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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.

What real estate agents can learn from TikTok, Tylenol and Disney

Sep 27, 2025

Behind the headline-dominating controversies this week are powerful lessons in messaging, trust and public perception that agents can’t afford to miss, digital marketer Jessi Healey writes.

Democrats seek transparency into Fannie, Freddie ‘reprivatization’

Sep 26, 2025

The Trump administration has assured industry groups that a stable housing finance system and low mortgage rates are a "North Star" in plans for a secondary offering, but Dems complain they've been shut out of process.

Former agent convicted of swindling woman out of her home

Sep 26, 2025

While Monique Hill and her husband were undergoing foreclosure proceedings, former real estate agent Oscar Dais created, signed and notarized a fraudulent deed in Hill's maiden name. This week, Dais pleaded guilty.

$1B Florida brokerage and former NFL prospect join Christie’s International Real Estate

Sep 26, 2025

First Coast, founded by Corey Hasting in 2018, brings around 130 agents from Engel & Völkers to the luxury brand operating across the Jacksonville, Florida, metro area.