Lights, Camera, Commissions: How Reality TV and Surge of A-List Agents Have Flooded Industry With Budding Brokers—and ‘Unrealistic’ Standards

Lights, Camera, Commissions: How Reality TV and Surge of A-List Agents Have Flooded Industry With Budding Brokers—and ‘Unrealistic’ Standards

Ask any reality TV fanatic to name a real estate agent and it’s likely that they’ll be able to rattle off a huge number of names—from “Selling Sunset” star Jason Oppenheim to “Owning Manhattan” mogul Ryan Serhant. In the past two decades, the high-powered world of luxury real estate has been transformed into binge-worthy dramas … Read more

A Surprising Midwestern Metro Is Suddenly Booming With Homebuyers—Here’s What’s Behind the Surge

A Surprising Midwestern Metro Is Suddenly Booming With Homebuyers—Here’s What’s Behind the Surge

South Bend, IN, may be best known as the home of the golden-domed University of Notre Dame and its storied Fighting Irish football team—but this year, the mid-sized Midwestern metro is turning heads for another reason—its surging housing market. Set along the St. Joseph’s River, South Bend—a city of 350,000 residents—took home the bronze in … Read more

South Florida Residential Sales Surge in September 2025

South Florida Residential Sales Surge in September 2025

South Florida’s residential market rallied in September, in a reversal of the region’s monthslong slowdown.  Dollar volume in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties surged 13 percent to $4.3 billion, up from $3.8 billion last September, according to Multiple Listing Service data collected by the Miami Association of Realtors.  While sales were up, condo prices … Read more