‘Rabbit gets the gun’: The essential guide to Week 1 of Sitzer | Burnett

Big names, heated exchanges and the emergence of homeseller plaintiffs on the stand dominated the first week of the Sitzer | Burnett commission trial in Kansas City, Missouri. Continue reading

9 tips for maintaining a healthy relationship with your phone

Broker Pam Blair knows that you need your phone to keep in touch with clients and colleagues, but writes that setting appropriate and healthy boundaries around screen time can help to ensure better mental and emotional health. Continue reading

Traffic data is the weapon of choice as portal wars heat up ahead of Q3

Ahead of Q3 earnings, Inman took a dive into the top five real estate portals’ traffic data. Zillow still leads the pack, but stiff competition has emerged from old — and new — industry entrants. Continue reading

Insider secrets to survive the shift to today’s skills-based market

Coach Verl Workman joins Bernice Ross to talk all things teams, growth and the demands of the current real estate market. Continue reading

How global events jeopardize fair housing (and what you can do)

Dr. Lee Davenport draws on both historical context and current events to describe how the latest news can impact the application of fair housing laws and policies. Continue reading

How to ensure the best outcomes for clients buying property overseas

For the past three years, luxury buyers have been on the move. Increased opportunities to work remotely — and, by extension, live remotely — have enabled them to embrace new lifestyles or seek a higher quality of life, whether that means exploring regi… Continue reading

Pacaso to stuff stockings with 2nd-home shares

On Black Friday and the subsequent Cyber Monday annual shopping holidays this year, second home co-ownership solution Pacaso will offer zero percent interest on shares in select homes within its marketplace for the first three years of ownership. Continue reading

Mortgage rates ease after Powell weighs in on impacts of tightening

The Fed chair acknowledged that in principle, elevated term premiums — higher rates of return bond investors are demanding to compensate them for risk — could reduce the need for further rate hikes. Continue reading