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How Netflix, Disney and OpenAI are redefining control online

Dec 13, 2025

From Netflix’s Warner Bros takeover to Disney’s AI partnership with OpenAI, major platforms are signaling a shift away from growth at all costs and toward tighter control over distribution and access. As consolidation, regulation and automation reshape digital power, professionals who understand where leverage lives — and how quickly it can move — will be better positioned to adapt.

FHA will back loans up to $1.249M in high-cost markets next year

Dec 12, 2025

Popular with first-time homebuyers, FHA loans have higher delinquency rates, and borrowers are more likely to end up underwater or in foreclosure when home prices fall.

Rate cuts, podcasts, buyer’s agents: Inman’s Top 5

Dec 12, 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.

Why your real estate email campaigns aren’t converting (yet) 

Dec 12, 2025

If your database feels cold or your emails aren’t converting, try one or more of these five strategy shifts from Josh Ries. The results might surprise you.

Interactive: A reversal in this major region stalled the inventory rally

Dec 12, 2025

Real estate's Great Rebalancing has entered a new chapter — one in which this summer's biggest inventory engines have become a drag on active-listing growth in the fall.

$200K per year by Year 3: From part-time agent to powerhouse

Dec 12, 2025

If you’re looking to go full-time in real estate, Josh Ries writes, take a page out of Emily Nguyen’s playbook: Start with service, show up with value and when the time is right, jump in all the way.

Transforming agent marketing: Task-bound to scalable systems

Dec 12, 2025

Troy Palmquist talks with marketing directors about the evolving role of martech and how it can empower agents to build their brand within the brokerage.

Fed patches a potential chink in armor protecting its independence

Dec 12, 2025

A vote to reappoint 11 of the Fed's 12 regional bank presidents puts an end to speculation that Trump administration might try to unseat inflation hawks opposed to interest rate cuts.

Agents, you must believe in yourself and the brand you choose

Dec 12, 2025

To get buyers to believe in you, you must first believe in yourself, your value and the organization you represent, broker-owner Lori Muller writes.

DoJ whiffs in third attempt to indict Trump nemesis Letitia James

Dec 11, 2025

Since the original charges against James were thrown out in November, the DoJ has reportedly tried and failed to obtain indictments from two different federal grand juries.

How the winter market creates soft power plays for buyers and sellers

Dec 11, 2025

Finance expert Sofia Nadjibi offers insights to help agents successfully position their clients during the December and January market slowdown.

In surprise twist, Walshe defense rests without calling witnesses

Dec 11, 2025

Brian Walshe told the court today he would not be testifying in his murder trial. His defense subsequently rested without calling any witnesses.