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NAR economist urges developers to consider converting vacant office space, shopping malls to condos to relieve housing shortage.

Millennials have surpassed baby boomers as the largest group of homebuyers in the U.S., and some of them have bigger budgets than you’d think.

Builder confidence is up, but housing supply is still an issue

A lawsuit against Cervera Real Estate – and a new bill passed in California – raise the question of classification

Overall, home values made their largest monthly climb in five years, which means homeowners and appraisers are more likely to agree on market price.

October 15 is perhaps best known as the day tax extensions are due, but for condo buyers and their agents, it’s also the day that the new Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rules on FHA loans for

At Houston Agent’s Accelerate Conference, Jack Markham, of Constellation Real Estate Group, asks the question: “How are you going to compete, not just with the other people in this room, but with large companies and their technology?”

DLA Piper’s Global Real Estate Summit examines ways in which technology is disrupting the market.

Although all regions saw a boost, the biggest increases were in the West, according to NAR’s index

U.S. home prices grow for first time in 15 months

Existing-home sales in the U.S. were up slightly in August, according to the National Association of Realtors’ monthly report, released today. Completed transactions of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops rose 1.3 percent from July, and overall sales were

The Federal Reserve announced today that it will cut interest rates further, to a top rate of 2 percent. “The committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability,” the statement posted to the Fed’s website this afternoon read.

In what will likely prove to be his last address to a large group of real estate professionals associated with the company he runs, Coldwell Banker CEO Charlie Young directly addressed challengers such as Keller Williams, Compass and eXp.

Realogy Holdings Group, parent company of brokerage brands like Coldwell Banker, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and several others, announced last week that it will embark on a process of “strategic organizational changes.” The New Jersey-based company said

The long-anticipated vision of the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provides the public with the first concrete roadmap for returning the two firms to full private ownership.

Money can’t buy happiness, right? Well, maybe it can—as long as what it’s buying is a home.