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In an earnings report Oct. 30, The Real Brokerage, a digital-focused brokerage, announced results for the third quarter with jumps in revenue and agent count. They follow positive numbers from the second quarter. “In the third quarter, revenue increased 53% to $568.5 million while operating losses narrowed compared to last year,” said Ravi Jani, CFO.…

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Above: Team leader, coach and author, Andy Allen, at RISMedia’s 37th Annual CEO & Leadership Exchange; Photos by AJ Canaria As anyone who’s achieved a modicum of success in residential real estate can tell you, getting there involves a lot of blood, sweat and tears: demanding clients, demoralizing cold calls, heartbreaking deal-breakers, nail-biting negotiations…all before…

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Attorneys for Redfin called Compass' request for documents related to its stalled private listings ban amounted to a "fishing expedition." A judge later denied Compass' request.

The drop in monthly payments, Redfin reported, followed a decrease in mortgage rates, with 30-year fixed-rate mortgages ultimately hitting a 2025 low of 6.12 percent on Tuesday.

The whole neighborhood watches in awe as a comically large pair of shiny, silver scissors slice through a ruby red ribbon, and a brand-new restaurant is officially in business. A once quiet area where the owner of the only diner for miles knows every customer’s order as “the usual,” will now undergo some major changes. …

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Government Shutdown Forces Homebuyers Back Onto Sidelines in Hardest Hit Markets  Realtor.com

Forget cookie-cutter content. Christian and Ashley Harris share a creative Halloween collab that shows how letting your personality shine can attract massive attention.

Lendlord Capital closes £5.4m prime outer London senior debt loan  Bridging & Commercial

In September, Redfin characterized the Summer 2025 housing market as the strongest buyer’s market “in over a decade,” as from June to August, sellers outnumbered buyers by between 35-36%. The latest CNBC housing market survey also found that about half of surveyed agents believe it is currently a buyer’s market, while Zillow’s September housing market…

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What is driving European cities’ housing affordability challenge?  Oxford Economics

MSCI: European commercial real estate market remains slow in Q3  Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

Gaw Capital shutters US, Europe institutional businesses  Private Equity Real Estate | PERE

How London’s luxury property market ground to a halt  City AM

Chancellor shamed for failing to license rental property  LandlordZONE

‘What if you ran an office building like a boutique hotel?’  The Spaces

Spiritual encounters don't just happen in ghost stories — some of Inman's staff have witnessed them first-hand in their own homes.

The time is now to use existing artificial intelligence to your advantage, Kevin Hawkins writes in his new book. "You don't have to worry about AI replacing you. You have to worry about agents using AI replacing you."

The best agents in 2026 will blend innovation with authenticity, trainer Bernice Ross writes, using new tools to amplify rather than replace the human touch.

Core capital reawakens: scale and liquidity drive Europe's real estate reset  Green Street News

Over 1.5 million households have not yet filed property tax valuation as deadline looms  The Irish Independent