The AI productivity gap: Which tools actually provide ROI?
Inman Intel data shows a disconnect between the AI tools brokerages are providing and the ones that agents are actually using, coach Darryl Davis writes.
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6 things I do every week without fail to better serve my clients
Christina Balas helps you develop the weekly habits that create the structure, focus and consistency needed to support clients at a high level.
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Luxury Presence just hit $100M ARR. Here’s what its CEO says comes next
Luxury Presence is serving 100,000-plus agents. CEO Malte Kramer breaks down the go-to-market bet that made it happen.
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AI can now rank your neighborhood’s upside potential
Attom has introduced an AI-powered neighborhood ranking tool that scores census tracts by projected home price appreciation, giving real estate professionals a way to compare neighborhoods within the same market.
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Washington vs. private listings: How one state’s listings landscape is poised for change
James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Washington Realtors CEO Nathan Gorton and 2026 President Ryan Beckett to unpack a new Washington law that will impact the public marketing of private listings.
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Hoby Hanna: The industry is fighting over data control, not private listings
As MLSs expand and brokerages build their own exchanges, Howard Hanna CEO Hoby Hanna argues that the industry may be focusing on the wrong issue.
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Video killed the radio star. AI killed my confidence
Broker Holly Brink shares her story of how filtering every thought through AI eventually made her stop trusting her own instincts.
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Your phone is the most important tool in your toolbox
That ringing you hear could be opportunity calling, Carl Medford writes, but if you choose not to answer your phone, you will never know.
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Don’t hang sellers out to dry because you’re afraid of Opendoor
From asset disposition to proptech consulting, Troy Palmquist has watched agents lose listings out of fear. Cash Now, More Later should be the end of the iBuyer conflict.
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Ginger Wilcox: Who decides how a home gets sold?
New laws and policies reflect a rising recognition that true equity comes from not forcing all sellers down the same narrow path, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate President Ginger Wilcox writes.
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Rocket Companies announces $1.2B senior notes offering
Rocket will use the offering, which is split between notes due in 2031 and 2034, to pay debts, including Senior Notes due this year.
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Homebuyers hoping for Fed relief may be waiting until 2027
Goldman Sachs pushed its next expected Fed rate cuts into 2027, while J.P. Morgan expects the central bank to stay on hold this year.
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Existing-home sales hit highest level since December
Existing-home sales rose 3.2 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.17 million, the highest level since December, according to NAR. The median price hit $429,300, marking 35 consecutive months of year-over-year gains.
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EXp promotes marketing chief Wendy Forsythe to COO
Wendy Forsythe has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at eXp Realty, the cloud-based brokerage announced this week.
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Fannie Mae just approved a Bitcoin-backed home loan for the first time
Better Home & Finance and Coinbase have funded the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage collateralized by Bitcoin, with plans to open the product to qualified borrowers nationwide by this summer.
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Johnny DelPrete on golf and the art of networking
Douglas Elliman agent and former professional golfer Johnny DelPrete shares the key to building a solid network in the luxury market.
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Short-form videos that engage clients in 30 seconds (or less)
The agents winning on video right now aren't the ones with the best gear, Maris Callahan Messervey writes. They're the ones who started before they felt ready and got better as they went.
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What Compass actually wants from the MLS-Zillow chess match
Time is running out for MLSs to chart their own course and take back power from both Compass International Holdings and Zillow, coach Darryl Davis writes.
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The seller isn’t resisting the move. They’re resisting the perceived loss
Stop pushing clients toward decisions, broker-owner Deb Siefkin writes, and start helping them understand the tradeoffs and the reasoning behind their move.
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Lenders are loosening standards, but (most) analysts aren’t alarmed
Non-conforming mortgages have hit their highest share of originations since the 2008 housing crash. Here's what's driving the surge, why most analysts aren't panicking and what agents need to know.
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