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Opendoor appoints new president and CFO

Dec 15, 2025

Lucas Matheson of Coinbase Canada has been named president and Christy Schwartz, who had been interim CFO, has officially been given the title on a permanent basis.

From cable repo to nail tech to $50M producer in under 3 years

Dec 15, 2025

In three years, Scott Poe has built a 50-agent brokerage, partnered with Zillow and Realtor.com, launched a mortgage company and architected a system designed to scale to $1 billion in sales.

Many agents contemplate leaving NAR if their MLS lifts policy: Intel

Dec 15, 2025

While most would stay, the share of real estate agents who say they would toss their Realtor membership if allowed is not small. Here's how some brokerages are planning to respond, and what arguments agents might find convincing, according to Intel's latest industry survey.

How to get compensated when buyers ghost you: The Download

Dec 15, 2025

From agent commissions to a brokerage compensation dispute, find out how real estate pros are making bank and protecting their pay.

Break it to make it: How one Hudson Valley brokerage recalibrated its tech for growth

Dec 15, 2025

Curasi Realty spent the past year recalibrating its tech, choosing tools that simplify marketing, strengthen reporting and support agent growth.

When seeing is no longer believing, referrals matter more than ever

Dec 15, 2025

New AI technology is becoming so sophisticated, writes contributor Molly McKinley, that consumers may not recognize what's real or fake. This is a red flag for agents.

7 AI prompts that will help real estate agents win big in 2026

Dec 14, 2025

The agents who embrace artificial intelligence, build local authority and deepen their value will dominate the next market cycle, Jimmy Burgess writes.

How Netflix, Disney and OpenAI are redefining control online

Dec 13, 2025

From Netflix’s Warner Bros takeover to Disney’s AI partnership with OpenAI, major platforms are signaling a shift away from growth at all costs and toward tighter control over distribution and access. As consolidation, regulation and automation reshape digital power, professionals who understand where leverage lives — and how quickly it can move — will be better positioned to adapt.

FHA will back loans up to $1.249M in high-cost markets next year

Dec 12, 2025

Popular with first-time homebuyers, FHA loans have higher delinquency rates, and borrowers are more likely to end up underwater or in foreclosure when home prices fall.

Rate cuts, podcasts, buyer’s agents: Inman’s Top 5

Dec 12, 2025

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

Why your real estate email campaigns aren’t converting (yet) 

Dec 12, 2025

If your database feels cold or your emails aren’t converting, try one or more of these five strategy shifts from Josh Ries. The results might surprise you.

Interactive: A reversal in this major region stalled the inventory rally

Dec 12, 2025

Real estate's Great Rebalancing has entered a new chapter — one in which this summer's biggest inventory engines have become a drag on active-listing growth in the fall.