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ERA President Alex Vidal welcomes recruiting season with tips for finding and keeping your strongest real estate team members.

In this Inman exclusive video interview ahead of the "Selling the OC" Season 4 premiere, The Oppenheim Group founder got real about the market, interest rates and the Federal Reserve.

Newmark Continues Strategic Debt & Structured Finance Growth in Europe with Senior Hires  lelezard.com

Jack Ma's wife buys former Italian embassy in London for £19.5m  Il Sole 24 ORE

Does Blackstone's US Senior Housing Sale Signal a Shift in Real Estate Strategy for BX?  simplywall.st

HVS Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin - Week Ending 07 November 2025  Hospitality Net

The Equity Covenant: Investing in 2025’s Most Resilient Luxury Property Markets  LUXUO

Big London estate agency reveals ‘turnaround year’ before takeover  thenegotiator.co.uk

Jack Ma’s wife buys former Italian embassy in London for £19.5mn  Financial Times

London Street Poised to Transform Nagpur’s Real Estate Landscape  Realty Plus Magazine

Asking the right questions that start with “why” can reveal your buyers’ true motivations and keep contracts from falling apart, writes broker Annette DeCicco.

Webinar – Understanding Preferential Purchase Rights, E.g. Rights Of First Refusal/Offer (Video)  Mondaq

FHFA Director Bill Pulte says his agency is currently reviewing a potential deal with Fair Isaac to allow lenders to use the more inclusive FICO Score 10 T when submitting loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Above, from left, Lisa O’Brien and Carrie Mellon Arizona real estate agents Lisa O’Brien and Carrie Mellon had never met before that fateful time in 2019, when O’Brien had a seller, Mellon had a cash buyer, and they closed the deal in a record six days. “It was amazing from the beginning how much we…

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Mayo man secures award at National Property Awards  The Mayo News

The Trump administration says it's also looking at assumable mortgages and "ways to give relief" on 5- and 10-year mortgages, after mortgage and financial planning experts pan 50-year mortgages as a bad deal for homebuyers.

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae employs an automated Desktop Underwriter (DU) system. Now, with a recent change in policy, lenders will face one less hurdle in giving loans out processed through the system. Previously, the DU system required that a borrower have a minimum credit score of 620 (or a cumulative minimum of 620 for…

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Agents have long been told they cannot call FSBOs whose numbers appear on the National Do-Not-Call Registry (DNC). The assumption is that any call is a violation, which is misleading. After reviewing FTC and FCC clarifications, here’s the truth: calling FSBOs on the DNC list is permissible—when done correctly.   The DNC rules, under the Telemarketing…

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First impressions make all the difference when it's time to attract buyers. Darryl Davis shares strategies to make your listing pop this autumn.

Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Zillow calls out CoStar media, litigation strategies in lawsuit response In its first substantive arguments in a high-profile lawsuit with CoStar, Zillow again accused its rival of essentially using legal action to advance…

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