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Guidance or steering? Red flags of giving professional advice

May 20, 2024

Understanding the difference between steering and providing thoughtful and meaningful advice and guidance to clients is essential for navigating the future of real estate, mega team leader Carl Medford writes.

RentSpree adds REcolorado, second MLS deal in days

May 20, 2024

Days after announcing the onboarding of UtahReealEstate.com, CEO and co-founder Michael Lucarelli’s rental industry software company is now available to members of REcolorado, the Centennial State’s largest.

Crypto and AI are on the rise. Here’s how they are coming to real estate

May 20, 2024

AI is reshaping the landscape of property transactions, revolutionizing traditional processes and boosting overall efficiency.

4 ways to showcase your value to homebuyers

May 20, 2024

Homebuyers need professional guidance more than ever as they complete one of the most important transactions of their lifetime.

At NAR midyear, ‘the media’ was cast as the villain — repeatedly

May 20, 2024

NAR's legal team, president and chief economist defended the group's cooperative compensation rule and used journalists as a scapegoat repeatedly during midyear panels earlier this month.

Inside the lock-in effect: Cheap mortgages weigh on US consumers

May 20, 2024

Homeowners with at least a 5 percent mortgage rate are three times more likely to enter the market soon as those with a sub-3.5 percent rate, according to results from Inman-Dig Insights' latest consumer poll.

Share your expertise: Take the Inman Intel Index survey for May

May 20, 2024

The Inman Intel Index goes beyond sentiment and trends by tapping into the real estate industry's most engaged community. Add your voice to real estate's most ambitious monthly survey today.

Empower homefront heroes with source of income freedom, fairness

May 18, 2024

This Memorial Day, Dr. Lee Davenport writes, in addition to words of gratitude and affirmation, it's even more important that our veterans have access to affordable housing choices that accept their hard-earned benefits. 

How commission changes could lead to transactional transparency

May 18, 2024

This journey is not without its challenges, broker Bob Mathew writes, but the rewards — enhanced transparency, consumer trust and a more competitive marketplace — are worth the effort.

UWM expands program that dispenses with title insurance

May 17, 2024

Nation's largest mortgage lender says brokers "will no longer need to work with a title company or settlement agent for title work, balancing fees, scheduling closing or any related communication."

Keller Williams retreats on profit sharing cuts for defecting agents

May 17, 2024

The cuts, initially approved last summer, were set to go into effect this July. But as of this spring, Keller Williams was facing multiple class action lawsuits over the changes.

PayHOA closes Series A funding round of $27.5M

May 17, 2024

A company that builds software for homeowners’ associations, PayHOA, landed a Series A funding round of $27.5 million.