Real Estate News & Insights

How Do Realtors Get Paid For a Home Sale?

How Do Realtors Get Paid For a Home Sale?

Source: Realty Biz News --- Most consumers, whether buying or selling a home, understand that real estate agents are paid a commission. From there, it gets blurry what consumers know and don’t know. How a real estate professional gets compensated is a question often...

Real Estate newsletter: Luxury finds a new extreme

Real Estate newsletter: Luxury finds a new extreme

Source: LA Times --- Welcome back to the Real Estate newsletter. It’s been a relatively quiet summer on the luxury front, but this week, we finally saw the extremes that the Southern California market is capable of. First, we stopped by a dinner party in West...

Las Vegas’ housing market cooling faster than others

Las Vegas’ housing market cooling faster than others

Source: Review Journal --- In more ways than one, Las Vegas’ housing market is getting doused with cold water. People are buying fewer homes, sellers are slashing their prices, and availability is soaring. Southern Nevada is far from alone in seeing its once-sizzling...

Putting the real estate market into perspective

Putting the real estate market into perspective

Source: Toronto Sun --- In so many ways, we rely on the media to provide us with information about housing markets in this hectic world. Readers and viewers, however, should look at the big picture and put news in perspective. We hear a lot about rising interest rates...