Mortgage applications increased 0.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending August 16, 2024. This is a slight reverse from last week’s 10.1% drop, as experts feel homeowners remain on the fence waiting for more mortgage rate changes. This week’s data: The…

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The real estate industry’s litigation list is down by one as the courtroom squabbles between Keller Williams and former CEO John Davis are slated to reach an arguably anticlimactic resolution outside the courtroom. Given a choice between a pair of motions filed by Keller Williams that would decide the fate of the acrimonious legal saga,…

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LaSalle acquires hotel in London  Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

It’s coming. The Fed has strongly intimated that an interest rate is coming, most likely at its next meeting Sept. 18, and most everyone connected to real estate sales awaits with great hope. But will it really make a difference? Will one single rate cut of perhaps as much as half a percentage point really…

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London’s low carbon future needs overseas investment, says Opportunity London Boss  Property Week

The first season of the hit reality series featuring agents from Ryan Serhant's brokerage dropped on Netflix two months ago. A release date for the second season was not immediately made public.

Most of sale proceeds of Zamira Hajiyeva's London property to be returned to Azerbaijan  JAMnews

House Prices Flat In July – But Market Busier Than Last Year, Says Zoopla  Forbes

Savills’ Down: Rate cuts do not necessarily mean better pricing  PERE

Why London’s wealthiest are shelling out up to £40,000 a month to rent prime property  City A.M.