Real estate agents reported an unexpected hit to their listing pipelines in May as they navigated an uncertain market and weak spring, according to the latest Inman Intel Index survey results
Many brokerage professionals say they're concerned about the economy. They're just not expecting it to hit their client pools quite yet, the latest Inman Intel Index survey results suggest
Early results from February's Intel Index survey show agents pulling back slightly from confidence they had in recent months about buyer and seller client pipelines improving in the next year
Current pipelines reported in Inman's latest Intel survey remain higher than a few months ago, perhaps signaling that some clients are entertaining a return to the market despite headwinds
A growing pool of buyers — and an increasingly optimistic cohort of agents — may signal a boost in the next batch of home-sale numbers, Intel Index survey results suggest
As real estate agents gradually become more familiar with how the NAR settlement will impact their businesses, they're increasingly open to rosier possibilities, a new Intel analysis shows
September's Fed decision may have sparked something agents haven't felt in months: a feeling that the tide may soon turn for buyer pipelines, according to the latest Inman Intel Index survey
Buyers failed to bite this summer despite falling mortgage rates. It has agents as down as they've been all year heading into the NAR settlement era, according to Intel's Client Pipeline Tracker
Declining mortgage rates may finally be bringing some buyers back to the table. But agents will need to see more before they change their skeptical outlook, Inman Intel Index results suggest
Most brokerage leaders in February still expected to be better-staffed this time next year, the Intel Index found. But that optimism was weakening even before NAR's $418M settlement Friday