• Lot demand shifts to terms and timing at Forestar, Five Point,John McManus

    Lot demand shifts to terms and timing at Forestar, Five Point

    In 2024 and early 2025, homebuilders large, medium and small were smitten with the strategic notion of “land light.” In 2026, and for the near future, most everybody is more preoccupied, and rightly so, with “land right.” Many of the U.S.’s most prolific new-construction markets undergoing some form

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  • Ruth Reffkin launches Compass real estate team in NYC,Brooklee Han

    Ruth Reffkin launches Compass real estate team in NYC

    Although she’s no stranger to the real estate industry, Ruth Reffkin, the mother of Compass International Holdings founder and CEO Robert Reffkin, has decided to start her own real estate team. Reffkin announced the launch of her eponymous Ruth Reffkin Team, which will unsurprisingly be brokered by

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  • Agent movement stalls as retention takes hold in Q2,Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation

    Agent movement stalls as retention takes hold in Q2

    The landscape for real estate agent recruiting is undergoing a structural shift, with agents increasingly choosing to move within their existing brand rather than switch to a competitor, according to a new report from Recruiting Insight and Lone Wolf Technologies. The Q2 2026 Agent Migration Report,

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