Resources

Associations: Want to add value, relevance? Raise the bar on events

Sep 30, 2025

Troy Palmquist looks at the Nevada Realtors’ NVision Summit as an example of how associations can put on high-caliber professional development events.

Success is how I promote change within the Hispanic community

Sep 29, 2025

As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, Edwin Acevedo, CEO of Century 21 LOTUS in Los Angeles, who will be the national president of NAHREP next year, offers his take on success as the best form of protest.

Better Mortgage seizes the day on Wall Street with $75M raise

Sep 29, 2025

The goal is to maximize two new partnerships and quadruple Better's monthly mortgage originations to $2 billion. The raise follows a bullish endorsement by activist Opendoor investor Eric Jackson.

MLS PIN wins final settlement approval in Nosalek case

Sep 29, 2025

A judge had previously granted preliminary approval of the $3.95M settlement, which removed the option to display offers of compensation to buyer brokers on the MLS.

Is the mortgage lock-in effect ending? These numbers offer clues

Sep 29, 2025

The Federal Reserve's decision to make a series of historic short-term rate cuts at the height of the pandemic has proven to be a double-edged sword, with the sharpest point being the percentage of would-be homesellers locked into their homes by 2 percent to 3 percent mortgage rates.

Pending home sales jumped 4% in August in positive market signal

Sep 29, 2025

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said lowering mortgage rates were leading to more buyers coming to market, but Bright MLS Chief Economist Dr. Lisa Sturtevant said hopes for a fall market rebound should stay tempered.

Here’s our most read advice from Back to Basics Month 2025

Sep 29, 2025

As Back to Basics Month comes to a close, Inman’s Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the top 10 most-read advice articles — written by contributors, chosen by readers.

Here are the stories you missed amid the Compass coverage

Sep 29, 2025

In case you were head down in the Compass merger news last week, we've put together a roundup of the market stats and how-tos you may have missed.

Hopeful but wary, agents report slippage in listing pipelines: Intel

Sep 29, 2025

A renewed interest from homebuyer clients has been offset by lost ground with sellers, agents across the country tell Intel. It's testing their newfound hope for the year ahead.

More than half of metros stray from ‘balanced’ housing market

Sep 29, 2025

The housing market is seeing signs of balance, but dig deeper, and the picture looks far from uniform. Here’s how to explain it to clients.

Closing is the lifetime launchpad for client follow-up: Step 8

Sep 29, 2025

When your buyer-focused transaction management system runs on habit instead of willpower, you don’t skip the steps that matter most, Cassie Walker Johnson writes as she wraps up her eight-step plan.

How a Green Beret turned an agent’s advice into a $600M empire

Sep 29, 2025

Levi Rodgers, a former U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret, share’s his powerful story of survival, recovery and building a top real estate team in Texas.