The three combined teams add 20 agents with more than 4,500 real estate transactions under their belts to Livian's roster, according to the company.

After a brutal Q3 in a rapidly shifting market, Opendoor has significantly slowed down its pace of home acquisitions.

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Homebuyers aren’t receiving much love this Valentine’s Day.

Mortgage interest rates are expected to remain uncomfortably high as the housing market barrels toward the spring buying season. The culprit? Inflation.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep hiking its own rates to bring down inflation by cooling the economy. But inflation isn’t coming down without a fight. It was up 6.4% year over year in January, according to the government’s consumer price index released on Tuesday. While it was down from 6.5% in December, it didn’t fall as much as many investors had hoped.

That means the Fed is likely to keep raising its rates, which should lead mortgage rates, which are separate, to also go up.

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Former “Teen Mom” star Chelsea DeBoer has been glamming up homes across Sioux Falls, SD, on her new show, “Down Home Fab,” and the results are, well, very her.

“I like cowhides, painting things black,” she says of her signature aesthetic.

While this style might work fine on many of the ranch-style homes in her hometown, we are seriously worried in the latest episode, when she’s tasked with making over a traditional Craftsman home.

In “Cozy Craftsman,” she and her husband, Cole, agree to remodel a 1920s house for clients Danny and Kansas. The couple and their eight children are trusting the DeBoers with an $80,000 budget, and you can’t help but be a little nervous for them when Cole confesses, “This is our first Craftsman-style home.”

Leniency or government protections often kept rent below market rate and prevented evictions. Three years into the pandemic, property managers are deciding how to move forward.

We asked select sponsors to share what draws them to be a part of Inman Connect Las Vegas 2023 — and what attendees can expect from them this summer.

The seven-bedroom Beverly Hills home was also occupied by John Legend and Chrissy Teigen from 2016 to 2021. After an initial unsuccessful offering of $19.25 million, the current owner is attempting to offload it at a loss.

Housing costs were the biggest contributor to inflation in January, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increased food and energy costs were smaller by comparison.

Realtors who use the review facilitation solution RateMyAgent can now send their customers' feedback to the trade group's home search portal Realtor.com.

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Kirstie Alley‘s estate is letting go of her Clearwater, FL, compound, according to Dirt. It’s listed for $5,995,000.

Alley, who died of colon cancer last year at the age of 71, purchased the waterfront residence from Lisa Marie Presley in 2008 for just $1.8 million.

The estate was on the market for less than two weeks when an offer came in. It’s now pending sale.

Clearwater is the hometown of the Church of Scientology, and Alley was a member of the church. Presley, a former Scientologist, died unexpectedly last month at the age of 54.

Former Rocket Mortgage CEO Bill Emerson will serve as the company's interim CEO while its board of directors conducts a search for a permanent leader.

Revive has acquired HomePrep outside of Washington, D.C. in a continued nationwide expansion, executives told Inman exclusively. The company adds value with no up-front costs to homesellers.

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When touring a home you’re considering buying, the kitchen and living room might be the first places you size up. The bathroom might be a place you glance at, but beyond checking that it exists, few lavish much attention on the loo.

But we’re here to say you should give each and every bathroom a closer look.

Think about it: The bathroom is often where you begin and end your day. So if it’s a nicely designed space, this can really put a spring in your step as you set out to face the world, or pave a smooth path to a restful night.

But if your bathroom is cramped or poorly designed, it can throw a real wrench in your mornings and nights. Plus, fixing a bathroom via renovation can be expensive, since moving plumbing fixtures is rarely a walk in the park.

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Buying a home is an emotional process. You spend years saving money and figuring out your list of non-negotiables in an effort to find “The One.” And when you do fall in love with a home, it can feel akin to being hit by Cupid’s arrow: lots of excitement, nervousness, and even sleeplessness.

But on your swan dive into the homebuyer pool, did you ever anticipate you’d find actual love along the way? Turns out, romance can bloom in all kinds of situations and places.

As Gerard Splendore, a broker for Coldwell Banker Warburg, puts it: “The real estate process provides a multitude of opportunities to find and embrace love in its many forms.”

Below, five sweet stories of oh, so lucky folks who found love—of all kinds—when searching for a new home.

The actor has a new tableware collection for Williams Sonoma out in time for Valentine’s Day. For an enthusiastic host, it wasn’t much of a stretch.

The actor and author has a tableware collection for Williams-Sonoma, out just in time for Valentine’s Day. For an enthusiastic host, it wasn’t much of a stretch.

Netflix's "Buying Beverly Hills" centers around rookie agents and their high-profile team leaders and mentors at The Agency. From mispronouncing finishes to being ill-prepared for showings, these agents dish on learning the tough lessons while being filmed for reality TV.

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A midcentury modern home on a Los Angeles hillside just came on the market for $1,599,000. Known as the Stilt House, it previously had a star turn on the silver screen.

It appeared in the 1995 action film “Heat,” directed by Michael Mann and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

Built in 1962, the unique dwelling is mostly supported by a sinewy system of stilts and juts over a hillside.

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An HGTV “Rock the Block” home has once again landed on the market, this time for $989,900.

Featured in Season 3 of the popular renovation competition show, the Summerville, SC, dwelling was transformed into a stylish showpiece by Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas, stars of HGTV’s “Bargain Block.”

The five-bedroom abode, which was built in 2021, was listed in April for $1,250,000, eventually selling in September 2022 for $950,000.

“The sellers actually never moved into the home,” says listing agent Matt Farrow, of ChuckTown Homes Powered by Keller Williams. “They decided to buy another home elsewhere. They had previously lived out of state on the water and missed that waterfront lifestyle.”

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You might think gathering enough money is the hardest part of a home renovation—and, of course, funding can be a chore. But choosing a remodeling company might be even trickier.

To partner with the best possible contractor, you’ve got to ask the right questions first.

Indeed, this relationship is a “two-way street, requiring effort from both parties,” says Pamela O’Brien of Pamela Hope Designs.

But, she adds, a well-prepared client can really simplify the entire project.