News & Insights
Industry headlines, market insights, and the stories shaping how homes are bought and sold — curated by the Hope Realty Team.
Industry News
ATTOM has introduced ResiScore, an AI-powered analytics offering that ranks residential neighborhoods by projected housing market performance. Each census tract receives a 1-to-100 percentile ranking within its metro based on expected home price appreciation over a 24-month horizon.
Policy
Washington just became one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over private listings. On Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson break down SB 6091 and what the new law means for agents, brokerages, and consumers.
Industry News
Howard Hanna CEO Hoby Hanna argues the real battle is over control of listing data distribution as brokerages and MLSs build proprietary exchanges, and suggests IDX rules and MLS data-sharing policies deserve a fresh look.
Opinion
Connecticut just joined New York and Wisconsin in protecting homesellers who choose to market off the MLS, Zillow, and Realtor.com. Ginger Wilcox reflects on a debate she's seen from every side — and what the seller's right to choose really means.
Market Insights
Goldman Sachs Research has pushed its forecast for the Federal Reserve's next rate cuts into 2027 — a more cautious outlook that lands as the housing market remains highly sensitive to even small swings in mortgage rates.
Industry News
Rocket Companies — parent of Rocket Mortgage, Redfin and more than a dozen real estate, technology and marketing subsidiaries — plans to issue $1.2 billion in Senior Notes to repay existing debt, including 2.875% Senior Notes due this year.
