FirstTeam expands in Midwest with new Kansas City office

FirstTeam has expanded its national brokerage footprint into Kansas and Missouri, partnering with broker-owner Scott Eckhoff and Rival Real Estate to open the company’s first Midwest office in Kansas City, the company announced Tuesday. The move marks the next phase of FirstTeam’s national expansion

Bessent Says the K-Shaped Economy Is Over—Housing Tells a Different Story

The K-shaped economy is “over,” according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “I got sick of hearing about this K-shaped economy,” Bessent said in an appearance on CNBC’s "Squawk Box." “I can say here definitively, the K-shaped economy is over.” The term describes an economy in which segments of th

Epique Realty CEO Josh Miller offers 3-point fix for agent tech adoption

Josh Miller, CEO and co-founder of Epique Realty, told attendees at Tuesday’s HousingWire AI Summit that the real estate industry’s most expensive technology investments are often the least used. He offered a three-part prescription to solve the problem. Brokerages spend thousands of dollars on tool

Mortgage Rates Predicted To Rise Before Settling Back to 6.5% Next Year

Rising rates are weighing on the housing market, and the uncomfortable levels above 6% might be here for the medium term, capital markets firm Optimal Blue estimated in its latest report. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has been on a steady upward march for six weeks—hitting 6.69% last week, up from