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HW+ Member Aaron Smith talks HousingWire Annual and why affordability concerns and rising interest rates keep him up at night.

Real estate agents can limit their liability and unburden their conscience with this simple vocabulary change. 

If you live in a vacation area, there is real opportunity to get involved in helping people get into short-term rentals and vacation rentals.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bowen Realty has merged with BHHS Homesale Realty. Homesale’s acquisition of Bowen Realty strengthens their presence in the Maryland market. Berkshire Hathaway Homesale Realty has 36 offices serving Maryland and Pennsylvania, including a new office in Hagerstown, MD.

The largest reduction came from the technology team, which Reffkin noted still has over 700 members. In a February regulatory filing, Compass said it had over 1,500 product and technology employees across the world.

New report uses predictive analytics to project which housing markets will see the biggest increase in inventory over the next quarter.

The current housing market presents a particularly vexing problem for the crop of “power buyers” that have proliferated in recent years – fewer homebuyers benefit from their flagship cash offer products, they lack brand recognition among consumers, and the cash fronted by VCs is finite. Here’s how they’re adapting.

Luxury real estate’s favored status as a practical hard asset, providing a hedge against inflation for both primary and second-home buyers and investors, according to a recently released report by Christie’s International Real Estate.

An intuitive, user-friendly website that strategically pairs data with technology can allow agents to better serve their customers with improved insights, real-time data and seamless communication. Below, I share five must-haves for a brokerage website. 

Ryan Kaplan, a member of Fredrik Ekland’s eponymous Douglas Elliman-based Ekland-Gomes Team as seen on Million Dollar Listing, is leaving Douglas Elliman for the Corcoran Group, according to an announcement on Monday.