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Lauren Matera, team leader of the Revel Home Team When the world shut down due to COVID-19, Lauren Matera had her hands full homeschooling three kids, on the hunt for something that was both purposeful and intentional for her. Something that she could pour her energy into, that was financially beneficial. Not willing to blend…

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The broader labor market continues to defy every headwind, shrugging off rate hikes and weakness in a few prominent sectors as the economy added a much better than expected 339,000 jobs last month, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Construction, business services, hospitality and transportation sectors all saw big…

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Editor’s Note: RISMedia recently released its 2023 Top 1,000 Power Brokers, exclusively for RISMedia Premier Members. In this special interview series, we talk to some of our top-ranking brokers to garner their insights and strategies for sustaining their firms’ success. For more information, click here.  Moving through 2021’s “champagne and caviar” days into the reality…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. According to Mortgage News Daily, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage currently sits at 6.85% (rates had reached 7.05% on May 22, 2023). The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage sits at 6.23%, a decline of 0.13% from the May…

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RE/MAX Co-Founder Gail Liniger retired from the RE/MAX Holdings Board of Directors on May 25, 2023, and has been named vice chair emerita.  Liniger, who co-founded RE/MAX alongside Dave Liniger in 1973, served as vice chair of the board since RE/MAX Holdings was formed in 2013, according to a release. During her tenure as vice…

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