The best time to buy a home in 2025: What agents need to know

The 2025 housing market is rebalancing, offering real estate agents a rare opportunity to guide clients, attract leads and close deals effectively.

How the growing buyer power shift is reshaping the real estate market

The week on The Download: After years of frustration, homebuyers are finally back in the driver's seat in many markets.

From TikTok to memes, the battle over who shapes culture

The TikTok Oracle deal, the blurred meanings of memes and new ad benchmarks all reveal how fragile the channels of influence really are. For agents, staying visible means more than posting content; it means understanding who shapes attention, and how quickly that can change.

Here’s a simple formula for building a healthy, thriving business

The way you handle your leads lifecycle must be optimized for a real estate business to be healthy and thriving. Jimmy Burgess shares the GNC formula that makes it work.

How to stop real estate websites from stealing your clients

Instead of using the resources of a big-box content producer, Josh Ries writes, create, own, and control your own content and keep your leads.

Can We Evict the Hoarder in Our Building?

A co-op board can take action against a shareholder who has caused damage to the building. But it must follow its own rules.

What is the Federal Reserve, and how does it impact real estate?

Improve your understanding of how broad economic factors impact the housing market with this Fed explainer from Jonathan Pressman.

Lenders getting a jump on higher 2026 conforming loan limits

UWM and Pennymac are pricing jumbo mortgages of up to $819,000 as if they were conforming, ahead of an official announcement by Fannie and Freddie's federal regulator in November.

Zillow sued over allegedly ‘deceptive’ Flex agent tactics

A homebuyer represented by the law firm involved in the Moehrl commission lawsuit is targeting Zillow in a new class-action case that alleges the listing portal has used "deceptive and illegal" practices to inflate homebuyer costs.

Fathom Holdings looking to raise at least $5.4M in public offering

At $2 per share, the latest offering of three million shares is priced nearly three times higher than a March raise, when the North Carolina-based real estate brokerage was flirting with delisting.

The No. 1 secret to not using ‘salesy’ scripts: Now Streaming

Real estate coach Darryl Davis offers insights for communicating authentically without relying on over-produced, scripted talking points.

That Artsy Mural on a Brooklyn Building? It’s a Whiskey Ad.

The sides of buildings have become an unexpected source of conflict as street artists, advertisers and residents debate what New York should look like.

These are the states where homeowners will benefit most — and least — from new SALT cap

Redfin’s latest analysis reveals the states where homeowners will benefit most from the new state and local tax (SALT) cap, which Congress raised from $10,000 to $40,000.

Robert Reffkin, mortgage moves, Serhant family: Inman’s Top 5

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.

Opendoor continues C-sweep with CFO swap

Christy Schwartz, the iBuyer’s longtime chief accounting officer, was named interim CFO. She’ll replace Selim Freiha, who served as CFO for less than a year.

Florida agent and firefighter husband arrested on charges of child porn and bestiality

Agent Harliegh Hoffman and her husband, Jordan Hoffman, were arrested earlier this month after the Lake City Police Department received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

$550,000 Homes in Uruguay

A top-floor loft near the beach, a renovated 1950s apartment in a busy neighborhood and a penthouse with a popular beach at its doorstep.

Glues and Don’ts: Here’s How to Stick or Unstick Anything.

From super glues and construction tapes to silicone greases and penetrating oils, we’ll show you how the professionals put things together and take them apart.

A Look Inside Architect William Ryall’s Collection of Homes on Long Island’s North Fork

The architect William Ryall has designed a collection of homes in the hamlet of Orient on Long Island’s North Fork.

That Artsy Mural on a Brooklyn Building? It’s a Whiskey Ad

The sides of buildings have become an unexpected source of conflict as street artists, advertisers and residents debate what New York should look like.

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