Experts Join Realtor.com at SXSW To Share Solutions on Boosting Housing Supply

Getty ImagesRealtor.com® brought housing issues to the forefront at this year’s South by Southwest festival, by hosting a number of panels featuring industry leaders, policy experts, and government officials to share their thoughts on the housing crisis.The showcase series of events, titled Let Amer

Austin Mayor Says the Key To Keeping the City ‘Weird’ Is Ensuring a Robust Supply of Housing—or People ‘Will Go Elsewhere’

Realtor.comAustin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay “weird” will be to ensure that the city’s housing supply keeps pace with demand. “The greatest challenges in Austin right now are a result of success,” Watson said on Monday during a panel discu

Jason Mitchell Group announces merger with Arkansas-based iRealty

The Jason Mitchell Group (JMG) couldn’t have asked for a better two weeks.The Arizona-based brokerage announced Monday that it has merged with iRealty, a brokerage in Arkansas that boasts almost 200 agents and roughly 1,400 transaction sides per year. The move marks JMG’s entry into Arkansas, the 42

Maryland reverse mortgage bill withdrawn following industry dialogue

A reverse mortgage-related bill that was introduced in the Maryland state Senate that would have put the onus on lenders to cover some extra expenses tied to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) origination process has been withdrawn by the sponsoring senator after conversations with reverse m