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eXp acquired NextHome, adding 500 plus franchisees and a franchise option, and will change its Nasdaq ticker from EXPI to AGNT May 8, 2026.

Rocket Companies has priced the issuance of $1.5 billion in senior notes in an oversubscribed transaction, with proceeds to refinance an existing term loan.

Price-first search can hide financeable homes and surface unworkable ones. A payment-first approach reframes supply as payment-qualified inventory, which could expand usable options and support transaction chains as sellers become buyers.

Buffini and Company names a CRO, COO, and chief ambassador, extending leadership changes after Darin Dawson became CEO.

If AI gave you 10 hours back this week, Jason Waugh asks, what would you do with them? Be sure you're investing those hours where they'll compound.

UWM Holdings Corp. is challenging Two Harbors Investment Corp.’s board after it rejected a $12 per share acquisition proposal in favor of an $11.30  per share deal with CrossCountry Mortgage LLC.

Real’s REMAX acquisition adds $400 million in debt and raises questions on franchise execution, recruiting and durable profitability at scale.

The story of American homebuilding is mostly one of bootstrapped businesses. They mostly get forged in hard circumstances, with a single, almost instantaneous reckoning that there are no shortcuts to success … or even to being around in five years, fighting to achieve it. It requires leaders willing...

Green Brick Partners posted a 28.9% Q1 2026 gross margin as incentives rose to 10.1% and Trophy backlog reached 40%.

Forsythe urged women to not wait until the most comfortable moments to make big moves, and to not be afraid to "build their own tables."

Home builders now have a sharper incentive to pitch to prospective first-time homebuyers in Iowa after lawmakers passed a sweeping property tax overhaul on Sunday, the final day of the legislative session. A provision in the bill replaces a nearly decade-old first-time homebuyer savings program with...

After 16 years in education, Deba Douglas walked away from the classroom because she saw a different kind of learning gap.

Mike Miedler said Latino homebuyer demand is rising and cited 13% Latino NAR membership, urging pipeline and training investment.

Industry experts say the wave of MLS consolidation is poised to continue, competition to heat up after two major MLSs expanded beyond their regions.

Zac Kennedy describes what Rocket, Redfin, Real and REMAX are actually building — and why your current business model can't ignore it.

Inman is now accepting speaker applications for ICSD, taking place July 28-30, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.

<p>BLB Solicitors, a conveyancing firm operating six offices across the South West, entered administration on 30 April 2026 after a planned sale of the business collapsed. The firm employs more than 40 solicitors and has advised clients with active property transactions to instruct alternative legal...

<p>Buyers from the United States and Canada now represent 19% of all overseas-based applicants seeking to purchase property in Britain, marking a record high for North American interest in the UK market. The data shows North Americans have become the fastest-growing international buyer segment, up f...

<p>Letting agents should prepare for a rise in mid-tenancy tenant swaps as the Renters' Rights Act shifts the rental market towards periodic tenancies. The legislation removes fixed-term tenancy agreements, eliminating the defined breakpoints that agents have traditionally used to reset tenant respo...

<p>The property industry continues to debate the practical implementation of upfront information requirements, with questions remaining about data collection, verification and usage within home buying transactions. Industry professionals highlight ongoing confusion about regulatory expectations and ...