Portside Real Estate Group adds agent Heather Szela in central Maine

Portside Real Estate Group has added Heather Szela to its central Maine office, where she will work with homebuyers and sellers throughout the region. Szela, a Maine native, began her real estate career in the Boston area, with experience including residential sales and leasing. She returned to Main

Joe Rath: Rocket Redfin integration gains momentum one year after $1.75B deal

Nearly a year after Rocket Companies closed its acquisition of Redfin in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.75 billion in equity, Joe Rath, the former Redfin senior director of operations and current head of industry relations at Rocket, says that things “could not have gone better” with the inte

April Case-Shiller shows inflation outpacing home prices

The pace of annual home price appreciation picked up slightly in April, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index for April that was released on Tuesday.  In April, the national home price index rose 0.8% year-over-year to a reading of 332.68. This is up from a 0.7% annual increase in March.

Home Value Growth Flatlines but Northeast and Midwest Outperform

National home value growth ground to a near standstill in April, with moderate gains in the Midwest and Northeast offsetting declines in many Sun Belt and Western metros, reflecting the ongoing fragmentation of the U.S. housing market. At the national level, the value of single-family homes as measu