IRVE: The independent brokerage that grew $2B in five years
Iron Valley Real Estate ranks No. 10 nationally for five-year volume growth and No. 3 for five-year transaction side growth.
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How the post-war homebuilders built the modern playbook
If you want to understand the DNA of the modern American homebuilding industry, you don’t start in a boardroom or on Wall Street. You start in the aftermath of World War II. The men (and they were almost entirely men at the time) who came home from that war didn’t just return with discipline and […]
Weekly pending home sales show yearly growth as mortgage rates fall
Inventory rose to 743,006, new listings hit 77,919 and pending sales rose to 73,241 as rates neared 6.25%.
Three lessons for mortgage leaders right now
Mortgage still repeats old habits, chasing top producers, designing for internal teams, and lagging AI, despite new data and tools.
RealTrends Verified top performers prove there’s no one way to scale
Keller Williams led 2025 with 837,323 sides and $383.086B, while Sotheby’s posted $140.316B volume, per RealTrends data.
Real estate tech shifting from Swiss Army knives to scalpels
A growing number of agents, teams and brokerages are abandoning general-purpose tools in favor of highly specialized solutions.
Tri Pointe Homes shareholders approve merger with Sumitomo Forestry
Tri Pointe shareholders approved the $4.5 billion all-cash deal with Sumitomo Forestry, with 99.99% of votes in favor.
HOA liens climb 8.6% nationwide in 2025, with Sun Belt states feeling the most heat
HOA lien filings rose 8.6% in 2025 to nearly 285,000 nationwide, with Florida leading in volume and Louisiana and Colorado driving increases.
Realty of America rockets into RealTrends Verified Rankings top 50 in first full year
Realty of America reported 9,374 sides and $3.82B volume in 2025, with 3,100 agents in 22 markets and more launches planned.
Kentucky housing reform bill collapses in final hours
Kentucky’s failure shows how difficult housing politics remain even as other states manage to pass modest reforms.