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CoStar lays off staff amid Homes.com cost-cutting campaign

Feb 19, 2026

The company has vowed to slash over 35 percent of its spending on Homes.com after years of attempting to build a fourth major real estate listings search portal.

From scrambling to systematic: A better open house plan

Feb 19, 2026

Grow your database and grow your real estate business with Jen Berbas' systematic plan for goal-setting, open house hosting and buyer follow-up.

CoStar lays off staff amid drastic Homes.com cost-cutting campaign

Feb 19, 2026

The company has vowed to slash over 35 percent of its spending on Homes.com after years of attempting to build a fourth major real estate listings search portal.

The department store parallel: A warning for the real estate industry

Feb 19, 2026

NYC real estate CEO Dezireh Eyn looks at the state of real estate consolidation through the lens of the high-end retail industry.

Sitzer, Moehrl attorneys file new lawsuit targeting mortgage firms

Feb 19, 2026

Three homebuyers, who are also military veterans, allege the mortgage companies' referral programs led to higher cost loans.

Affordability is better, but buyers are still bailing out of contracts

Feb 19, 2026

Pending home sales slid on a monthly and annual basis in January, despite improving market factors. However, several economists urged agents to stay calm, saying a sales boost will likely come this spring.

Testing Reffkin’s big idea: Take the Intel Index survey today

Feb 19, 2026

Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate's most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey.

From content to closings: How social media drove $50M in mortgage production

Feb 19, 2026

Rick Guerrero and Brandon “Bran the Mortgage Man” Brodzky discuss how a consistent personal branding strategy helped generate roughly $50 million in annual loan production directly from social media relationships.

Buyers aren’t flaky. The market is setting them up to walk away

Feb 19, 2026

Escalating costs and the impact of deferred maintenance mean that buyers and sellers aren't always on the same page, so buyers are walking away, bi-coastal luxury agent Cara Ameer writes.

A national MLS could be great, execs say, but feasibility and antitrust issues pose a challenge

Feb 19, 2026

Compas CEO Robert Reffkin recently floated the idea of a national MLS. Luxury real estate leaders are intrigued by the concept, but have many questions about how such an entity might work.

Affordable housing is a polycrisis: Here are 5 things to know in 2026

Feb 18, 2026

If real estate and housing are your passion and your career, Rachael Hite writes, you should be among the foremost advocates to help all Americans find their way home.

Buyers turn to the resale market as builders abandon price cuts

Feb 18, 2026

Rising existing-home inventory is thwarting homebuilders, who are now slowing permits and starts — and backing off from hefty incentives.