HousingWireHousingWire Brokerage giant eXp Realty is adding a superstar agent to its ranks. The company announced the recruitment of Phoenix-based agent Joshua Smith, a high producer who closed 297 transactions in 2023. Smith is the latest addition to eXp Realty’s expanding global agent network. According to the brokerage, Smith has…
Continue reading →The election is over! I stand corrected; the election should be over, but many candidates and supporters are still bickering. In fact, they’re still trying to get more money. Our elections have become more and more contentious, making it especially difficult to work with each other afterwards. Just showing up…
Continue reading →In 2025, the Legislature will meet to pass a state budget that must be balanced based on projected revenues, as required by state law. This spring, policymakers may face a less rosy state revenue scenario than they have in any of the last four biennial state budget cycles. Two key…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Sam Valverde, who stepped down as acting president of Ginnie Mae on Nov. 30, will join Freddie Mac as vice president of mission and community engagement in the government-sponsored enterprise’s single-family acquisitions division. The move is effective Monday. With more than 20 years of experience in housing and capital…
Continue reading →Bring Back the Trades summit organizer Amanda Grappone-Osmer, left, presents a map of schools that attended the event to Mike Rowe as Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte looks on. (Photo by Trisha Nail) In 2001, a TV professional in San Francisco, named Mike, was approached by his mother who told him that…
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