The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) has announced the winners of its 11th annual Young Professionals Network (YPN) 20 Under 40 Rising Stars in Real Estate Awards.

Zillow announced today it’s ending its iBuyer service, Zillow Offers, and cutting roughly a quarter of its workforce, citing the volatility the service created for the online brokerage as the motivation for the move.

As more house hunters are opting to live in socially, racially and culturally diverse communities, developers are formulating strategies to list more inclusive properties on the market, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.  Developers’ strategies include

Homebuyers lucky enough to win a bidding war for a property are increasingly running headlong into appraisals that don’t match — or even come close to — the agreed sales price, leaving them with limited ways to close the sale.

The new corporate sponsorship makes certain training, resources and networking opportunities available to RE/MAX agents.

A current Guinness World Record title holder, Caballero has been ranked the No. 1 real estate agent in the U.S. since 2013 by RealTrends and individually sold 6,438 homes in 2020.

Where do you think Houston landed on this list of best places to be a real estate agent?

The acquirer is a partnership between Chairman and CEO Rick Davidson, who most recently served as global CEO of Realogy Real Estate Services Corp.’s Century 21 Real Estate unit, and private equity firm Aperion Management.

Houston wasn’t the only Texas city to make the list. The Lone Star State has five of them on the list, including No. 1 ranked Midland. 

Best-in-class service, tools and support are keys to agent satisfaction, report finds.

As the political fundraising arm of the National Association of Realtors, RPAC solicits voluntary contributions from Realtors — more than $5 million during the 2018 election cycle. It uses those funds to help elect candidates across the political landscape who understand and support real estate interests — at all levels of government.

The lists below detail campaign contributions by the National Association of Realtors in 2020 and 2018. The info is via opensecrets.org. 2020  Recipient Total From Individuals From Organization Recipient Type View Type Chamber Gonzalez Jenniffer $2,000 $2,000 $0 Candidate

By Anne Ewasko I am always looking for ways to cut costs and be more efficient with my time while maintaining quality. In a time when buyers are reluctant to physically view properties and owners are afraid to have

Compass is working with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters of their initial public offering.

The Swanepoel Power 200 ranks leaders from all sectors of the residential real estate industry based on three months of research and more than 400 hours of analysis.

“We want to address the barriers that prevent people from living in their desired communities as they age, and I know this relationship with NAR will help us better accomplish that goal.”