of...