This week: Whether it was user error or a glitch in the matrix, tell us about a time tech totally screwed you over.

Agents Katherine Schwab, Jenna Ryan and Jason Hyland flew on a private plane to Washington, D.C., and "stormed the Capitol." Ryan remains a Realtor after her conviction and prison term.

The Redfin CEO joins Corcoran CEO Pamela Liebman and other industry professionals in a "Shark Tank"-like real estate show called "Buy My House" to debut in September on Netflix.

The founder of Keller Williams reminds agents that it's still a seller's market and stresses lead generation amid the ongoing slowdown.

Clever's integration of Total Expert's CRM and customer engagement platform could help the company drum up homebuyers who aren't already working with real estate agents.

Brad Inman interviews Thad Wong of @properties Christie's International Real Estate and Nina Dosanjh of Vanguard Properties about what brokerages can do to best position themselves and their team to outlast the downturn. If your first instinct is to cut staff, this panel says think again

At Inman Connect Las Vegas earlier this month, executives behind the blockchain company Consortia discussed ways the business of buying and selling real estate could change overnight.

At Keller Williams' annual Mega Camp conference, founder Gary Keller prepared agents for a rough 2023 as slowing home sales and other economic factors push everyone to the brink.

Poore, who spent two years with Brown Harris Stevens before his return to Sotheby's, is a 20-year veteran of the real estate industry and since 2014 has earned more than $500 million in sales volume.

The offer to pay up to $10,000 to homeowners comes as lower wage workers in Sedona, Arizona, fail to find housing options they can afford near the businesses that keep the town moving.

At Inman Connect Las Vegas earlier this month, the Place co-founder shared how he has prepared his business for the choppy economic waters that may lie ahead.

Real estate venture capitalist Kia Nejatian joins the renovation startup as the company anticipates growth in a buyer's market.

Nationally, more than 15 percent of homesellers dropped list prices in July across the 97 metro areas analyzed by Redfin, with Boise, Denver and Salt Lake City seeing the greatest share of cuts.

Have you heard the term MLS in real estate and wondered what it meant?

When you begin the process of either buying or selling a home, you are likely to hear about the multiple listings service. The multiple listing service or MLS is a way for real estate agents to connect buyers and sellers better.

As a seller, it lets the world know you’re home is for sale. As a buyer, it makes it far easier to be informed about precisely what is publicly available to purchase.

So how does the MLS in real estate work? How will it affect you when you’re involved in a property transaction? Let’s examine everything you need to know about the MLS cooperation system.

What is MLS in Real Estate?

The multiple listings service is a database containing information shared by real estate brokers. It makes sharing information on homes for sale between the different brokerages.

Sales of new homes dropped in July to a seasonally adjusted rate of 511,000, which was 29.6 percent below the levels seen in July 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The company has tapped Jen Chestnutt as vice president of marketing, Alex Griffis as vice president of product and Jen Jackson as senior vice president of customer success, it was announced Tuesday.

After two years of unprecedented growth, home values fell slightly from June to July, according to the latest market report from Zillow. The market is quickly rebalancing. With buyers’ purchasing power diminished by nearly two years of double-digit price growth and higher mortgage rates, competition for homes is dropping off.

The typical U.S. home value declined by 0.1% ($366) month over month in July and now stands at $357,107, as measured by the raw Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). Monthly growth in this metric has relaxed since reaching a recent peak of 1.9% in April, slowing to 1.2% growth in May and 0.8% growth in June. It’s not unusual for home price growth to decelerate this time of year, but the small decline is the first monthly dip since 2012. The nation’s typical home value is up 16% year over year and 44.5% since July 2019.

“Home values flattening so quickly after recent record growth might surprise, but it’s a badly needed rebalancing that gives home buyers more options, more time to shop and more negotiating power,” said Zillow chief economist Skylar Olsen. “This slowdown is about discouraged buyers pulling back after the affordability shock from higher rates. As prices soften, many will renew their interest, and we will continue our progress back to ‘normal.’ With buyers ready in the wings once confidence returns, homeowners can expect to keep the majority of the equity gains they’ve seen in the last two years.”

Home values measured by raw ZHVI fell from June to July in 30 of the 50 largest metro areas, an increase from 13 the previous month. The largest monthly home value declines were in San Jose (-4.5%) and San Francisco (-2.8%) — the nation’s most expensive major markets — followed by Phoenix (-2.8%) and Austin (-2.7%), which saw the most extreme growth over the pandemic. Values rose the most since June in Miami (1.5%), Richmond (1%) and Memphis (0.9%), although monthly growth has decelerated in these markets.

Home shoppers still on the hunt have more time to find and consider their options, and have a better chance of seeing price cuts. Listings’ median days to pending jumped by two days in July to 10 — still nearly two weeks less than in July 2019. Among major metros, typical time on market is rising fastest in Austin, Phoenix and San Jose. A wide swath of sellers are adjusting pricing to meet buyers’ expectations, as the share of listings with a price cut grew to 18.6% in July, a few percentage points higher than in July 2019.

SingleSource Property Solutions and Voxtur launch an alternative to title insurance that's designed with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's new guidelines in mind.

Like many others during the pandemic, they were thrilled to find a place outside the city. The problem was furnishing it.