Down Payment Resource (DPR) on Tuesday released its Q2 2025 Homeownership Program Index report. It found that 45 new down payment assistance programs launched in the second quarter, bringing the total number of available programs in the U.S. to 2,554 and the number of program providers to 1,340. The number of programs is a new […]

Compass and Northwest MLS (NWMLS) are continuing their war of words. Since Compass filed its antitrust suit against the NWMLS in April, alleging that the MLS’s rule requiring listings to be entered within 24 hours of public marketing and prohibiting office-exclusive listings is anticompetitive, the two parties have traded barbs via legal filings.  In NWMLS’s

Change in real estate is constant. However, 2024 and 2025 haven’t just been about change; they’ve been about disruption. From commission lawsuits to housing market volatility, shifting consumer expectations, and the evolution of buyer representation, our industry has been tested at every level. The difference between firms that thrive and those that stall isn’t just