Many homebuyers assume a brand-new home will automatically cost more than a resale home. In today’s market, that isn’t always true. Builders can offer incentives that traditional homesellers usually can’t, including lower mortgage rates and help with closing costs. Those incentives can sometimes make a more expensive new construction home cost less each month than…

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Colorado Springs-based elevateMLS has announced the launch of a new consumer website where homebuyers and sellers can search listings straight from the MLS, find a local agent and see how the market is moving. The site is live at elevateMLS.com. According to a release, home search on the site runs on the Cribio platform from…

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The monthly National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for builder confidence fell three points to 29 (out of 100) in October, marking the lowest builder confidence in the market since June 2012. NAHB attributed the historically low measure of builder sentiment to rising mortgage rates, energy and material costs, and…

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In an entirely expected move last Friday, Oct. 16, Compass filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against California-based CRMLS, asking a judge to prevent the MLS from enforcing its “mandatory submission” policies that the brokerage argues violates antitrust policies. As it has continued to campaign for changes to certain MLS policies, a Compass spokesperson told RISMedia…

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Just one day before the case was to go to trial, eXp managed to evade court as a partial settlement was reached. In the settlement filed Oct. 18, eXp agent Anya Roberts officially reached a confidential settlement which resolves all claims against eXp Realty, Founder Glenn Sanford and parent company AGNT, Inc. The settlement only…

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CENTURY 21 New Millennium announced that it has expanded into Lancaster County with the affiliation of the CENTURY 21 Home Advisors team. The Lancaster office began operating as CENTURY 21 New Millennium on Oct. 15. CENTURY 21 Home Advisors Founder H. Joseph “Joe” Younger will continue to lead its agents as team leader. According to…

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Jill Butler Founder & CEO RedKey Realty Leaders, a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Richmond Heights, Missouri https://www.redkeystlouis.com Region served: Greater St. Louis, including St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and surrounding communities. Years in real estate: 25 Number of offices: 4 Number of agents: 200 Most important…

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Back in 2022, half a dozen women came forward and filed a civil lawsuit against eXp Realty and its founder, Glenn Sanford, claiming that two “alpha agents” (Michael Bjorkman and David Golden) drugged and sexually assaulted them at company events. The women argued that Sanford and other eXp leadership ignored their complaints, as well as…

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From left, Rick Haase, Whitney LaCosta, Tara Brown, Boomer Foster and David Howell. Photo by AJ Canaria.  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Real estate brokerages are no strangers to consolidation. In 2026, Real acquired REMAX; Compass acquired Anywhere, and eXp and NextHome are now under the same parent brand, AGNT. Beyond the mega deals, large regional independents are constantly…

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Above: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services CEO Hoby Hanna. Photos by AJ Canaria. There’s a sea change confronting the residential real estate industry, and Hoby Hanna isn’t mincing words: “Brokerage is not enough anymore. Not for Howard Hanna, not for your company, not for our agents, and ultimately not for the consumer.” Hanna delivered this…

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