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The loss of neighborhood gathering places didn't happen overnight. For years, local businesses have faced rising operating costs, changing consumer habits, online competition, and shifting demographics. The pandemic accelerated many of these trends, but the challenges...

When people begin searching for a new home, they often focus on square footage, school districts, taxes, and commute times. Those are all important considerations, but another factor is quietly shaping the quality of life in communities across America: the...

Research and industry data highlight several key characteristics of real estate markets that are more resistant to dramatic price swings: Sometimes the most valuable innovations aren't the ones that help us go faster—they're the ones that help us see what we've been...

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: The National Association of REALTORS®’ latest second-quarter report shows a housing market that is still liquid but moving unevenly by region and metro. Home prices rose in 80% of metro markets, up from 71% in the first quarter, signaling that more local markets are...

Zillow’s announcement reads like a strategic tightening, not a retreat: fewer roles, lower cost, and a sharper push to scale the “integrated experience” it wants to own around renting, buying, selling, and related services. For real estate agents, that usually means...

A Larger Pool of Future Homebuyers One encouraging takeaway from the research is that the potential market for first-time buyers may actually be larger than previously understood. Many adults who have traditionally been counted within "owner-occupied households" are,...

For years, we've heard that roughly 65% of Americans own their homes. That statistic has long been used to describe the strength of the nation's housing market and the American Dream of homeownership. However, new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis...

Hudson County Single Family Homes for June Key Metrics       2025       2026     Change New Listings      113         120     + 6.2% Closed Sales      50           60      +20.0% DOM*                 35           30     – 14.3% Median PX       $702K   $650K    – 7.4%...

Real estate agents and attorneys don't wake up thinking, "I need a better LinkedIn profile." They wake up thinking, "I need more referrals," "I need more listings," "I need more clients." There was a time when handshakes, business cards, and a cohesive network of peer...

For years, the standard digital call-to-action in real estate was the PDF guide. Download our First-Time Buyer Checklist. Grab our Home Seller's Handbook. It worked — and to some extent, it still does. But buyer and seller behavior has shifted, and the agents and...

What This Means for New Jersey Two WARN notices filed this week tell a story that's bigger than either company involved. Verizon Corporate Resources Group filed for up to 282 potential layoffs by October 16. Samsung Electronics America filed for 739 by September 30 —...