HomeSmart’s yard signs will now have QR codes and NFC (Near Field Communication) tags allowing home shoppers to access property details.

Homes that are professionally staged not only attract more attention from potential buyers — they also sell faster and for more money, according to data from the National Association of Realtors’® 2025 Profile of Home Staging.  

New CFO Tim Dieffenbecher previously served with CEO Chris Czarnecki at Broadstone Net Lease and Broadstone Real Estate. 

Despite the deceleration, the company, formerly known as CoreLogic, expects prices to rise another 4.9% over the next year.

Building a luxury real estate brand starts with a luxurious website, says Malte Kramer, founder and CEO of Luxury Presence.

At the same time, days on market rose, and existing-home sales declined.

Midwest Real Estate Data said the updated National Association of REALTORS® Clear Cooperation Policy mirrors the MLS’s Private Listing Network, which was implemented in 2016.

The National Association of REALTORS’® Pending Home Sales Index rose 6.9% in March, compared to economists’ expectations of a smaller 1% gain.

At the same time, “historically low” inventory managed to post gains, Illinois REALTORS® said. 

The pace of sales rose 7.4% compared to February, topping analyst estimates by a large margin.

The average 30-year mortgage saw its contract interest rate jump to 6.90% from 6.81% the week before, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. 

The surprisingly large decline in the pace of housing starts comes as builder sentiment remains depressed by tariff worries and high prices. 

In a statement, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman also asked MLSs to create a “coming-soon” designation that precludes search sites from showing listing history. 

By choosing to list their homes privately, homesellers in 2023 and 2024 forwent a collective $1 billion, according to new research from Zillow.

Oralia Herrera, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 TK Realty Inc. in Addison, has been installed as NAHREP president.

The acquisition of the mortgage servicer comes on the heels of Rocket’s $1.75 billion deal for Redfin.