Today’s Real Estate News

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• Retirees moving to low-tax states may be disappointed by the savings they find April 10, 2025
  While a lower income tax sounds like a savings source, actually taking the plunge might reveal unanticipated costs — including other taxes.
  Chris Clow
• Virginia independent brokerage joins Keller Williams April 10, 2025
  Austin James Realty joins KW’s Coastal Virginia Chesapeake market center as Austin Frangoules and his team of 23 agents make the move.
  Brooklee Han
• These are the housing bills now in front of Congress April 10, 2025
  Bipartisan members of Congress have taken action to bring multiple housing-related bills to their chambers this week.
  Chris Clow
• AI agent platform promises to ‘transform mortgage operations’ April 10, 2025
  The tool is being touted as the mortgage industry’s first AI-powered “co-pilot” capable of taking over many of manual, repetitive tasks.
  Jonathan Delozier
• The trigger leads bill is back! April 10, 2025
  While trigger leads are legal, they often happen without the consumer's knowledge and result in unwanted solicitations.
  Sarah Wolak
• Zillow, eXp Realty team up against delayed marketing listings April 10, 2025
  Zillow’s new listing standards won’t allow listings that are publicly marketed but blocked from IDX feeds for any time to appear on its site.
  Brooklee Han
• Jumbo market frazzled by trade war volatility April 10, 2025
  “The equity market tanking has caught several buyers, who are still in the escrow cycle, in a position where they will incur a huge loss if they liquidate their vested stocks, causing serious issues for their down payment,” said one LO.
  Flávia Furlan Nunes
• Build-to-rent homes reach record completions April 10, 2025
  The U.S. build-to-rent (BTR) housing sector reached new heights in 2024, completing a record-setting 39,000 single-family rental homes — a 15.5% increase from the previous year — according to a new analysis by Point2Homes. That figure marks a sixfold leap from the pre-pandemic years, when the country was averaging between 6,000 and 7,000 completions annually, […]
  Jonathan Delozier
• Analysis: The tariff impact on homeowners insurance April 10, 2025
  Rising tariffs and shifting global trade policies are adding strain to insurance markets, particularly in homeowners insurance and auto coverage, according to a recent analysis by the American Agents Alliance.
  Jonathan Delozier
• Bessent’s deregulation plans would boost mortgage lending for banks April 10, 2025
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lauded the role of community banks, saying that deregulation should be favorable to them.
  Chris Clow