Almost half of listing inquiries don’t receive a response from an agent: DelPrete

As an academic and consultant, Mike DelPrete wears many hats. He can now add “sting operative” to his resume.DelPrete managed a team of undercover “secret home shoppers” to test the responsiveness of brokerages to online inquiries on home listings. His team conducted 100 such tests and found signifi

Nearly half of US adults say retiring at age 65 is ‘unrealistic’

As many as half of surveyed U.S. adults said that retiring at age 65 is “unrealistic,” instead saying that age 74 is a more attainable goal to reach full retirement. This is according to a survey conducted by Equitable, a financial services provider.“Equitable’s survey revealed that nearly half of c

Enterprise Community Partners to FHFA: The GSEs have got some work to do

Influential housing nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners this week submitted a comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding the Duty to Serve (DTS) plans submitted by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.In its letter, the organization re

Kristin Cavallari Trims $1M Off Price of TN ‘Divorce House’—as Age-Gap Romance With Mark Estes Heats Up

Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty Images; Realtor.comKristin Cavallari just knocked a whopping $1 million from the price of the Tennessee home she purchased after her split from NFL pro Jay Cutler.But the “Laguna Beach” star is still set to bag a megaprofit on her so-called “divorce house.”The 37-year-o