Master your real estate survival: Take charge at Inman Connect

Are you building someone else’s dreams or crafting your own legacy in real estate? If you don’t do it, the industry craziness will. Take charge at Inman Connect Las Vegas this summer. Continue reading

Can futuristic utopias solve our housing crisis?

People have been founding new cities forever. However, it turns out building a successful place is harder than it looks — and sometimes takes a very long time. Continue reading

Housing starts tally ‘unexpected’ uptick amid rising mortgage rates

New housing starts increased 7 percent in September to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.36 million, or 7.2 percent below the levels seen in September 2022, according to Census data released Wednesday. Continue reading

Katy Perry’s shady real estate deals inspire new housing legislation

A group that disapproves of Perry’s recent real estate deals is advocating for the launch of the Protecting Elder Realty for Retirement Years Act or the “Katy PERRY Act,” which seeks to put measures in place to limit risks of elder financial abuse. Continue reading

Meet Max, the first robotic 3D printer to earn NAHB membership

Alternative homebuilding remains a small section of the market, but everything from cost challenges to worker shortages within the traditional model suggest there’s ample room for automation technologies to change how homes are built. Continue reading

Annual inflation drops to 7.1% even as housing woes persist

Housing remained a strain on family budgets last month, but declining prices of gas, used cars and medical insurance helped soften the blow. Continue reading

Redfin’s Glenn Kelman has a theory on why housing prices are plunging

Investors, including iBuyers, that entered the housing market in 2020 and 2021 are at least partly to blame for the dramatic price correction playing out in 2022, Kelman said in a new interview. Continue reading