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Learn how to read the real estate market’s vital signs

Jun 8, 2026

When the news is gloomy and the crowd goes silent, Darryl Davis writes, the real estate professional who keeps reaching out is the one who gets heard.

Instagram has a subscription now. Is it worth it for agents?

Jun 8, 2026

Instagram launched a $3.99-per-month subscription this week, and it's not the only platform putting features behind a paywall. Here's what changed, what it means for your marketing and whether any of it is worth paying for.

‘My 1st addiction was achievement’: A conversation with luxury agent Shelton Wilder

Jun 8, 2026

James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with luxury's Shelton Wilder to answer the question, "What happens when relentless ambition becomes its own addiction?"

Agents feel equipped to meet real estate’s consolidation moment

Jun 8, 2026

While agents Intel surveyed in May were divided on how listings should be shared, they weren't concerned about their own ability to compete.

May home sales soared. Pending contracts tell a different story

Jun 8, 2026

May closed sales hit a near four-year high, but pending contracts tell a different story. Here's what the latest Redfin and Freddie Mac data say about where the market is headed.

Realtracs keeps direct listing feed to Zillow alive amid negotiations

Jun 8, 2026

Realtracs has rescinded its June 8 deadline, saying negotiations over its direct listing feed with Zillow are "active and productive."

Compass chief economist: The off-MLS marketing debate is ignoring 1.4M listings

Jun 8, 2026

Compass didn't create off-market selling, Compass International Holdings Chief Economist Mike Simonsen writes. It created the first innovative, structured alternative to something the industry was already doing.

10 agents show how to win on social media (without a huge following)

Jun 7, 2026

The best social media marketing, Jimmy Burgess writes, is coming from agents who have figured out how to create content that resonates with the people they actually want to serve.

What Zillow’s economist doesn’t want you to know

Jun 5, 2026

Greg Hague pushes back on Mischa Fisher's opinion piece, outlining the ways he sees Zillow undermining transparency and affordability.

The $1.49B question every listing agent must answer now

Jun 5, 2026

Stop calling marketing materials “data,” Darryl Davis writes. Zillow's study is a position. Compass's survey responses are a position. Your CMA, with your local comps, on this home, is data.

What 30 years in real estate teaches you about change, people and staying relevant

Jun 5, 2026

ERA President Alex Vidal interviews award-winning broker-owner Mark Cenci about his decades in the business and the lessons he's learned.

Compass’s Andrew Jevin to agents: Embrace the ‘cringe’

Jun 5, 2026

Star Compass agent and social media savant Andrew Jevin shares how agents can show up more authentically online.