Follow the Demand: Finding Growth Opportunities in a Challenging Housing Market
The housing market is shifting. Existing-home sales remain sluggish, competition is intense, and buyers’ expectations are evolving. Yet while some agents are struggling, others are finding new opportunities in emerging niches, changing consumer preferences, build-to-rent communities,...
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Connecticut joins wave of states restricting private listings
Connecticut joined a growing list of states restricting pocket listings after Gov. Ned Lamont signed SB 340 on May 27. The law requires residential listings to be publicly accessible the moment any marketing begins, with penalties of up to $5,000 or license suspension for violations....
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New York attorney general opens antitrust inquiry into Compass
The inquiry went out to brokerage leaders in New York after Compass grew into a real estate behemoth in the state and beyond....
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Sellers are pulling listings as buyers hold firm on price
Sellers pulled 5.8 percent of all U.S. home listings in April, tied for the highest share since March 2020, as buyers hold firm on price, and asking prices post their steepest annual drop since 2017....
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NAR-backed LotRoll wants to be the MLS for manufactured housing
LotRoll, a Colorado startup selected for NAR's REACH 2026 accelerator, is building the missing data layer for manufactured home transactions....
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Should IDX go away? An interview with Hoby Hanna
James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Howard Hanna CEO Hoby Hanna for a candid conversation about listing data, MLSs, private listing networks and the future of IDX....
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How an Inman reporter represented himself and used AI to buy his dream home
I spent five months walking down the path of buying my family a new house in our dream location without using a Realtor....
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2 text messages, $2.8M: How 8 words created a binding contract
A written-communication protocol is a professionalism signal that helps you stand out, attorney Kelly Lise Murray writes. Implement these five simple fixes to keep your emails and texts contractless....
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What to say when clients ask about the data center down the street
As more data centers move into residential neighborhoods nationwide, more clients are arriving with questions, new Inman contributor Elizabeth Quinn writes. Here's how real estate professionals should answer....
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AI is making real estate scams harder for agents to spot
Scammers are using artificial intelligence to clone email styles, forge documents and impersonate trusted parties — and agents, not just their clients, are increasingly in the crosshairs....
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