Today’s exurb buyers share specific trends and traits they’re looking for in the design, layout, and location of their homes. Here are five overarching features agents should keep in mind when marketing to these prospective clients. Continue reading
Rising home prices and lender costs helped drive up homebuyers’ closing costs by 13.4 percent in 2021, to an average of $6,905. Loan production expenses hit an all-time of $9,470 per loan high during the fourth quarter of 2021. Continue reading
One month after the Biden administration announced its $86 million five-point plan to combat racial discrimination in the lending and appraisal industries, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its own equity action plan that out… Continue reading
Technology is key to smoothing out all of the friction points of the real estate transaction, according to two company executives at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading
Zillow now expects home value growth to reach 14.9% through March 2023, down from its previous estimate of 16.5% growth. What’s with the downgrade? Continue reading
From slow appraisals to MLS interfaces falling behind agents’ needs, a few tech companies are eyeing solutions for brokerages, according to panelists at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading
M. Ryan Gorman, CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, and Brian Donnellan, CEO of Bright MLS, told a rapt audience at Inman Connect New York why the industry hasn’t reached the “latte vision” yet. Continue reading
Apparently, tedious cleaning is more enticing than money to most adults. Continue reading
Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the past seven days? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories of the week, according to Inman readers. Continue reading
As of 2019, more than 600,000 homes across parts of the Western United States were at high to extreme risk of damage or destruction by wildfire. That’s just one reason to rally this Earth Day. Continue reading