Square footage in suburban homes now worth more than in cities

The typical home in a suburban neighborhood was worth $206 per square foot during the four weeks ending Sept. 25, just above the typical urban home which was worth $205 per square foot, according to Redfin. Continue reading

Don’t call it a ‘presentation’: How to nail your first ‘listing conversation’

Dave Karoly, vice president of sales at Lamacchia Realty and a head trainer at Crush It in Real Estate, discussed the essentials of that first big presentation during an Inman Connect session on Tuesday. Continue reading

Inman wins 4 National Association of Real Estate Editors awards

Inman journalists Marian McPherson, Jim Dalrymple and Andrea Brambila each took home NAREE awards for their coverage of the real estate industry in 2021. Continue reading

Famously narrow Manhattan home goes under contract

The house at 75½ Bedford Street, known for being the former home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and for measuring just 9-feet-6-inches wide, is under contract. Continue reading

US residential rent growth cools to slowest pace in more than a year

Median monthly rent in the largest metropolitan areas of the United States dropped for a second-straight month in September to $1,759, according to a report released Thursday by Realtor.com. Continue reading

Robert Toll, patriarch of luxury and Toll Brothers co-founder, dead at 81

Toll, who died Friday in New York following a struggle with Parkinson’s Disease, co-founded what would become one of the largest luxury home builders in America in 1967 with brother Bruce Toll. Continue reading

Homebuyers show signs of pulling back as mortgage rates move again

Tour requests to Redfin agents fell 7 percent, and mortgage applications declined 13 percent during the week ending Oct. 1. “Mortgage rates well over 6% are spooking homebuyers,” Redfin says. Continue reading