How to Use a Multiple-Offer Mindset
While the market is shifting, homes are continuing to receive multiple offers. Agents should prepare clients for it and find out as much as possible about the property.
NAR Mentorship Program Discovers New Opportunities
The NAR Spire program pairs real estate pros in underserved areas with experienced practitioners to help them explore and expand their business opportunities.
Downsizing Dilemmas: Unexpected Delays, Expenses
Older homeowners looking to downsize can help eliminate surprises by getting a realistic picture of what their house might sell for and what smaller homes might cost.
HUD Seeks to Help People Without Access to Shelters
About $54.5M is available to groups serving unhoused people in rural areas, which saw unsheltered homelessness increase by 8.3% from 2019-2020. Deadline is Oct. 20.
Rising Prices, Rates Hurt Middle-Class Buyers
Even as the housing-price runup slows, middle-class buyers – in the West and elsewhere – are still struggling to find a home they can afford where they want to live.
Consumers Expect Inflation to Drop by Next Year
Fed survey: Consumers expect the annual inflation rate to be 5.7% a year from now, beating the 6.2% expectation in July – and they’re more optimistic about the future.