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Pending home sales hit 3-month low as rates climb

Jul 23, 2026

Buyers are pulling back — and gaining leverage because of it, as mortgage rates hit an 11-month high and sellers continue to outnumber them nationwide.

What 10 years in construction taught me about real estate

Jul 23, 2026

After a decade in and around construction and real estate, here are the lessons ADU expert Whitney HIll keeps coming back to.

I lost my mobile phone and found 4 fresh perspectives

Jul 23, 2026

While losing your phone is the ultimate business disrupter, it also helps you get back into the real world and offers fresh insights, new Inman contributor Karen Boyd writes.

Aaron Kirman: Anybody in real estate should be optimistic

Jul 23, 2026

Aaron Kirman built one of the country's top luxury listing portfolios. Ahead of Luxury Connect, he shares where the high-end market is headed next.

Keller Williams adds 5 leaders to growth, strategy teams

Jul 23, 2026

The new execs will focus on agent recruitment, retention and productivity, working with regional, divisional and market center leaders on growth strategies.

VineBrook is dumping its oldest homes — and quietly buying up BTR

Jul 23, 2026

VineBrook Homes has 1,575 homes for sale, the most of any institutional SFR operator. Parcl Labs data shows the sell-off is funding a bigger bet on build-to-rent.

Fannie Mae brings cryptocurrency-backed mortgages to the public

Jul 22, 2026

Fannie Mae is now making it possible for crypto holders to leverage the value of their assets without triggering a taxable event, America Foy writes.

Stop chasing referrals: Build 7 streams of people

Jul 22, 2026

On this episode, marketing strategist Jeff Lobb explains why the best agents build multiple communities of people who know, like and trust them.

Playing the long game: Why the best deals take years, not months

Jul 22, 2026

Everyone sees the closing but misses the true commitment it takes to accomplish the goal, The Agency's Chris Paoli writes. That's the nature of luxury real estate done right.

Inman launches Signal, a new podcast hosted by CEO Tom Bohn

Jul 22, 2026

Every Thursday, Bohn sits down with the brokerage executives, proptech founders and industry power players shaping residential real estate — no talking points, no fluff.

More Americans oppose AI data centers than a year ago

Jul 22, 2026

More than half of Americans oppose an AI data center in their neighborhood, up from last year, and agents say the concern is starting to shape how buyers shop for homes.

HomeServices of America tells agents to stop waiting for a rate that isn’t coming

Jul 22, 2026

In its 2026 mid-year outlook, the brokerage giant leans hard into a "cost of waiting" message and a flat rejection of crash talk.