Inman Intel: Insights & Research
Expectations for future buyer pipelines have started to improve after a rough 4-month stretch. Intel unpacks the latest developments with its Client Pipeline Tracker, fueled by the Intel Index
Inman Intel Index Highlights
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Anywhere agents who responded to Intel's survey in January said their brokerage has announced it will be switching to Compass tech platforms. Another 39% said their brokerage has not provided guidance on this yet.
40%
of agent respondents in January said they had negotiated compensation with at least one recent buyer — a share that has dipped in recent months but remains higher than at any point before May.
1 in 3
agent respondents in January said their buyer pipelines were worse off than the same time last year, down from nearly 1 in 2 October
55%
of brokerage leaders surveyed in January told Intel they were concerned about the state of the economy. That's as low as any point since the U.S. announced a wide array of reciprocal tariffs on foreign imports in April.
Agents who rely on NAR primarily to protect their public image are less certain the trade group — which still enjoys broad approval — is a net positive for the industry, according to Intel poll results
Buyer pipelines have been shrinking, agents told Inman in the latest Intel Index poll. A new metric unveiled today by Intel sheds light on the trend and aims to answer when it might turn around
Sky-high numbers of delistings and price corrections may mean that buyers have finally had their fill of homes that are priced too high, according to Mike DelPrete
Email sequences are automated responses that can be based on specific dates and times, responses to previous messages, actions contacts take on a website or a link within a message
The second largest MLS in the Lone Star State, HAR has 48K members and a reputation for pursuing innovation in the space. This is RentSpree's third MLS partnership in as many weeks
'Equipping agents with tools to enhance their productivity helps to push the industry forward into the future while creating value for agents at all levels': Sidekick co-founder Michael Martin
CEO and co-founder Michael Lucarelli has been putting his company in front of multiple listing services for several years as a clever expansion tactic, but with practical ambitions
Homeowners with at least a 5% mortgage rate are 3 times as likely to enter the market soon as those with a sub-3.5% rate, according to results from Inman-Dig Insights' latest consumer poll
A company that builds software for homeowners’ associations, PayHOA, landed a Series A funding round of $27.5M
Era Ventures, led by Clelia Peters, was the lead investor in the round, its second since October, according to an announcement. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC also contributed to the round
Estimates of Homes.com’s traffic suggest it's additive to the market and not affecting other portals’ traffic, Mike DelPrete writes. However, that’s not to say it won’t affect their businesses
RentSpree partners with more than 300 associations and MLSs that use its ApplyLink solution to automate application collection, screening, approval and other property management operations
Agents and brokers talk. A lot. But what's left unsaid may be nearly as important. Intel analyzed survey responses of hundreds of real estate professionals for insights into an unbreakable bond
Constant Contact said its intent is to help marketing teams and small businesses get past the most manual and challenging aspects of marketing campaigns: creating and delivering content
Developed by San Francisco-based boutique brokerage Avenue 8, Sidekick primarily uses a text interface to retrieve data, execute tasks, function much as a common, 'visual' interface would
Powered by the latest polling results from the Inman Intel Index, this wide-ranging guide explores how brokerages are steeling themselves for a new type of client: the buyer's-fee-evading seller