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Window to the Law: TCPA and Texting

June 28th, 2018
Editor’s Note: This is part of a monthly video series from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to inform and educate members about important aspects of being a real estate professional. Watch for this series each month in RISMedia’s Daily...

Blockchain Won’t Make Real Estate Agents Obsolete

June 28th, 2018
Blockchain is an emerging technology that’s impacting the way industries conduct business, especially real estate. Not much is known about blockchain among the general public besides its association with bitcoin. While real estate professionals should pay attention to this new...

Infographic: Baby Boomers Are Market Movers

June 30th, 2018
Baby boomers are the biggest generation of homebuyers behind millennials, at 32 percent, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) 2018 Profile of Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends. For more information, please visit www.nar.realtor. For the latest real...

Again, Mortgage Rates Settle

June 30th, 2018
For the fourth time in five weeks, mortgage rates have settled, with the average 30-year, fixed mortgage at 4.55 percent, a decline from 4.57 percent the prior week, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The average 15-year,...

Report: Buying Is Eating Up More Income

June 30th, 2018
A bigger piece of the pie. The average homeowner is forking over 17.1 percent of their income for their mortgage, an allocation that has grown from 15.9 percent in 2017, according to a recent report by Zillow. The increase is...

Blockchain Lending: Reduced Fraud or Increased Risk?

June 30th, 2018
Traditional lenders are transforming, adopting cutting-edge technology to stand apart from competitors and introduce an added level of security to financing. From AI-run algorithms to smart contracts, obtaining a mortgage could soon be a vastly different process than buyers experienced...

Realtor.com: Days on Market and Prices at Records

July 1st, 2018
Amid nationwide shortages in supply, homebuyers in June had more options, but their choices were fast-moving and pricey, according to data from realtor.com®. The average home was listed for a median $299,000 and sold in 54 days—both new realtor.com records....

Are You an Industry Newsmaker—or Know Someone Who Is? RISMedia’s 2019 Newsmaker Nominations Now Open

July 1st, 2018
RISMedia is accepting nominations for the Class of 2019 Real Estate Newsmakers, individuals who are making newsworthy contributions to the residential and/or commercial real estate industries, and positively affecting real estate professionals and the consumers and communities they serve. NOMINATE...

Powered by Unity: Working Together to Forge a New NAR

July 1st, 2018
The 2018 NAR Leadership Team photographed in Washington, D.C. Editor’s Note: This is the cover story in the July issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine. The search for the next CEO to head the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) was...

The Harder They Fall: Recovery Slow in Vacation Areas

July 2nd, 2018
After falling hard in the recession, homes in vacation areas are recovering, but slowly, according to an analysis by Zillow: “Vacation home markets have lagged the rest of the country during the economic recovery, despite an exaggerated boom and bust...
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