At the same time, the average age of the first-time buyer hit an all-time high of 40, according to the 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. 

The stock-swap deal will bring Anywhere’s brands, including Better Homes and Gardens, CENTURY 21, Coldwell Banker and Sotheby’s International, under the Compass umbrella. 

The annual survey finds most Realtors pay at least $50 a month for work technology, despite a majority feeling satisfied with the tech provided by their brokerages.

NAR’s report — which surveyed nearly 5,000 Realtor members — also found that the typical agent took on 10 transactions in 2024, the same as a year prior.

The online marketplace fleshed out the rules of its new listing access standards policy that was unveiled in the wake of the National Association of REALTORS’® Clear Cooperation update. 

The annual report surveyed agents in the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network to find out how they’re helping clients get their homes ready to list. 

The new policy allows sellers to put off marketing their properties for a period of time to be determined by their local MLSs. 

The new director is the owner and CEO of the Shanan Steere Group in Olathe, Kansas, which is affiliated with KW Overland Park. 

The 14-agent brokerage previously worked with COMPASS. 

The Houston Association of REALTORS® named the agent, Ty Robinson, to its Top 20 Under 40 list for 2022.  

The firm, led by Shahar Zarfati and Moral Assaraf, had more than $19 million in sales volume last year. 

“If this were easy, 70% would not fail at the job.” — Rochelle Fitzgerald, manager and Realtor, Local Realty Agency

The firm brings eight principal agents and primarily serves The Woodlands submarket. 

The priciest home sold in greater Houston last month was a 9,250-square-foot house in the Willowick Estates subdivision. 

Natasha Simon has sold over $892 million of real estate. 

The latest National Association of REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey found that 16% of respondents expect a year-over-year increase in buyer traffic in the next three months, compared to 13% a month earlier.