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9. Specializing in divorcing clients isn’t easy — but one lawyer’s found her calling doing just that.
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7. The qualities that make a remarkable real estate agent.
6. Brad Inman gives 20 predictions for 2016.
5. Inman announced its honorees for its Top 101 list.
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4. How will the federal interest rate hike affect housing? It cuts both ways.
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3. Consumers can now create a private ‘Zestimate’ using a new tool on Zillow.
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2. Here are 6 new Facebook tools you should know about and use.
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Zillow built an empire on the foundation of a single innovation: the “Zestimate.” In 2006, the company was willing to offer consumers what real estate brokers wouldn’t: immediate, automated home value estimates without having to contact an agent. Now, the 10-year-old real estate portal is offering homeowners — and therefore, potential sellers — a more nuanced option.
Nobu Hata is actively in the market to buy a home, and he knows interest rates are going up, but it is still “a little bit of gut check when it happens.” The Chicago resident dubs it a “personal hurdle” for some homebuyers. (Although Hata works for the National Association of Realtors, this is not the official company line.)