Every Friday, we round up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed in the hustle and bustle of the workweek. Here’s this week’s Top 5 as chosen by our readers.
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NWMLS blasts Compass’ ‘Orwellian’ listing strategy in new legal filing
NWMLS is escalating its legal battle with Compass, filing federal counterclaims that accuse the brokerage of a deceptive listings strategy.
NAR thought home sales would spike this year. Not anymore, thanks to volatile mortgage rates
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The market reaction to Trump’s war in Iran sent mortgage rates sharply higher. NAR will revise its bullish 14 percent sales jump as a result.
Here’s the advice Mauricio Umansky gives agents when the market gets tough
The Agency founder shares simple habits that have mattered most throughout his career to help today’s agents flourish in a challenging market.
5 years. $50M in sales. Here’s the blueprint behind it all
Jimmy Burgess shows how Florida real estate agent Colby Anderson remade his business by leaning into social media and new niches.
A national MLS could change our industry — and not in a good way
The answer to a flawed institution is reform, not replacement, coach Darryl Davis writes, and NAR has both the authority and the responsibility to lead that reform.
