Homebuyers take a breather as mortgage rates continue to fall
Purchase loan demand eased last week, but rates are expected to keep falling on a new report showing there are more people unemployed than there are job openings for the first time since the pandemic....
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RE/MAX purchases Compass’ North Shore offices in Chicago
RE/MAX has purchased Compass's Chicago North Shore office locations, Inman learned on Wednesday. Compass offloaded the brick-and-mortar locations as a result of its $444 million acquisition of @properties Christie's International Real Estate, which closed in January....
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Mr. Cooper shareholders approve merger with Rocket Companies
Rocket hopes the $9.4 billion deal will help it capture 20 percent of all mortgage refinancing and wrest back its title as the nation's biggest mortgage lender from rival United Wholesale Mortgage....
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America’s homeowner population declines for the 1st time since 2016
During the second quarter of 2025, the number of homeowner households in the U.S. dipped by 0.1 percent year over year to about 86.2 million households while the number of renter households grew by 2.6 percent to roughly 46.4 million households....
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How 1 agent pivoted when his social media leads peaked
Ian Grossman hit a high point of gaining leads through social media that coincided with the Austin market hitting its pandemic peak. Once the market cooled and those leads started to fall off, he pivoted by adjusting his social strategy and nurturing his database....
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How to escape the secret agent trap and embrace visibility
Don't be a secret agent in your market. Coach Darryl Davis shares why being visible can be fun, fulfilling and vital to the growth of your real estate business....
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Single-family rentals continue to grow as a desirable asset class
Growth in the single family rental asset class, Michael Zaransky writes, reflects lasting demographic realities, housing affordability constraints, and evolving cultural preferences around mobility and stability....
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What are the basics agents should be getting back to in 2025? Pulse
Forget new fangled bells and whistles to run your real estate business. What are the tried-and-true rules of the game that agents should focus on now?...
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How Glenn Sanford built eXp into a billion-dollar brokerage
In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered — exclusively on Inman — the founder and CEO of eXp World Holdings gets raw and unfiltered about his journey from housing crash to CEO. ...
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You’re broke because you don’t track these 3 lead-gen metrics
When you start tracking these three lead-generation metrics, Josh Ries writes, you set yourself up for top performance in any market cycle....
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