July 2025

Century 21 expands in North Carolina with new rural affiliation

Century 21 Real Estate is expanding its footprint in northeastern North Carolina through the affiliation of Carolina Land and Home Realty — a full-service brokerage based in Ahoskie. The office will now operate as Century 21 Land and Home Realty. Broker-owner Clay Revelle, a native of Northampton County, purchased the brokerage in 2021. He holds […]

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LeadingRE adds The Training Academy to preferred vendor program

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) has added The Training Academy LLC to its Solutions Group — a curated program of preferred business resources available to its global network of 550 real estate firms. The Training Academy, based in Florida and led by founder Dan Elzer, provides leadership development and operational strategy consulting

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Title Resources Group hires Kevin Wall as CEO

Title Resources Group (TRG) has named industry veteran Kevin Wall as its new CEO, effective July 28. Wall will also join the company’s board of directors. J. Scott McCall, the company’s current CEO, will transition to vice chairman of the board. Wall brings more than 30 years of experience in title insurance and settlement services.

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Cornerstone Capital Bank, Tresidio Homes announce joint venture

Cornerstone Capital Bank and Tresidio Homes on Thursday announced the launch of Table Rock Mortgage, a joint venture mortgage brokerage. The new Idaho-licensed brokerage will provide mortgage services to local homebuyers “with goals of promoting affordability and streamlining the mortgage process for homebuyers,” according to press release from the companies. “This joint venture brings together

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Are seniors getting reduced Social Security or a tax break?

Up to 2 million Americans could see their Social Security payments reduced by 50% in late July as the Social Security Administration (SSA) is cutting payments to recoup the billions of dollars it overpaid to some Americans in recent years. In April, the SSA announced that it would begin recovering about $72 billion in improper

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Mortgage Rates Rose Less Than Expected After Employment Data

Today brought the hotly anticipated jobs report.  This is the “official” job count and unemployment rate data for the U.S. and no other report has as much consistent power to cause volatility in the rate market.  Today’s was particularly important because a perpetually decent labor market is the main justification for the Fed to wait

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House

GOP megabill cutting CFPB funding goes to Trump’s desk

Bloomberg News WASHINGTON —  The House narrowly passed a massive tax and spending bill, capping months of deliberations and sending President Trump’s signature legislative priorities to his desk, where he is expected to swiftly sign it, symbolically, on July 4.  The bill passed in a 218-214 vote, mostly along party lines. Reps. Thomas Massie of

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Rob Dietz, National Association of Home Builders

NAHB’s top economist weighs tariffs, immigration, economics

Economic uncertainty and tariff negotiations have left home builders that lenders increasingly partner with feeling blue.  Builder confidence in June sank to a low akin to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the sector’s latest monthly index. The homebuilding industry is dealing with the high mortgage rates suppressing stronger housing demand, and unique

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Property tax revenue comes in at over $203B in first quarter

State and local governments saw property tax revenue grow in the first quarter, but the latest increase reflected a slowdown from the reported pace a year earlier. The amount of property tax collected between January and March came in at $203.4 billion to start the year. The total surged 5.2% on an annual basis from

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