Lew Sichelman

Despite legal shakeups, agent commissions rebound to pre-settlement levels — now averaging 5.44% nationwide

Adding to affordability problem, skilled labor shortage driving up costs, timelines of building new houses

As deepfakes get convincing and AI-driven fraud escalates, real estate industry faces critical tests on multiple levels

From 2020 to 2023, monthly housing costs jumped 29% for outright owners and 16% for mortgage holders, as taxes, insurance, and utilities stretch budgets across the board

Platform augments home search with live mortgage rates, pre-approvals, property-specific special financing

‘The balance of power has shifted toward buyers, but a lot of sellers have yet to see or accept the writing on the wall’

With 60% of Americans unsure it's the right time to buy, and 75% expecting rates and prices to fall, most would-be homeowners are holding out

Seniors now make up nearly one in three shared households, with 65+ participation tripling since 2005

Homeowners seek to recover tens of thousands as Wisconsin joins nationwide crackdown on $20,000–$240,000 ‘home equity theft’ windfalls