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Pearl Certification ups resources to match ‘energy-efficient’ priorities

Aug 4, 2023

The company intends to prepare agents and homeowners for the "millions of new high-performing homes improved through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)," according to an announcement.

Rocket back in the black after boosting purchase market share

Aug 4, 2023

The Detroit-based mortgage giant returned to profitability during the spring homebuying season by slashing costs and boosting its market share in the face of severe inventory shortages.

$2B Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty broker partners with Side

Aug 4, 2023

San Clemente, California's top broker, Doug Echelberger, and his team of seven agents has moved to Side, where it will operate as Inhabit Real Estate, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

$2B Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty broker moves team to Side

Aug 4, 2023

San Clemente, California's top broker, Doug Echelberger, and his team of seven agents has moved to Side, where it will operate as Inhabit Real Estate, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

California dreamin’: The nightmare situations luxury agents deal with

Aug 4, 2023

From the seller who wanted to display a room full of snakes during a home showing to the renter who was an insurance scammer, the clients luxury agents deal with in California can be a handful.

What down market? Payrolls are just fine in the brokerage world

Aug 4, 2023

Home transactions may be down, but you wouldn't know it from most brokerage payrolls. Real estate hiring churned along in July, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

To win this summer, homebuyers in California are turning every stone

Aug 4, 2023

With some of the highest home prices in the nation, California buyers and sellers are having an abnormally difficult time managing higher mortgage rates, agents in the Golden State told Inman.

Winners and losers: Here’s Inman’s Top 5 stories of the week

Aug 4, 2023

Wondering what you missed this week? Catch up with Inman's Top 5 stories for the week of July 28 - Aug. 4, 2023.

11 lessons I learned selling over $500M in real estate

Aug 4, 2023

Over nearly three decades, these are the lessons that Jimmy Burgess has put into practice to grow. Put them to work for your business.

Did the US dodge a recession? As outlook softens, analysts reassess

Aug 4, 2023

A rising tide of economists are backing away from early forecasts that the U.S. is very likely to enter a recession later this year or by the first quarter of 2024. But some still see dark clouds ahead.

Fewer transactions result in falling profits for eXp World Holdings in Q2

Aug 4, 2023

EXp's revenue fell 13 percent from the second quarter of 2022 to $1.2 billion, and its gross profit decreased 10 percent to $96.5 million, according to an earnings call Thursday afternoon.

Stop sexual harassment lip service. You’ve shown us who you R

Aug 4, 2023

If, as an industry leader, you only care about female agents' production, and not their safety, think about what that makes you. We already know who you are.