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Equifax cuts VantageScore 4.0 mortgage credit scores to $4.50

Oct 10, 2025

Once Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ready to start accepting VantageScore 4.0, the algorithm will go head-to-head with the less inclusive FICO Classic score.

15 tips, tricks and tools to add to your DIY home staging kit

Oct 10, 2025

A combination of upskilling and these 15 items and strategies helps ensure that your home staging gets your listings sold, Annette DeCicco writes.

Think like an economist. Win like a real estate agent: Now Streaming

Oct 10, 2025

Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather unpacks the economic principles behind the real estate industry to make agents more effective.

Compass clues, ChatGPT listings, white-collar crime: Inman’s Top 5

Oct 10, 2025

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

$100M fraud ring busted, hundreds displaced by foreclosures

Oct 10, 2025

A New York State investor group is at the center of a burgeoning foreclosure crisis in Baltimore, according to an investigative report from "The Baltimore Banner."

Private listing networks are the newest pet rock: Bess Freedman

Oct 10, 2025

Not all trends are worth following, the Brown Harris Stevens CEO writes. The pet rock had its moment, but private listing networks create a conflict between fiduciary duty and financial gain.

5 adorable listings that let you live at the ocean for $425K or less

Oct 10, 2025

Wishing you could rewind the clock to summer vacation? These totally affordable beachy listings make it possible.

7 lessons I learned from a fitness influencer about lead generation

Oct 10, 2025

Stop limiting your learning to real estate, Josh Ries writes. Look at what other industries are doing, adapt it, and recognize that we’re entrepreneurs.

Hit the AI ‘easy button’: A practical playbook for agents

Oct 10, 2025

AI for real estate agents doesn't have to be complicated. Jimmy Burgess shares strategies to simplify and speed up adoption.

How to help sellers prepare to list a tenant-occupied property

Oct 10, 2025

Working with a tenant-occupied property may be more hands-on than others, Cara Ameer writes. Be prepared to pivot based on the circumstances at hand.

Feds charge Trump nemesis Letitia James with bank fraud

Oct 10, 2025

James calls allegations over $109,600 mortgage baseless retribution, and a "continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system."

5 ways real estate agents can attract, and keep, buyer clients

Oct 9, 2025

At Inman on Tour Texas, three star real estate agents and brokers shared how humor, knowledge and mindful follow-ups are key to building an enviable buyer pipeline.