• There’s no such thing as a Realtor tax: Here’s what they’re missing,Leigh Brown

    There’s no such thing as a Realtor tax: Here’s what they’re missing

    Benjamin Franklin famously said that nothing in life is certain except death and taxes. When I saw a recent article by Robert Bork Jr. claiming that the affordability crisis is due to some sort of “Realtor® tax,” I stopped in my tracks. The only Realtor® tax I’m aware of is the 15% self-employment t

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  • Weekly home sales look stronger than normal, but there’s a catch,Logan Mohtashami

    Weekly home sales look stronger than normal, but there’s a catch

    We had a nice pop in our weekly pending home sales last week, and with mortgage rates near 2025 lows we could ask: Is housing breaking out? Not exactly. One of the themes I really stressed this year is that weekly data can be volatile around holiday weekends. So we always look at the two weeks of da

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  • Tech Pulse: MLS AI debate; CoStar disputes Zillow announcement,Jonathan Delozier

    Tech Pulse: MLS AI debate; CoStar disputes Zillow announcement

    Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: It’s up to MLSs to decide if the Zillow-ChatGPT integration violates IDX policies The Nat

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