Real Estate News

JULY 12, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Adobe Stock Brokerages SERHANT. hits DC; Elliman snags ‘Million Dollar Listing’ star Plus, Compass gains Florida luxury team; Coldwell Bankers adds top producers; Corcoran scores billion-dollar broker; Utah firm joins C21; more. Real Estate News Staff July 12, 2025 8 mins Editor's note: The brokerage business is a busy one, with frequent moves, mergers and milestones.

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Realtor

JULY 12, 2025

Realtor.com/Getty Images Home sellers frustrated with their listings lingering on the market are taking action instead of delisting them—they’re dropping prices. The current number of listings on the market now sits at more than 1 million, according to the Realtor.com® June 2025 Housing Market Trends Report. And coupled with that, falling median price declines can be found in major metros.

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Real Estate News

JULY 12, 2025

HOA Warranty, a growing startup, aims to keep sales on track by offering protection against unexpected special assessments in buildings with low HOA reserves.

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Realtor

JULY 12, 2025

Getty Images As homebuyers continue to grapple with affordability concerns amid record-high home prices , purchasing a fixer-upper might be one option for finding a home at an attainable price. However, fixer-uppers are not evenly distributed across the country, and are much more common in some states than others, according to a new analysis of Realtor.com® listing data.

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Real Estate News

JULY 12, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Brokerages Hoby Hanna: Zillow is ‘overstepping,’ limiting ‘creativity’ Hanna believes the portal’s new listing standards “penalize” agents and home sellers, while his brokerage — and Compass — are the real innovators. AJ LaTrace July 12, 2025 6 mins Key points: Hanna contends that rules and restrictions limiting how listings can be marketed and displayed are stifling

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Inman

JULY 12, 2025

If your entire value proposition is "I specialize in this neighborhood," then you’re putting a clock on your career, Coldwell Banker Warburg's Kevelyn Guzman writes.

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Realtor

JULY 12, 2025

Chris Graythen/Getty Images; HAN Capital; Realtor.com NBA legend Michael Jordan ‘s former Chicago mansion famously spent 13 years languishing on the market until it finally found a buyer in 2024, albeit for a heavily discounted price. The buyer in question, John Cooper , snapped up the beleaguered dwelling for just $9.5 million in December, more than $5 million less than the $14.89 million it was last listed for.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JULY 12, 2025

If you’ve ever waded into the fine print of an appraisal report, you might’ve stumbled across two phrases that feel like they should mean the same thing: exposure time and marketing time. They both involve a clock ticking away while a property is for sale—but here’s the twist: one clock is running backward , and the other’s running forward. And in the appraisal world, that distinction matters more than you might think.

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Realtor

JULY 12, 2025

Getty Images Imagine you open your mailbox. Inside, there’s a couple of bills, a postcard, and then, what’s this? A dryer sheet? You wonder how it got in there. Was it an accident? Or is someone playing some laundry-related practical joke? There’s been reports from homeowners across the country who are finding dryer sheets in their mailboxes—and wondering why.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2025

Housing inventory decreased last week, while purchase application data grew 25% year-over-year! What is happening in the housing market? In the two weeks leading up to the July 4th holiday week, our weekly Housing Market Tracker showed that housing data was stabilizing as mortgage rates approached their lowest levels of the year. However, with July 4th falling on a Friday, I noted that the following two weeks would likely disrupt our weekly data, and that turned out to be the case.

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