
đď¸ Downtown businesses rally
Help us grow our newsletter! Do you know a friend or neighbor who would enjoy our weekly newsletter on Norcross? Please have them subscribe here. Downtown business rally + jazz Friday, July 24 â This is Hayden with my weekly Friday newsletter on Norcross. This past Wednesdayâs Norcross Progressive D

Mortgage Mix: Rates Hit Their Highest Level in Nearly a Year; Foreclosures Up
Editorâs Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMediaâs biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. â During the back half of July, mortgage rates have climbed to their highest levels since August 2025, with the 30 year fixed rate hovering a

âď¸ At summerâs end
The last days of summer Friday, July 24 â Welcome back Tuckerites (Tuckerians?)! School starts on August 3 (good or bad news, depending on if youâre a parent or student), which means this upcoming week marks the end of summer break. If youâre looking for some last-minute summer fun, take a dip at Ke

Compass Releases New Study on Private Listings, Touting Larger Price Premium
The battle over private listings is playing out nearly everywhereâfrom statehouses and courthouses to brokerage offices and Wall Street boardrooms. As opponents and supporters of the practice make their cases, the debate looks vastly different depending on the venue. But one tool that is nearly alwa

Equity Union expands into Nevada with first market outside California
Equity Union Real Estate has expanded into Nevada, marking the independent brokerageâs first market outside California as it continues its national growth strategy. The company recently was named the fastest-growing brokerage, by five year transaction side percentage, in the country on the 2026 Real

High prices, hesitant demand weigh on June new home sales
New home sales posted a modest increase in June but were down from a year earlier, while prices also fell year over year, further suggesting that the 2026 spring selling season fell short of expectations. According to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data, single-family new home sales ticked up 1.

Beating the Rain: How to Offset Its Dampening Effect On Clients
When the market is hot, residential real estate can still be a cold business. Perhaps even more so when rain enters the picture. There are all kinds of things you can do to make a home look its best as a seller agent, and all kinds of good features to point out to buyer clients.⌠The post Beating th

Why homebuilders arenât building more homes
Today, the new home sales data perfectly explains why housing permits are near cycle lows and why we canât get any traction on building more homes in America, as we have been basically stuck in one sales range for 10 years. If I take away the surge in new home sales early in COVID and the lows in 20

Masked man continues to target women in Virginia-Highland neighborhood
Residents of Virginia-Highland are frustrated after 12 months of trying to catch a masked man who has been videotaped skulking around homes, exposing himself in the early hours of the morning. The perpetrator â a white male wearing a black hoodie and black facemask â was first noticed in July 2025.









