Buying or renting is largely a lifestyle decision, the report says, with homeownership in some markets never making financial sense.

The median-priced home consumed 30.3 percent of the typical American worker's annual wages in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring an affordability burden that stretched across the country regardless of local market conditions.

Here's how a new state bill could reshape the private listings debate and change how you do business with sellers, Darryl Davis writes.

FNF's Brian Maughan explains how organized rings are using deepfakes, fake IDs and forged notary seals to pull off seller impersonation, and what real estate agents can do about it.

The more AI-generated content, analysis, imagery and communication flood the market, Dezireh Eyn writes, the more important discernment becomes.

Your budget turns big goals into real numbers — and real numbers into a clear game plan for how many homes you need to sell.

Despite the challenges, new Inman contributor Andy Goodman writes, mergers create recruiting opportunities unlike any other time in the business cycle.

The housing market is shifting. Existing-home sales remain sluggish, competition is intense, and buyers’ expectations are evolving. Yet while some agents are struggling, others are finding new opportunities in emerging niches, changing consumer preferences, build-to-rent communities, luxury markets, mixed-use developments, and office-to-residential conversions. Join us for a discussion on where buyer demand is heading, what […]

Connecticut joined a growing list of states restricting pocket listings after Gov. Ned Lamont signed SB 340 on May 27. The law requires residential listings to be publicly accessible the moment any marketing begins, with penalties of up to $5,000 or license suspension for violations.

The inquiry went out to brokerage leaders in New York after Compass grew into a real estate behemoth in the state and beyond.

Sellers pulled 5.8 percent of all U.S. home listings in April, tied for the highest share since March 2020, as buyers hold firm on price, and asking prices post their steepest annual drop since 2017.

LotRoll, a Colorado startup selected for NAR's REACH 2026 accelerator, is building the missing data layer for manufactured home transactions.

James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Howard Hanna CEO Hoby Hanna for a candid conversation about listing data, MLSs, private listing networks and the future of IDX.

I spent five months walking down the path of buying my family a new house in our dream location without using a Realtor.

A written-communication protocol is a professionalism signal that helps you stand out, attorney Kelly Lise Murray writes. Implement these five simple fixes to keep your emails and texts contractless.

As more data centers move into residential neighborhoods nationwide, more clients are arriving with questions, new Inman contributor Elizabeth Quinn writes. Here's how real estate professionals should answer.

Scammers are using artificial intelligence to clone email styles, forge documents and impersonate trusted parties — and agents, not just their clients, are increasingly in the crosshairs.

From July 28–30 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, more than 150 industry leaders, innovators and decision-makers will take the stage for three days of conversations focused on the challenges, opportunities and realities shaping residential real estate today.

Thirteen states are cutting income taxes in 2026. Here's what the cuts mean for housing demand, relocation buyers and agents on both sides of the trend.

Cloze is rolling out its new Forge product, a platform that allows brokerages to build and deploy custom tech solutions with security baked in.