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The biggest headlines from NAR midyear and more: Inman Top 5

Jun 6, 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.

5 financial tasks to delegate to boost productivity and profit

Jun 6, 2025

Delegating key financial tasks to a trusted advisor allows you to concentrate on what matters most: Building and growing your real estate business, Julia Lashay Israel writes.

How today’s agents are merging media, marketing and mastery

Jun 6, 2025

Savvy agents are leveraging digital media to showcase and share their expertise and win new business, The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky writes.

Why now is the perfect time for a mansion boom

Jun 6, 2025

Wealthy buyers are choosing stability over speculation, market expert Chris Drayer writes. They’re thinking long-term and betting on real estate as a safer, smarter place to park their wealth.

How to keep a listing (and your sanity) when sellers won’t listen

Jun 6, 2025

As a listing agent, you didn't sign up to be steamrolled. You signed up to serve. Coach Darryl Davis shares strategies for working with difficult sellers.

The farming framework: A proven system for listing-driven growth

Jun 6, 2025

Whether you’re a new agent or a seasoned pro needing to regain momentum, geographic farming isn’t just a marketing tactic — it’s a foundation, Jimmy Burgess writes.

Broker Spotlight: Gabby Maddox Davis, Keller Williams West ATL

Jun 5, 2025

Find out how this Atlanta top producer provides legacy-building stewardship for her real estate office and its agents.

President Trump to NAR midyear: ‘What you do is very beautiful’

Jun 5, 2025

Unable to attend NAR midyear in person, President Donald Trump sent a two-minute video lauding Realtors' work and praising his One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

NAR overturns ‘no-commingling’ rule in Executive Committee vote

Jun 5, 2025

The committee opted to rescind the controversial "no-commingling" policy on Wednesday, one day after NAR's Multiple Listing Issues and Policies Committee voted to scrap it amid DOJ scrutiny.

NAR board approves hate speech policy changes in decisive vote

Jun 5, 2025

The changes, which are effective immediately, remove references to hate speech, add a definition of harassment, and make the policy no longer applicable to all of a Realtor's activities.

US inventory exceeds 1M homes for first time in 6 years

Jun 5, 2025

Metro areas with the greatest gains in inventory are those that continued to build during and shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic, while those that did not still lag behind pre-pandemic levels.

Despite market shift toward buyers, they’re still backing away

Jun 5, 2025

Spring typically brings new energy to this housing market, but this year, the momentum is stalling. A flood of sellers has hit the market, but buyers are remaining on the sidelines, new data from Redfin shows.