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More deals are falling through, scams are rising and half of sellers won't budge. What top agents are really seeing in spring 2026.

The Agency has formed an exclusive partnership with rennie, a Vancouver-based real estate services firm, to offer developers a combined platform spanning pre-development strategy through final sellout.

JazzX AI CEO Siddhartha Agarwal argues lenders should deploy an enterprise AI intelligence layer on top of the LOS. He says success depends on institutionalizing policy knowledge, workflow orchestration and strong AI governance with explainable, consistent outputs.

An uncertain economic landscape will likely have "consumers moving cautiously on big financial decisions," according to one economist.

“There are a lot of folks who woke up under new ownership,” eXp Realty CEO Pareja said, describing many brokerage leaders in the M&A moment.

The increasing prevalence of off-market listings has buyers feeling like they're missing out, new Inman contributor Michael Nourmand writes. Here's how to provide clarity and transparency now.

From agent movement to recruiting strategies, Courted’s Sean Soderstrom explains why most companies aren’t measuring what actually matters.

When paired with clear rules, disciplined execution and a focus on maximizing buyer participation, coming-soon status becomes a powerful part of a larger strategy, new Inman contributor Linda Edelwich writes.

<p>Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly adopting professional business strategies and targeting higher-yield investments to offset rising costs from taxation, compliance requirements and interest rates. The sector has evolved significantly over the past decade from a passive investment approach to ...

Newly built homes carry a median list price premium of about $60,000 over existing homes nationally, but lower energy and major-system costs give new-home buyers an average $25,335 advantage in total cost of ownership over the first 10 years, according to a Realtor.com analysis using Pearl SCORE dat...

Most lost deals in a brokerage are invisible. They don't show up in a report. Nobody flags them. They just never happen. A buyer reaches out, an inquiry comes in, and somewhere in the first few minutes the momentum is gone. The deal didn't fall through on price or inventory. It fell through in the ...

<p>The Upper Tribunal has overturned a £24,500 penalty issued to a landlord by Waltham Forest Council, ruling she was not in legal control of a property operated unlawfully as an HMO. The case centred on the interpretation of 'rack rent' under the Housing Act 2004.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://w...

The conventional wisdom says tighter credit slows lending volume. The agencies proved that wrong last year. Combined multifamily originations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac topped $150 billion, which was up roughly 25% from 2024, but property values are still sitting 28% below their mid-2022 peak....

Sumitomo Forestry has officially closed its acquisition of Tri Pointe Homes, moving from “agreement announced” to “deal done” on a $47-per-share, all-cash transaction that reshapes the upper tier of U.S. homebuilding scale and accelerates a deeper play on vertical integration. Deal terms now locked ...

Executives pointed to improving order counts, larger commercial deal sizes, expense management and growing investment in AI.

Flyhomes said its wholesale pivot helped it become profitable, as it focused on buy before you sell and expanded to 44 states and D.C.

Renovo closed $74.5M in investment-grade senior secured corporate notes to expand its business-purpose lending platform across key U.S. markets.

Rocket Mortgage has filed a lawsuit against United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), claiming the rival intentionally breached contractual nonsolicitation obligations it owes to servicer Mr. Cooper Group.

UWM launched Refi ’86, an 86-bps refi pricing incentive through June 30, and added Mia On Demand plus Mia Español updates.

The House posted amended ROAD to Housing Act text that keeps a ban on investors owning 350-plus homes from buying more single-family properties, but adds carve-outs for build-to-rent and renovate-to-rent. The House version also removes a proposed 7-year sell-off rule for new BTR communities, with a ...