To expand housing counseling services, HUD taps Zillow

The federal government is launching a campaign on Zillow to help provide housing counseling services to more Americans. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday also will publish a new final rule in the Federal Register to expand accepted communication methods for counse

Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest Level in over a Year and a Half

Mortgage rates have hit their lowest point in over a year and a half.

Keller Williams settles some of the lawsuits tied to its profit-sharing program

Keller Williams‘ legal worries just got a little lighter. On Friday, the real estate franchisee and the plaintiffs’ counsel in the Mcfarlane suit reached a settlement agreement for the lawsuit related to the firm’s recently abandoned changes to its profit-sharing program. In an email, Keller William

NextHome joins the list of firms to settle the commission lawsuits

The James Dwiggins-helmed firm NextHome is the newest real estate brokerage to settle the commission lawsuits. The firm notified the court of its settlement agreement on Tuesday in the consolidated Gibson and Umpa suits suits via a brief filed last week. The filing does not note how much NextHome ha