Short-term rental demand is looking strong for fall, winter

A number of short-term rental markets saw a slowdown in August due to families going back to school, the Delta variant and a number of natural disasters across the country, but those factors aren’t impacting fall and winter bookings in the least. Continue reading

Twitter applauds as Berlin votes to wrestle apartments from landlords

“All those in favor of expropriating every house that Zillow owns, say aye,” tweeted one American as Berlin’s vote to seize 240,000 apartments rippled across the globe. Continue reading

New home sales see modest gains for second consecutive month

Sales of newly built single-family homes hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 740,000 in August 2021, up 1.5 percent from the revised July rate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading

TikTok for real estate: An Inman Handbook

For interested real estate agents looking to expand their marketing reach, it’s not too late to find success using the app — all it takes is a bit of dedication, creativity and willingness to try new things. Continue reading

The next class of luxury homesellers is younger than you might think

In 2020, nearly half of homesellers were classified as baby boomers or the silent generation, but through the next year, a whopping 80 percent of luxury sellers will be millennials and Gen Xers. Continue reading

Existing-home sales take a U-turn following 2-straight months of gains

Existing-home sales declined 2 percent between July and August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.88 million, with all geographical regions in the US seeing monthly and annual declines. Continue reading

Fall housing outlook: Cooling prices, tighter inventory, less competition

As the weather cools, so too will competition and housing prices, experts told Inman for its 2021 Fall Housing Market Outlook. Still, agents can expect inventory to remain tight Continue reading

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Bidding wars hit the rental market

The for-sale market finally seems to be cooling down, but the rental market is becoming fiery-hot in housing markets across the country. Continue reading

Tomo’s CEO on the mortgage industry: ‘It’s like going to the DMV’

During a conversation with Brad Inman at Connect Now, Greg Schwartz said “mortgage is the catastrophe of the real estate transaction,” and shared how Tomo is changing that Continue reading

Tomo’s CEO on the mortgage industry: ‘It’s like going to the DMV’

During a conversation with Brad Inman at Connect Now, Greg Schwartz said “mortgage is the catastrophe of the real estate transaction,” and shared how Tomo is changing that Continue reading