No shortcuts. No complicated funnels. Jimmy Burgess shares your no-fuss guide to becoming the most visible, valuable and trusted person in a specific area.
Most Americans want the federal government to address housing costs. Whether the ROAD to Housing Act will become law depends on a president who has so far declined to sign it.
REMAX president Chris Lim joins the ARA board as the agent-first trade group lands its first major franchise partner and offers free first-year memberships to all U.S. REMAX agents.
Inman CEO Tom Bohn said he will speak at Project 42, a two-day AI event coming to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in August that promises live humanoid robots on stage and working agentic workflows agents can keep.
Your reputation is not built on the policy of the moment, coach Darryl Davis writes. It is built on how every client and every person who walks into your open house gets treated.
Stop worrying about interest rate fluctuations, and start worrying about how you can serve the client in front of you, Century 21 New Millennium's Kyle Crawford writes.
High-flood-risk U.S. counties lost 63,357 more residents than they gained in 2025, nearly double the prior year's net outflow, as low-risk counties posted their biggest population gains since 2018, according to a new Redfin analysis.
Kelman has joined the firm as executive in residence, a leadership advisory role that allows him to work with Greylock's portfolio of companies and leaders.
Surveys show 82 percent of real estate agents use AI. Interviews with agents across the country reveal the real divide isn't adoption — it's who has rebuilt their workflow around it.
A single just-listed postcard after a single sale is a coin toss, not a campaign, coach Darryl Davis writes. Marketing works on the principle of effective frequency.
Big companies are racing to own more of the homeownership lifecycle, Deb Siefkin writes. Agents need to earn more trust in the client’s decision-making process.
Social lead gen hub POP.STORE is expanding its focus on real estate, helping agents turn content and social media engagement into measurable business results. Troy Palmquist talks with GM Jo Wong about the platform’s upcoming VidCon appearance featuring Andrew Jevin and Glennda Baker.
The Maryland attorney used dual contracts, a hidden side agreement, and his own trust account to defraud lenders in a Baltimore apartment sale and a 42-home same-day flip, receiving 15 months in federal prison.
The Court upheld foreclosure rules that let local taxing authorities recover unpaid balances through auctions instead of listing homes on the open market.
On Tuesday, Congress passed its most significant response to the housing shortage in 36 years, but whether President Trump will sign it remains unclear.
Consumer Policy Center fellows Stephen Brobeck and Wendy Gilch discuss three controversial reports examining buyer agent commissions, referral fees, and Compass's growing market influence.
Every expired listing you convert opens up all the marketing opportunities to generate additional business from a new listing, trainer Bernice Ross writes.
A real estate script is off-the-rack. It fits no one perfectly, coach Darryl Davis writes. A custom metaphor is tailored to the person sitting with you.
SERHANT. is launching across four Texas markets simultaneously Tuesday, bringing 13 founding agents and six independent brokerages with nearly $1.5 billion in combined sales volume to the firm as it enters its 17th state.
The right team can provide support, structure, mentorship and more opportunities, Josh Ries writes. The wrong team can lose time, give up margin and miss your goals.
The winning agents in the next cycle will not be the ones who adopt AI fastest, America Foy writes. They will be the ones who learn to verify AI output fastest.
The quietest person on the flight deck is usually the one in charge, writes former pilot Ben Stern. Here are five ways to put quiet leadership to work in your business.
The National Association of Realtors has asked the American Real Estate Association to hand over documents relating to the NAR Accountability Project — and ARA is saying 'no.'
The deal represents a different kind of vertical integration than the industry has recently seen — one that moves laterally into homeownership itself rather than deeper into the transaction.
As brokerages consolidate and new models reshape the industry, team leaders face a growing challenge: scaling without giving up control. For many of HomeSmart’s most successful team leads, the answer is finding the right balance between autonomy and support. “The 100% model gives us the ability to control expenses and compensation…We want our agents to […]
Fello co-founder Stephen London discusses why teams are missing deals hiding in their own databases, how AI agent Felix is changing outreach, and what the agentic AI wave means for real estate.
Bring balance to your real estate business with these strategies for managing near-term transactions and long-term lead generation from coach Darryl Davis.
From a historian's take on rivalry (it's a good thing!) to a call for AI adoption and more, last week's NAR legislative meetings kept one eye on the clock and one eye on the calendar.
In this episode, Megan Oh, a Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert, discusses one of the most overlooked opportunities in real estate: divorce real estate.
Take a peek inside Kansas City real estate agent Rachel Kilmer’s relationship marketing playbook that helped grow her business and referrals. The greatest growth opportunity comes from reaching out and celebrating people, Jimmy Burgess writes.
In his first Inman Interview, National Association of Real Estate Brokers President Ashley Thomas talks housing equality, technology and why private listing networks harm Black buyers and sellers.
The Knicks ended a 53-year title drought by refusing to quit. Coach Darryl Davis shares what real estate agents can learn from New York's championship mindset.
Meet the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," Dr. Opal Lee, who has spent decades fighting for freedom and homeownership. Dr. Lee Davenport shares 31 quotes to inspire your clients this June.
Bed Bath and Beyond is building an end-to-end homeownership platform by acquiring Fathom Holdings. Coach Darryl Davis asks, "What does a retailer owning a brokerage mean for the future of real estate?"
BHGRE Maturo, BHGRE Dream Properties and Realty Connect USA have merged to create BHGRE Realty Connect. The brokerage serves New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Sotheby's 2026 Mid-Year Luxury Outlook finds that 38 percent of agents in the $10 million-plus segment say aging in place is reshaping buyer behavior — and the ripple effects reach well below the ultra-luxury tier.
The maps are from the 1930s. The consequences are not. Braden Crooks of Designing the WE brought the "Undesign the Redline" exhibit to the NAR expo in Washington to show how Depression-era federal housing policy drew the lines that still define today's market — from the affordability crisis to appraisal bias to the racial wealth gap.
Don't beat yourself up over a stale listing. Coach Darryl Davis shares strategies to help you go back to the drawing board and look at the factors that are still within your control.
The Iran deal is incredibly important and carries real economic significance. What it is not, at least at this moment, trainer Bernice Ross writes, is a feel-good mortgage rate story.
A growing share of baby boomer homesellers has never listed a property before. NAR Deputy Chief Economist Jessica Lautz says agents who recognize that gap have a client opportunity most are missing.
Canadian online searches for U.S. homes are still running below pre-tariff levels, but mortgage originations at RBC Bank are flat to slightly higher than a year ago — a split that suggests the Canadians still shopping are buying, according to RBC Bank's head of real estate financing.
Sellers are drowning in information, coach Darryl Davis writes. What the seller needs is a grounded, knowledgeable advisor who tells them the truth about their house.
On this episode, Samson Properties CEO Donny Samson explains why consumers are losing confidence in the industry and what agents, brokerages, MLSs and associations can do about it.
When it comes to private listings, the seller's case is being made loudly and well, eXp CTO Carrie Lysenko writes. The buyer's voice is barely being heard at all.
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said existing-home sales and median home prices should increase 4 percent by the end of 2026, despite market headwinds.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Pratzios told a standing-room-only crowd at NAR's 2026 Legislative Meetings that AI tools are available now — and agents who wait risk falling behind in what he called a "K-shaped economy" splitting businesses into two camps.
Realty ONE Group has rebuilt its agent platform from scratch, launching ZONE Pro, a proprietary AI-powered operating system that bundles an AI growth coach, global referral network and business automation tools.
Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate's most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey.
The next few years will reward agents who are comfortable navigating complexity, new Inman contributor Michael Krein writes, particularly for the segment of buyers who stretched to enter the market.
The agents who thrive understand that the most valuable thing they can offer a client is not information, Mauricio Umansky writes. It's the wisdom to know what to do with it.
Strong terms are a competitive advantage, coach Darryl Davis writes, and a buyer’s agent who packages and validates them is doing real work for their client.
NAR CEO Nykia Wright told a standing-room crowd at the association's 2026 Legislative Meetings that she faces opposition within NAR — and that historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's study of Lincoln's team of rivals taught her to treat it as a strength.
Infinityy and Local Logic are partnering to embed hyperlocal neighborhood intelligence data directly inside Infinityy's AI-powered listing platform for Premium members.
RLTYco is launching a national consulting division led by strategist Danielle Garofalo and broker Scott Elwell to help brokerages and large teams scale without sacrificing brand.
The 16-member founding council will convene for the first time at Inman Connect San Diego in July, as the company accelerates a transformation it's calling "Inman 2.0."
The 2026 World Cup is creating genuine cross-cultural connection in real time, the platforms are building on top of it and Google is making its biggest move yet into home search. Here's what it all means for agents.
In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, financial advisor, investor and author Andrew McNair discusses one of the most overlooked problems in real estate: retirement planning.
Google looked at every private network, every pre-market feed and every walled garden, coach Darryl Davis writes, and built its national home search on MLS data.
The agents AI recommends in the future won't get there by accident, Jimmy Burgess writes. They'll get there because they intentionally built trust, authority and relevance online.
The typical American existing home has sold for more than $400,000 for the first time, even as pending sales fall for the fourth straight week and economic uncertainty keeps buyers on the sidelines.
Listings are being pulled in Boston. In Miami, international buyers and travelers are flooding in. Here's how the 2026 World Cup is reshaping both markets.
