Last Updated: December 17, 2025 If you’re buying a home in California right now, you’ve likely heard confusing news about real estate commissions. After the National Association of Realtors’ $418 million settlement and California’s new Assembly Bill 2992, many buyers wonder: are buyer agents still getting paid, and if so, who’s footing the bill? Here’s…
Last updated: December 17, 2024 This guide is written for buyers, not agents, and explains your rights in plain English. If you’re buying a home in California right now, you’ve encountered something brand new: signing a formal California buyer agency agreement before touring properties. This requirement, triggered by the August 2024 NAR settlement and reinforced…
Last updated: December 15, 2025 The landscape of risk management for real estate brokers in 2025 has fundamentally changed. Between the NAR settlement implementation, new state-level legislation, ongoing buyer-side commission litigation, and emerging cybersecurity threats, brokers face compliance obligations that didn’t exist 18 months ago. This guide provides a comprehensive framework for identifying, mitigating, and…
Last updated: December 12, 2025 | Changelog: Added April 2025 fraud lawsuit details; updated market price trends and listing data through December 2025. TL;DR: 432 Park Avenue — a 96-story supertall opened in 2015 — now faces multiple defect lawsuits alleging thousands of façade cracks, widespread water infiltration, frequent elevator failures, and large special-assessment exposure….
Last updated: December 11, 2025 National rental vacancy reached 7.2% in December 2025—the highest level in recent history according to multifamily tracking data. That number hides big differences across metros. Read on for a short national snapshot, metro winners and losers, and clear playbooks for investors, landlords, and renters. 30-Second TL;DR 📊 The National Picture:…
Last updated: December 10, 2025 TL;DR: Home Delistings 2025 • U.S. delistings hit 84,900 in September 2025 — highest monthly total in 8+ years• Sellers removed 27 homes for every 100 new listings by October (Realtor.com)• Pandemic boomtowns like Phoenix (+47%), Miami (+45%), Austin (+36%) show massive YoY spikes• Loss aversion + mortgage rate lock-in…
Last updated: December 9, 2025 One year after the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement was supposed to revolutionize real estate commissions, something unexpected happened. Instead of dropping, buyer agent commission rates in 2025 are creeping back up. The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission rose from 2.36% in Q3 2024 to a peak of 2.43%…
Last updated: December 9, 2025 The 2025 housing market reveals a stark reality for aspiring homeowners. Nationwide, roughly one-third of home sales are all-cash transactions. In New York City, cash is even more dominant—in Manhattan, about 60% of sales in early 2025 closed without financing, and across NYC as a whole roughly three of every…
Last updated: December 2, 2025 Foreign buyers in NYC real estate are experiencing their strongest comeback since 2017. According to NAR’s 2025 international transactions report, international buyers purchased 78,100 U.S. homes worth $56 billion between April 2024 and March 2025—a 44% jump in transactions and the first year-over-year increase in eight years. In Manhattan, that…
Last updated: November 28, 2025 New York’s flood disclosure law eliminated the notorious $500 waiver loophole as of March 20, 2024, fundamentally transforming real estate transactions statewide. Under Section 462 of the Real Property Law, sellers must now complete comprehensive flood risk disclosures in the Property Condition Disclosure Statement before contract signing—no more $500 opt-out…
