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Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit another 2025 low on Tuesday, dropping to 6.12 percent, nearly a full percentage point lower than January. Rates now have less room to come down.

Imagine people purchasing a home because they’re most impressed with the long, winding driveway. Or with the property’s surveillance cameras, or the strength of the gates surrounding it. Characteristics like the kitchen, square footage or number of bathrooms? All secondary to security. Home security as a priority is not something you have to imagine—it’s already…

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Luxury Real Estate Europe: The most Desirable Residences the Ultra-Wealthy Call Home  www.upscalelivingmag.com

U.S. Census data highlights which housing markets see homeowners spending the largest (and smallest) portions of their monthly income on housing.

In a discovery dispute, Compass seeks to compel Redfin, a nonparty in its lawsuit against Zillow, to produce internal communications and documents allegedly showing coordination between Redfin and Zillow. At the same time, a Redfin spokesperson confirmed that the company’s rules restricting private listings had not gone into effect, after being announced almost simultaneously to…

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Is this a good time to buy a house?  Yahoo Finance

Zillow's second product launch of the year includes collaborative search. Buyers can now invite family and friends to help them search and discuss listings through in-app messaging.

CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance dove again into the controversies surrounding rival portal Zillow in the company’s recent Q3 2025 earnings call. While discussing financials for the company and its subsidiaries—Homes.com, Apartments.com, Matterport, LoopNet, Domain and more—and the increasing traffic and success seen in the portal space, Florance pivoted to discuss an “uncomfortable but important…

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HVS Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin Week Ending 24 October 2025  Hotel News Resource

Pending home sales in September showed no change from the prior month and fell 0.9% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Pending Home Sales Report. The report provides the real estate ecosystem, including agents and homebuyers and sellers, with data on the level of home sales under contract. Month-over-month and year-over-year pending…

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After four weeks of consecutive drops in activity, mortgage applications break the streak with gains for refinance and purchase applications. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that the market composite index—the measure of mortgage loan activity volume—increased 7.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Oct. 24. The index increased at nearly the…

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As people continuously rely on digital platforms in the age of social media, new careers have found their way into the market. These new careers have ramifications in real estate, as it opens up new avenues for home shopping—and new ways for agents to build their business. Digital platforms designed to share and spread content…

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Every holiday is an opportunity to remind people that you're not just a salesperson, Darryl Davis writes. You're a neighbor and, possibly, the hero they need now.

Making AI part of your transaction process saves you time and money, while helping you focus on the tasks only you can do, new Inman contributor America Foy writes.

The National Association of Realtors' monthly report showed that homebuyers are still a bit crippled by economic uncertainty, and recent mortgage rate drops have mostly only spurred refinance activity.

Why London families are trapped in their first homes  The Telegraph

London has grasped the housing nettle  Property Week

PNB, EPF reaffirm commitment to Battersea project in London, says no immediate plan to exit  Malay Mail

London Square launches County Hall Kingston in South-West London  EdgeProp.sg

All types of paranormal spirits or energies can surface within a home, Shari DeBenedetti of "Ghost Hunters" told Inman. But if agents encounter them while trying to sell a listing, there are solutions.