After banner year, mortgage brokers seek more political clout

A trade group representing mortgage brokers launched a political action committee and more than doubled its spending on lobbying in 2022. Continue reading

Here are the 30 most expensive home sales of 2022

The luxury real estate sector faced its ups and downs as the market entered a period of significant transition, but that didn’t prevent luxury clients from making some stellar deals. Continue reading

The Real Word’s predictions for the 2023 market

This week, Byron Lazine and Nicole White are talking about the end-of-year Case-Schiller update, the Twitter account real estate agents should be following, the marketing trends that won’t make it into 2023 and the pitfalls of quiet quitting. Continue reading

Bots, resources and an imminent reckoning: It’s Inman’s Top 5 stories for the week of Dec. 23-29, 2022

Catch up on this week’s most-read stories, as determined by Inman’s readers. Here are the top 5 stories of the week, Dec. 23-29, 2022. Continue reading

9 lead generation strategies that work every time

According to Jimmy Burgess, lead gen is not about reinventing the wheel. Act consistently on these tried-and-true strategies and your lead-generation efforts will start out strong in 2023. Continue reading

Brad Inman’s inspirational guide to success in 2023

Wear clean socks, avoid jerks, give more to your employees than they expect and learn how to stroll like the Italians — read on for these and 96 other shrewd pieces of advice for the new year. Continue reading

With $4M seed round, Rove launches property marketplace

The “remote work-friendly property brand” is in beta with a property sales portal, a marketplace, for selling short-term rental properties. Each listing’s financial filings are provided in full detail. Continue reading

Is cold calling dead?

While the old-school version of this lead-gen method may indeed be over, there’s a contemporary version that’s alive and well, and getting results. Continue reading