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May’s new-home sales data reveals a shrinking affordable market

New single-family home sales fell 7.3 percent in May, but the bigger story is the shrinking share of affordable new homes.

AI-Created Tech Layoffs are Shifting the Housing Market

AI-powered layoffs are shaking up the once-bulletproof tech job market, with more than 100,000 layoffs so far this year alone. For real estate investors, the burning question is where all […]

Why Now Could Be the Best Market For Real Estate Investing in Over a Decade

Both active and passive real estate investors have pulled back over the last year. For example, Redfin reported that mom-and-pop investors pulled back by 6% late last year and 13% […]

Deal Diary: How Lucy Hinds Turned One HELOC Into Three Rental Properties

Name Lucy Hinds Location Cincinnati, Ohio Occupation Real estate investor Assets Single-family rentals Investment strategy Long-term rentals Financing Conventional + HELOCs Lucy Hinds spent years living the Dave Ramsey playbook: […]

Chad Carson’s 2 Deals/Year Strategy That Makes You a Rental Millionaire

Is buying rental properties still worth it in 2026? There’s no denying that rising interest rates, sluggish rent growth, and other factors have taken the shine off many properties that […]

Making $29,000/Month from One “Boring” Property (1,000 Miles Away)

What if the best real estate investment isn’t the one with tenants, toilets, or employees, but the low-maintenance property everyone else is ignoring? Today’s guest is making thousands each month […]

Is joining a team a smart move? 5 questions to help you decide

The right team can provide support, structure, mentorship and more opportunities, Josh Ries writes. The wrong team can lose time, give up margin and miss your goals.

Mega-brands, boutiques and real estate’s vanishing middle

Broker Lori Muller looks at the midsized, regional, indie and hybrid brokerages caught in the middle of industry change.

SERHANT. expands to Texas with $1.5B in combined agent sales

SERHANT. is launching across four Texas markets simultaneously Tuesday, bringing 13 founding agents and six independent brokerages with nearly $1.5 billion in combined sales volume to the firm as it enters its 17th state.

EXp’s new COO: Agents need stability in a time of change

Wendy Forsythe discusses the theme of AI-forward operations, agent stability and why she joined Inman’s new advisory council.

Throw out the script, and build a custom metaphor with FORM

A real estate script is off-the-rack. It fits no one perfectly, coach Darryl Davis writes. A custom metaphor is tailored to the person sitting with you.

The Fed Signals a Reversal in Rates

The new Federal Reserve Chair is already making news, signaling a major change to rates—and not in the way Americans were hoping for. With inflation up, the Fed has eyed […]

New antitrust suit targets CoStar’s commercial data empire

The case does not target Homes.com, but it lands as CoStar pushes deeper into residential and new construction data.

NAR pulls ARA into legal battle with Umansky’s thePLS.com

The National Association of Realtors has asked the American Real Estate Association to hand over documents relating to the NAR Accountability Project — and ARA is saying ‘no.’

Is the housing market turning a corner? What the numbers say

Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at oil, inflation and pending home sales and explains what they could mean for summer home sales.