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Independent broker/dealer Cetera has hired two executives for its registered investment advisor channel from competitors. Torrance Chaplin, formerly of Primerica, will be the community leader of Cetera Investors, and Sean Marrin, formerly of Raymond James, will be the community leader of Cetera’s RIA Network. According to San Diego-based Cetera, Chaplin and Marrin will lead advisor…

According to ATTOM’s Q1 2026 U.S. Home Flipping Report, 64,348 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped during the first quarter of 2026, representing 8 percent of all home sales completed from January through March. WATCH: ATTOM #FiguresFriday – Top 10 Metros with Highest Home Flipping Profit Margins The report stated that nationwide, the home-flipping rate…

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Buyer pool shrinks to a record low The number of active homebuyers in the United States fell to its lowest level on record in July according to a Redfin report. Approximately 966,752 buyers were active in the market last month (down 2.5% from June) while roughly 1,462,921 sellers remained listed, meaning there were an estimated…

The nonprofit Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) is moving its nonprofit headquarters to 119 West 125th Street in Harlem, Commercial Observer has learned. UMEZ, which finances community development in Upper Manhattan, inked a 9,000-square-foot lease at the 17-story mixed-use development between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell boulevards, according to Taconic Partners, a…