Above, Christina Pappas, left and Mike Pappas South Florida’s luxury market experienced significant year-over-year gains in both transactions and average sales price during the third quarter of 2026, according to The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties’ latest Luxury Market Report. The high-end single-family and condominium sectors each posted significant increases in sales activity and pricing.…

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Editor’s note: Industry moves is RISMedia’s look at new brokerages and key executive changes within the real estate industry. Nick Bailey onboards at AuthoritySignal AI Former REMAX, Century 21 and Zillow Group executive Nick Bailey has joined AuthoritySignal AI, a new AI intelligence platform focused on the real estate industry, as a founding member. Bailey…

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Iron Valley Real Estate has signed the Open Real Estate letter of support, which the brokerage stated affirms its commitment to a housing marketplace built on transparency, cooperation and broader access to listing information. Iron Valley said in a release that its position surrounding the arguments of private listings and housing information is clear: “decisions…

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Above, from left: Michael Wurzer, Melissa King, Cameron Paine, Justin Landon, Garry Marsoubian. Photo by AJ Canaria. As the real estate industry continues to change, the role of the MLS is evolving right alongside it. Recent legal action, as six MLSs join together in a federal lawsuit against Compass and the mega-brokerage’s broader campaign to…

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Four brokerage giants are launching what they call “shared infrastructure” to keep listings shared broadly, seemingly in direct opposition to Compass and its campaign to undo cooperation-focused rules, in an initiative dubbed “Open Real Estate.” The four companies founding the initiative are Keller Williams, AGNT (parent of eXp and NextHome), HomeServices of America and Real…

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Pricing discussions with sellers is both an art and a science. Comparable listings data have always played a key role in determining asking price, as do algorithmic tools like automated valuation models (AVMs), but real estate agents say those values are a useful starting point—not a final valuation. That’s where their local knowledge about a…

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Consumer’s economic expectations remain muted for another month as the Iran War continues to hold the economy back, according to the latest data from the University of Michigan. University of Michigan’s latest Consumer Sentiment Index found that sentiment fell only 0.1 points in October, shifting ever so slightly from 48.1 in September to 48 in…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon.  Midterm mortgage moves. With the midterm elections approaching fast, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at cutting costs for title and mortgage insurance and manufactured housing. Titled “Decreasing Housing Costs for the…

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The conversation surrounding renting vs. homeownership has been contentious for some time now. The question as to whether it’s cheaper to rent or to buy a home is not clear cut, as several factors can impact both arguments. One recent study—conducted by researchers from Zillow and the online marketplace platform Thumbtack—examines the hidden costs of…

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Three separate federal lawsuits involving Compass and seven different MLSs are now making their way through the (often slow-moving) civil litigation process, marking a clear new level of conflict between incumbents defending long-running industry practices and deep-pocketed disruptors with new priorities. The confrontation comes after more than a year of fast-escalating tensions, in which the…

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