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The latest messaging is that the Fed is creating a housing bubble by keeping rates so low that prices can skyrocket. But is that true? HW+ Premium Content.

Between 2011 and 2020, mom-and-pop investors, who have kept between three to 10 homes, increased their share of home buying by 2%, compared to large- and medium-sized investors. In fact, the bulk of this buying happened between 2018 and 2020, according to CoreLogic’s Investor Homebuying report highlighting home U.S. purchase trends between 2011 and 2020. 

Today’s RealTrending features an interview with Gavin Swartzman, president and CEO of Peerage Realty Partners. Swartzman talks about recent acquisitions, their business model and some out-of-the-box ancillary services. Peerage has been slowly acquiring brokerage firms in many high end and luxury markets to bring into their “real estate network.” Swartzman explains his value prop in this educational podcast.

Three of the 10 most popular migration destinations in July were in the Sunshine State, which faces high risk from storms and rising sea levels

The financial results of small- to medium-sized brokerage firms don’t fit neatly into the Income Appraoch to valuation, thus, according to Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and owner of RTC Consulting, the Gross Margin Approach is commonly used for these firms, doing 500 or fewer transactions sides a year.

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Pete Carroll, CoreLogic’s Executive of Public Policy and Industry Relations. Carroll talks about the housing shortage, who it impacts most, issues plaguing today’s real estate industry, and some possible solutions.

Whatever changes are afoot at Keller Williams, Gary Keller remains the company’s public face. Here’s what we learned from KW’s “Mega Camp.” HW+ Premium Content

Good news for real estate agents, despite the myriad way potential homebuyers can find information about a home online, 86% of those surveyed in a national survey says that real estate agents are important or very important to the home-buying process.

NAR’s existing home sales data beat estimates in July, demonstrating once again that there is no housing crash coming, despite what social media says. HW+ Premium Content

With four other real estate tech acquisitions in the last year, Lone Wolf Technologies recently added Boston Logic-owned Propertybase to its tech toolbox. The acquisition rounds out Lone Wolf’s technology platform that includes websites, lead generation tools, and CRM. With Propertybase, they gain a platform that integrates sales support and marketing operations to complement their suite of products.