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Stocks rebounded and pressure on interest rates eased after Trump announces 90-day pause on country-specific "reciprocal tariffs" with the exception of 125 percent duties on Chinese goods.

Family collects mega profit on beachfront sale  realestate.com.au

First-Ever Foreign Property Exhibition on U.S. Soil Opens in Downtown Miami  Haute Living

Charlotte real estate firm jumps into top 10 on list of largest US developers  The Business Journals

The Simple Method for Calculating Property Taxes on Your Land—and Avoid Overpaying  Realtor.com

On Tues. April 8, government sponsored-enterprise Fannie Mae announced that over the past few weeks, it had fired over 100 employees due to fraud, including mortgage fraud, against the company. The announcement did not elaborate on the specifics of what the claimed fraud was. William J. Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA),…

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As Trump's tariffs spark chaos and confusion in the broader economy, some analysts see an opening for real estate companies to outperform other sectors.

Uncertainty looms over US housing market in wake of Trump tariffs  ABC News

Now is a great time to cut expenses where you can and put the savings into financial instruments that will take care of you down the road, trainer Rachael Hite writes.

Homes in these former US boomtowns are now easier to own  New York Post

Words like “turmoil” and “uncertainty” rarely describe an environment where people are eager to buy and sell real estate. Unfortunately, right now it is hard to find any analyst, economist or commentator on either side of the political spectrum that isn’t using these words—or some variation, as tariffs have roiled financial markets and consumer confidence…

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The housing industry has weathered commission lawsuits, scandals and lackluster home sales in recent years. With the Trump administration’s aggressive rollback of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, there’s another reckoning for real estate and housing professionals. Brokerages and housing leaders face critical questions about the future of fair housing to protect consumers. There’s also…

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REcore Solutions, a leading provider of MLS SaaS solutions and data licensing, has announced that NorthstarMLS in Minneapolis and the Mid-America Regional Information System MLS (MARIS) in St. Louis have invested in the company, further solidifying REcore Solutions’ position as a driving force in the MLS technology space. The company says this strategic investment highlights…

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Blackstone $10.8B European Real Estate Fund  USA Herald

It was during a recent long weekend at the beach with the missus that I finally connected via telephone with a peer in another Tennessee city we are expanding into soon. As someone who obviously knew the market better than us, I sought his input as part of our strategic planning. We have had short…

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Keller Williams is asking the court to hold Davis in contempt, remove a legal filing detailing alleged misconduct from the public docket and order him to pay the defendants' attorneys' fees.

Blackstone has raised $10.8 billion for the Blackstone Europe Real Estate Partners VI fund  AKM.RU

According to a new report from Realtor.com, the national average down payment hit 14.4 percent and $30,250 in the fourth quarter.

News | Blackstone raises Europe's largest-ever real estate drawdown fund  CoStar

Amid recent economic uncertainty, homebuyers and owners took advantage of falling mortgage rates that dipped to their lowest point since October of last year, driving a 20% surge in purchase applications and a 35% increase in refinance applications.  According to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week…

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