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| Lone Wolf Technologies Announces New Integration with Follow Up Boss | ||
| 10/29/2025 3:40 PM | ||
| Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies has announced an integration of two business solutions: Lone Wolf Transact and Follow Up Boss, allowing direct communication between them. Lone Wolf cites advantages such as cutting out manual data entry, and simplifying deal transactions by allowing initiation and management of Lone Wolf transactions wit...Read More | ||
| Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter Point, Again; No Significant Mortgage Rate Changes Expected | ||
| 10/29/2025 3:24 PM | ||
| Above, Fed Chair Jerome Powell The Federal Reserve has announced its second interest rate cut of the year—the second in a row—in the midst of a government shutdown. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced at its October meeting today that it has cut interest rates by a quarter-percentage point. This follows a 25-basis-point cut&...Read More | ||
| Brokers Invited to ‘Growth Through Acquisitions’ Event Hosted by Anthony Lamacchia | ||
| 10/29/2025 2:43 PM | ||
| Lamacchia Realty Broker/Owner Anthony Lamacchia will be hosting “Growth Through Acquisitions,” a two-day live event for brokers where he will share details on how he finds, evaluates, negotiates and integrates successful acquisitions that have helped double his company’s size during a market slowdown. The event will take place at the Hyatt Regen...Read More | ||
| Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Announces Coachella Valley Affiliation | ||
| 10/29/2025 2:39 PM | ||
| Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate has announced that JM Desert Real Estate, a full-service, 13-year-old brokerage serving Riverside County in California, is the latest firm to affiliate with the brand. Now doing business as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate JM Desert Collective, as stated in a release, the firm has developed a strong...Read More | ||
| Working With a Buyer’s Big-City Security Concerns and Desires | ||
| 10/29/2025 2:00 PM | ||
| Imagine people purchasing a home because they’re most impressed with the long, winding driveway. Or with the property’s surveillance cameras, or the strength of the gates surrounding it. Characteristics like the kitchen, square footage or number of bathrooms? All secondary to security. Home security as a priority is not something you have to ima...Read More | ||
| Redfin Private Listing Restrictions on Pause as Compass Demands Internal Communications | ||
| 10/29/2025 1:27 PM | ||
| In a discovery dispute, Compass seeks to compel Redfin, a nonparty in its lawsuit against Zillow, to produce internal communications and documents allegedly showing coordination between Redfin and Zillow. At the same time, a Redfin spokesperson confirmed that the company’s rules restricting private listings had not gone into effect, after being ...Read More | ||
| CoStar CEO Talks Legal Battles, ‘Defensive’ Compass-Anywhere Deal in Earnings Call | ||
| 10/29/2025 12:48 PM | ||
| CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance dove again into the controversies surrounding rival portal Zillow in the company’s recent Q3 2025 earnings call. While discussing financials for the company and its subsidiaries—Homes.com, Apartments.com, Matterport, LoopNet, Domain and more—and the increasing traffic and success seen in the portal space, Florance ...Read More | ||
| Pending Home Sales Show No Change in September | ||
| 10/29/2025 11:58 AM | ||
| Pending home sales in September showed no change from the prior month and fell 0.9% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Pending Home Sales Report. The report provides the real estate ecosystem, including agents and homebuyers and sellers, with data on the level of home sales under contract. Month-over-mo...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Applications Grow for First Time in Weeks, Ahead of Second Fed Decision | ||
| 10/29/2025 11:50 AM | ||
| After four weeks of consecutive drops in activity, mortgage applications break the streak with gains for refinance and purchase applications. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that the market composite index—the measure of mortgage loan activity volume—increased 7.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Oct. 24. The in...Read More | ||
| A New Client Niche: Luxury Agents Speak on Home Shopping With Content Creators | ||
| 10/29/2025 11:42 AM | ||
| As people continuously rely on digital platforms in the age of social media, new careers have found their way into the market. These new careers have ramifications in real estate, as it opens up new avenues for home shopping—and new ways for agents to build their business. Digital platforms designed to share and spread content… The ...Read More | ||