• ONE Sotheby’s adds $10B luxury broker Julian Johnston,HousingWire Automation

    ONE Sotheby’s adds $10B luxury broker Julian Johnston

    ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has added luxury real estate advisor Julian Johnston, bringing more than $10 billion in career sales and more than $400 million in active listing inventory to the brokerage. Johnston, who specializes in Miami Beach waterfront and ultra-luxury estate properties, joi

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  • Fed pauses rates again as Middle East tensions risk hotter inflation,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Fed pauses rates again as Middle East tensions risk hotter inflation

    The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged, maintaining a target range of 3.5% to 3.75% for a fifth consecutive meeting. Heading into the meeting, most monetary policy watchers had expected the Fed to stand pat after inflation cooled in June. Still, a minority (about

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  • America’s accidental landlords: The hidden consequence of the mortgage lock-in effect,David Norod

    America’s accidental landlords: The hidden consequence of the mortgage lock-in effect

    For the past several years, the real estate industry has talked about the mortgage-rate lock-in effect mostly as an inventory problem. That is understandable. When a homeowner has a 3% or 4% mortgage, and today’s replacement mortgage is in the mid-6% range, selling can feel financially irrational. F

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