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Joining United Yields MORE® for Oregon Brokerage
Above, Denise and Paul Knighton Paul and Denise Knighton Founders MORE® Realty Portland, Oregon https://www.MORErealty.com Region served: Oregon, Washington, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho Years in real estate (combined): 33 Number of offices: 12 Number of agents: 900 Since founding MORE® Realty 10 years ago, you’ve grown to 900 agents and are now the largest Oregon-based…
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Mortgage Applications Take a Break as Rates Hit 4-Week High
After a period of relatively steady activity, home purchase applications fell back this week as mortgage rates reached recent multi-week highs. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that the market composite index—the measure of mortgage loan activity volume—decreased 5.2% from one week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Nov. 14, following…
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Report: Housing Affordability and Rising Costs Are Biggest Challenges for Real Estate Firms
Real estate firms are reporting housing affordability and rising as the biggest challenges they face, and expect to continue facing, according to a new report from the National Association of REALTORS®. NAR’s 2025 Profile of Real Estate Firms found that 56% of firms reported housing affordability as a major challenge they expect to continue facing…
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October brought the strongest buyer’s market in 12 years: Redfin
Real Estate’s AI Hype: What It Gets Right (and Wrong) as Brokerages, Agents Adapt
AI has entered the real estate chat—and it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. While some say the AI bubble may burst in the next year or two, that’s not the feeling you get perusing real estate tradeshow exhibit halls where vendors pitch AI solutions for just about everything. Whether it’s the promise…
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Zillow Partners With Esusu, Launching CreditClimb to Help Renters Build Credit
Zillow® is announcing a new way for renters to turn their monthly payments into real financial progress with CreditClimb, a credit-building tool powered by fintech firm Esusu. Renters nationwide can enroll directly through Zillow to have their on-time rent payments automatically reported to all three major credit bureaus for $20 a year. CreditClimb also claims…
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LeadingRE Welcomes Renowned to Solution Group Program
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) announced that Renowned will join its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources for its global network of 550 real estate firms. “Renowned’s marketing platform helps brokerages and agents build visibility and trust, which is essential to success in our industry,” said Jim Psyhogios, LeadingRE’s vice president…
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Samuelson Takes the Stand at Hearing, Addresses Using New Listing Rules as ‘Deterrence’
NEW YORK CITY–As the afternoon session of the Compass-Zillow preliminary injunction hearing got underway in courtroom 14C at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in downtown Manhattan on Nov. 18, with Judge Jeannette Vargas presiding, the intensity from the morning session continued with Compass CEO Robert Reffkin on the stand. Throughout the day, attorney Bonnie…
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