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...
Peakline Real Estate Funds (PREF), a Chicago-based private real estate investment firm with $1.7 billion equity invested, has rolled out the Peakline Real Estate BTR Fund I, which marks the company’s entry into the build-to-rent (BTR) space. The new fund will be led...
The Los Angeles-based real estate platform Luxury Presence has launched Private Listings Hub, which is billed as a “secure, invite-only tool designed to help agents market off-market and pre-market listings.” According to the company, agents can share the...
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has installed Valérie Paquin as the chairperson of its 2025-2026 board of directors. Paquin is a broker and co-owner of the Via Capitale Partenaires brokerage, which has nearly 130 realtors located in six offices in suburban...
Mortgage applications surged to its highest level since last September, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) covering the week ending April 4. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 20% on...