Time to get creative: 3 strategies for finding buyers homes
Buying a home is hard, but it's not impossible. As a knowledgeable expert with a fiduciary duty to your clients, it's your role to help buyers weigh and evaluate their options.
Celebrate your agents! Enhance recognition by looking beyond the transaction
Rather than focusing on output, as measured by transactions completed, focus on what your agents have put into their businesses and the communities they serve. Celebrate your agents for their contributions to local charities and organizations.
6 tips for giving out-of-town buyers next-level service
If you're helping buyers look for homes from a distance, with only a short trip to make their final decision in person, here's how to create systems and processes to make working with out-of-town buyers more effective, efficient and rewarding.
Inspectify wants to normalize consistency in home inspections: Tech Review
In the same way LegalZoom took away the intimidation of speaking with an attorney, Inspectify's fast ordering and clear, categorized reporting takes the pain out of finding out your buyer's house needs work after closing.
BridgeMLS members able to pilot proptech in partnership with Openn
A mobile, transparency-in-transaction software company, Openn, has started a pilot program to test its platform with agents in the Golden State.
NYC sting embroils more than 120 companies in fair housing lawsuit
The lawsuit accuses brokerages and property owners of telling renters at risk of homelessness that their vouchers would not be accepted.
The Big Bend Group leaves Coldwell Banker for Keller Williams
The Big Bend Group, led by founder Bruce Foster, officially moved to Keller Williams last week.
How masterminds helped this office close 13,400 transaction sides
Vince Leisey, founder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Ambassador Real Estate, believes masterminding is the No. 1 thing agents should commit to for success in their businesses. He shares with Jimmy Burgess his highly effective mastermind format.
Mortgage rates fall to 5.10% in biggest drop since 2020
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have dropped 20 basis points in two weeks, the most dramatic decline since April 2020.
Pending home sales hits slowest pace in nearly 10 years
Pending home sales dropped 3.9 percent from March to April, marking the sixth-straight month of declines amidst climbing mortgage rates, according to data released Thursday from NAR.
Senate narrowly confirms Sandra Thompson to lead Fannie, Freddie regulator
The 49-46 party-line vote followed a Republican leader's call to hold a referendum on the Biden administration’s "radical housing policy."
The shift has begun — but rate hikes won’t be housing’s Achilles’ heel
Experts expect home sales and price growth to slow down, but they don't think rising rates will knock everyone out of the market.
Broker Spotlight: Kama Burton, CMB Realty Services
This week's spotlight shines on Kama Burton, broker-owner of CMB Realty Services, philanthropist, educator and mentor.
5 practical ways to give your teams the hands-on support they need
Welcome to Inman's newest video series. @properties Christie's International Real Estate executives Amy Corr and Kevin Van Eck give their top five tips on how brokerages can best support their teams.
3 leadership shifts that can propel your brokerage forward
The game has changed in many ways, and your leadership focus should change with it. Marion Weiler offers advice to help you meet the new needs of your agents and staff.
What the early census numbers say about moving patterns
There's a widespread belief that Americans have all packed up and moved because of the pandemic. At face value, it's quite credible, according to Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner, especially given the level of 2021 home sales. But the reality, at least from the data we've recei.. read more »