HousingWireHousingWire Concierge Auctions‘ 2025 Luxury Home Index reveals a market at a crossroads. Prices remain high and inventory is tight. Demand hasn’t vanished, but luxury properties are taking longer to sell, listing discounts are widening and macroeconomic shifts are reshaping buyer behavior. “Luxury hasn’t collapsed,” said Chad Roffers, CEO of…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The housing affordability and inventory crisis across the nation has run into many legislative and logistical challenges at the state and local levels. But lawmakers in the state of Washington have demonstrated their housing priorities by sending a package of 10 bills to the desk of Gov. Bob Ferguson…
Continue reading →Crystal Dionne, now president and CEO since February 2024, joined Primary Bank’s senior management team during its startup phase, when the bank was still a holding company. (Photo by Brittany Grimes) As an entrepreneur and real estate developer, Bill Greiner never intended to establish a bank, but then the 2008…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Craig Steinley, the vice president of the Appraisal Institute, has been accused of sexual harassment by 12 current and former employees of the trade group. An expose published Thursday by The New York Times surfaced the allegations against Steinley, who is also a former president of the institute. The…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The drama involving the San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR) and San Diego MLS (SDMLS) is ramping up. Last month, Michael Mercurio, the former CEO of SDAR and SDMLS, filed a lawsuit alleging that he was wrongfully terminated. This comes as a separate suit against Mercurio is slated to…
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