The Medicaid Rule That Can Put Your Family Home at Risk

When Philomene Benoit died in 2012, the New Jersey home she and her husband had owned for more than 25 years remained with her surviving spouse, Clerveaux. That might have seemed to settle the question of what would happen to their family home. But Philomene had received Medicaid-funded care for nea

Gaining that local edge to outperform competition amid market consolidation 

The fight for market share in real estate has never been more intense. National portals, institutional investors and well-funded disruptors are all competing for the same buyers and sellers, pushing many brokerages to believe they need to spend more to keep up. But independent brokerages won’t win b

America’s accidental landlords: The hidden consequence of the mortgage lock-in effect

For the past several years, the real estate industry has talked about the mortgage-rate lock-in effect mostly as an inventory problem. That is understandable. When a homeowner has a 3% or 4% mortgage, and today’s replacement mortgage is in the mid-6% range, selling can feel financially irrational. F

Judge Throws Out Zillow Class-Action Claims as Plaintiffs Fail to Show Steering, Deception

A judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Zillow and a real estate brokerage, saying that lawyers representing homebuyers who used Zillow’s mortgage services or were referred to agents through the portal’s lead-selling service did not meet the legal standard to move forward. Plaintiffs had al