Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
Through LENx division, homebuilder has invested in a portfolio of two dozen companies including Opendoor, Blend Labs, Divvy Homes and Doma
Inventory bucked an annual trend, dropping month over month in February despite typically bottoming out each December before rebounding in time for the spring, according to Zillow data
Richard Benson-Armer, who had been serving at the mortgage company on an interim basis, has been named the company’s Chief people, performance and culture officer
The power buyer, which will also step away from plans for an initial public offering, said funding from private investors will allow it to continue expansion into 90 markets by end of year
More than a dozen states across the U.S. are eying rent control on legislative agendas this year in the face of rapidly rising rent, according to a new report
Opinion
This week: Byron Lazine and Nicole White offer insights on an Oregon judge's buyer love letter decision, a boom in new real estate agents, and name Christy Murdock as Marketeer of the Week
Dramatic gasoline prices are prompting agents from California to Texas to reconsider everything from what homes to show, and how often, to everyday errands and other costs of business
Catch up quickly on the most significant stories of the week, as determined by Inman readers. Here's this week's Inman Top 5
Gen Z has become the most active rental generation as they begin to graduate college and move out of their college towns and into cities
An effort to ban possibly discriminatory homebuyer love letters fell short in the Washington State Legislature, but could come back next year
Fathom Realty grew its agent headcount by 48% last year, to 8,100 agents, and those agents completed 10,800 transactions during the last 3 months of the year, according to Q4 earnings
The first legal 'love letters' have started to trickle in after Oregon's ban was halted last week. But so far, buyers are taking it slow
Layoffs had been anticipated and numbered in the thousands. Workers reported receiving no advanced notice that they were laid off.
Ahead of Inman Connect New York, the former Zillow CEO and 'serial entrepreneur' spoke about how he leads teams, the value of Pacaso and why he's sticking with iBuyers
Opinion
Real estate professionals can — and should — help FSBOs and expireds make the most informed decisions about their real estate best interests
A U.S. district judge agreed these letters can lead to discrimination, but said the state law goes too far in restricting free speech
The median home-sale price rose to an all-time high of $363,975 in February, and Russia’s war on Ukraine is partially to blame, a new Redfin report says