Mortgage rates recently hit a year-to-date low, coinciding with ongoing market disruptions from tariffs. The more encouraging story, however, is that the spring season is shaping up positively for the housing market. Notably, purchase applications show growth both year-to-date and year-over-year. Ad

Reston, Virginia-based mortgage software company RETR announced this week that it has hired two new senior leaders to guide the company’s growth efforts.Heidi Iverson is the company’s new vice president of growth and Anthony Savala is the new vice president of sales. Both are joining the firm effect

Chip Stella, one of the broker-owners of Wellesley, Massachusetts-based Rutledge Properties, was not having the greatest start to his Friday morning. “I got off the phone about 30 seconds ago from a call with one of my agents. We had a listing with a buyer under contract at $5 million, and he made t

Office exclusives are becoming an increasingly significant segment of the Bright MLS marketplace, according to a recent Bright MLS study examining their impact on the broader housing market.While they previously accounted for only 2% to 4% of listings, that share surged to nearly 8% of new listings