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Top U.S. real estate brokerage Compass announced Wednesday that it has hired Hal Bennett, a high-producing agent based in the Seattle area.

Dampened growth attributed to several factors

The housing market can feel like a horror movie to prospective home buyers, and now there are fears that one villain is back from the dead: the 7% mortgage rate.

New listings of homes for sale dropped 1.2% last month, marking the first decline since last June, according to Redfin.

The Federal Reserve's policy shift depressed homebuyer and homeseller activity in January, according to Redfin. Monthly new and active listing growth dropped to the lowest levels since last summer.

Redfin reports new listings dropped for the first time since June and pending sales growth slowed; stagnating mortgage rates and the biggest home-price jump in over a year caused the market to lose...

With mortgage rates dipping below 7%, more buyers are touring homes, but that isn't translating into more sales. Redfin's Homebuyer Demand Index, which measures requests for tours and other services from Redfin agents, was 6% higher than the week ending Jan. 28, according to a Redfin report. Many buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines are touring homes again because they're worried prices will increase more if they wait. Sale prices were up 5.5% year over year during the fo...

Redfin’s Homebuyer Demand Index is ticking up as the spring home-selling season draws nearer. That hasn’t yet converted to a meaningful improvement in pending sales–but Redfin agents expect it...

Everyone has different needs, but here's what makes for a good move-up home, according to real estate experts.

"I'm advising buyers to lock in a mortgage rate as soon as they drop to a number where they can make the math work," a Redfin agent said.