• Missouri may expand its first-time homebuyer savings tax break,Richard Lawson

    Missouri may expand its first-time homebuyer savings tax break

    Saving for a first home in Missouri is about to get a significant tax break – with a big if – provided the state Senate’s latest housing bill makes it through the House. Senate Bill 1001 passed the Senate this spring and now sits before a House committee. The bill includes a sweeping upgrade to the

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  • Scarcity buoyed March new home sales; builder pressures mount,Tyler Williams

    Scarcity buoyed March new home sales; builder pressures mount

    New home sales at the onset of the spring selling season were higher than a year ago, but homebuilders continued to ramp up incentives and price discounts to maintain sales activity. As a result, new home prices fell to their lowest point in nearly five years during March.  There were countless head

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  • New Jersey real estate teams merge and join eXp Realty,Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation

    New Jersey real estate teams merge and join eXp Realty

    Sharif Hatab moved his Team Sharif Sells operation to eXp Realty from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices FOX & ROACH, Realtors and merged with Peter Boutros’ Stunning NJ Homes to launch the Unify Real Estate Team in New Jersey, the company announced on Tuesday. eXp Realty, the cloud-based brokerage sub

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