Real estate holding company Realogy has announced that it would begin selling franchise agreements for two of its brokerage brands, The Corcoran Group and Climb Real Estate. Corcoran is based in New York City and until now has primarily served markets

Despite the general trend toward a fall slowdown, pending home sales rose slightly in September compared to August. The National Association of Realtors reports that the pending home sales index rose 0.5 percent from 104.1 in August to 104.5

The financial website How Much used data from the National Association of Realtors and mortgage-information website HSH.com to find the nation’s most expensive “average-sized” homes. The study found that the median U.S. household annual income rose nearly 2 percent

It would take the average American seven years to save up enough to make a down payment on a typical home, according to Zillow’s latest report. This is longer compared to 20 years ago when it took the average

Recent reports of a sluggish housing market have put at least some of the blame on rising interest rates. Over the last 12 months, the interest rate on a typical 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has increased by nearly one full

Melanie De Armas was named the new chief operating officer at RE/MAX Advance Realty, the largest RE/MAX office in Miami. In her new role, De Armas will lead agency operations and direct the company’s financial and administrative functions. Throughout

Having terrible neighbors can be an extremely negative experience for homeowners. Luckily, the vast majority of people currently believe that they have good neighbors. According to Realtor.com’s Good Neighbor Report, 77 percent of participants said they are satisfied with their

Luxury Portfolio International‘s 2018 Global Luxury Real Estate report found that, globally, almost 40 percent of high-net-worth individuals will be looking to buy property but only 23 percent are willing to sell. With the imbalance of purchase intent, the market could experience

With home prices rising across the country, many buyers may think that moving out to the suburbs is the solution to finding a home that they can afford. However, suburban areas are now rivaling urban areas in affordability in

A recent study from two members of Stanford University’s political science department finds a strong positive relationship between voter turnout rates and property values among homeowners. Along with a growing body of research around how homeowners vote, this could

Existing home sales declined to their lowest level since November 2015, according to the September National Association of Realtors existing home sales report. Existing home sales dropped to 5.15 million in September, a 3.4 percent drop from August and

Miami Realtors were invited to showcase South Florida real estate in Paris at the Salon National de L’Immobilier. From Oct. 12 – 14, Lynda Fernandez, senior vice president of public relations for Miami Realtors, and a team of four

Homeownership is the biggest priority for millennials, according to the latest Bank of America Insights Report. A little over 70 percent of those surveyed said homeownership is their top priority, outranking traveling (61 percent) getting married (50 percent) and

Fewer homebuyers are making sight-unseen purchases, according to Redfin. In a recent survey, only 20 percent of recent homebuyers made an offer sight-unseen compared to the 35 percent in 2017. In May, Redfin analysts noticed sight-unseen offers returned to

Compass Florida has announced the addition of Team JK to their Fort Lauderdale office. Principal, Broker Associate of Team JK, and award-winning real estate professional Jonathan Keith will continue to lead the 17 agent team functioning out of Compass’

The United States currently has the highest percentage of immigrants since 1910 with 13.7 percent of the population being foreign-born. This has led to economic growth from 2011 to 2016 that accounted for much of the nation’s post-recession growth