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Smith Douglas Homes prioritizes pace over price, plays the long game

In a weaker-than-expected demand environment, marked by declining new-home sales prices, rising incentives and geopolitical uncertainty, select homebuilders have tapped the brakes on new deliveries and deliberately slowed their sales pace to secure margins.  Not all builders are following this blueprint, including M/I Homes and Ashton Woods.  Smith Dougas Homes stands as another exception to…

HUD says Realtors can discuss crime and school data, reversing Biden-era stance

Real estate agents may lawfully discuss neighborhood crime rates and school quality with clients without violating the Fair Housing Act’s prohibition on racial steering, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced April 24.   The move reverses guidance that’s led major industry players to remove or restrict such information. New guidance, issued…

NorthstarMLS, CREB partner with Broker Public Portal

NorthstarMLS and California Real Estate Brokers, Inc. (CREB), which is the majority shareholder of MetroList MLS, have both entered strategic partnerships with Broker Public Portal (BPP) that will expand the reach of Cribio.com, the industry-owned consumer home search platform, the organizations announced this week. NorthstarMLS said it will use BPP technology to power a new…