HousingWireHousingWire Three days before the new business practice changes mandated by the settlement of the National Association of Realtors‘ commission lawsuit went into effect, HousingWire caught up with top real estate coach Skye Michiels to talk about how his agents are handling the big changes. Michiels, the former head of…
Continue reading →I am a 76-year-old Republican, raised under President Eisenhower, inspired by GOP leaders like Barry Goldwater, Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. In New Hampshire, I learned my politics from Walter Peterson and his proteges Kimon Zachos, David Nixon, Lou D’Allessandro and Warren Rudman. Watching national…
Continue reading →BY MANDY LANCASTER Imagine you are a young adult struggling with a toxic, dangerous environment at home. You flee, but there is no permanent, safe place to go. You couch surf for as long as you can, you can’t afford an apartment, and beds at youth-oriented shelters are hard to…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Elevated mortgage rates and ample supply have given homebuilders an advantage over sellers of existing homes because they’re able to offer significant rate concessions to buyers while offering more choices. These advantages are evident in the data. The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday that “the time has come for policy to adjust,” signaling a cut in the federal funds rate at the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) as expected by monetary policy watchers. “The direction of travel is clear, and…
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