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RESAAS ‘coming soon’ listings can now be found on Zillow

Mar 20, 2024

Customers of real estate software company RESAAS can now opt in to having listings published as “coming soon” on industry-leading search portal Zillow.

Challenge to New York property tax system moves forward

Mar 20, 2024

An appeals court issued a ruling on Tuesday stating that a lawsuit challenging New York's property tax system was mistakenly dismissed

Bess Freedman says Trump is too late to sell Mar-a-Lago for bond

Mar 20, 2024

Mar-a-Lago may be worth hundreds of millions, the Brown Harris Stevens CEO said, but there's certainly not "enough time" to offload it by Monday when Trump's $454 million bond is due.

After the NAR settlement, 5 keys to buyer relationship marketing

Mar 20, 2024

Agents who see the changes coming and adapt to the new reality by cementing their relationships will be in a position to seize the day as market winds shift, mega-team leader Carl Medford writes.

Take the Inman Intel Index survey for March

Mar 20, 2024

The Inman Intel Index goes beyond sentiment and trends by tapping into the real estate industry's most engaged community. Add your voice to the industry's most ambitious monthly survey today.

How commission chaos divided the real estate industry into 4 factions

Mar 20, 2024

The verdict in the monumental Sitzer | Burnett commission case in Missouri — plus oversight by federal regulators — has splintered the industry as it scrambles to figure out how to move forward.

Before NAR settlement, headcount hopes were losing steam: Intel

Mar 20, 2024

Most brokerage leaders in February still expected to be better-staffed this time next year, the Intel Index found. But that optimism was weakening even before NAR's $418M settlement Friday.

What’s the biggest challenge with NAR’s proposed settlement? Pulse

Mar 20, 2024

What's causing you the most stress when it comes to NAR's $418 million settlement of the real estate commission lawsuits?

Fannie Mae no longer expects mortgage rates to drop below 6%

Mar 19, 2024

The recent surge in mortgage rates could take some air out of a projected rebound in 2024 home sales, with deals driven mostly by households who can no longer put off their moves due to life events.

Court weighs $4.7B Sitzer ruling against last holdout HomeServices

Mar 19, 2024

Sitzer | Burnett plaintiffs asked the court to order the Berkshire Hathaway affiliate to pay most of the nearly $5.4 billion damages award after NAR, Keller Williams, Anywhere and RE/MAX settle.

Homes.com gets analyst boost amid 567% annual traffic spike

Mar 19, 2024

Despite the initial controversy, Homes.com isn't letting up on its traffic war with Zillow, Realtor.com and Redfin. The CoStar-owned portal reported late last week that it reached 149 million unique visitors in February, which equals a mind-boggling 567 percent growth in unique visitors compared to February 2023.

NAR’s $418M settlement throws a wrench at the MLS. So now what?

Mar 19, 2024

If the proposed settlement is approved, multiple listing services will be forced to nix the buyer commission field by July. Now is the time to prepare, writes author and trainer Bernice Ross.