How to avoid these 12 costly business traps

Building a real estate business? Bernice Ross offers the lowdown on these traps and pitfalls that can undermine your best-laid plans.

Latest inflation data ups the odds of a December Fed rate cut

Progress in taming inflation slowed in October, but futures market investors think the latest numbers up the odds of another Federal Reserve rate cut next month.

Homebuyer interest surges on slight pullback in mortgage rates

Applications for purchase loans jumped 12 percent week over week and 52 percent from a year ago, according to a weekly survey of lenders by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As NAR settlement wins approval, Batton II commission lawsuit grows

Twenty-two homebuyers across 19 states were added to the list of plaintiffs in the Batton case Tuesday while eXp continued to push for a delay in a separate commission case known as Gibson.