Real estate shouldn’t ‘rush back to 2019’ as the pandemic winds down

Industry leaders said Wednesday that real estate, and multiple listing services in particular, have evolved during the pandemic — and will continue to do so in the future. Continue reading

Manhattan condo board gives vaccine ultimatum to 2 workers

The building’s board told the workers to get a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or face termination, the New York Post reports. Continue reading

Connecting with Keller Williams’ CEO: On inventory and an IPO

Ahead of next week’s Inman Connect, KW CEO Carl Liebert hinted at Keller Williams’ progress toward a stock market debut and talked about how the pandemic will change the industry. Continue reading

Inman Handbook on building teams in a new world

Teams have exploded in popularity in recent years. Now, agents say the pandemic-induced chaos in the economy has only made them more important. Continue reading

A national home value downturn isn’t in our future. Here’s why

Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner dives deeper into the timeline of events that led to the 2007 crash, comparing then and now. Here’s why he speculates there’s no real reason to expect a widespread, systematic decline in home prices in the for… Continue reading

More than half of all renters are planning a post-pandemic move

Renters surveyed by property management software company Entrata cited cost and space-related reasons as their biggest impetus for moving over the past year. Continue reading

The New Normal: What if real estate agents never go back to the office?

Industry professionals say the office is here to stay, but what its primary role will be and what it looks like are a matter of experimentation as everyone adapts to the new normal. Continue reading

Days on market drops by nearly 50% amid inventory crisis

New listings are up 19.1 percent year over year, but demand continues to outpace new listings, leading to increasingly fewer days on market. Continue reading

‘Lumber truthers’ question veracity of shortage through social media

Despite lumber shortage data that’s been released for consecutive months by industry associations, including the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders, lumber-shortage truthers have taken to social media to disp… Continue reading

Hybrid work, shifts to affordable cities likely to be long-term trends

As many as 60 percent of companies may consider a mix of remote and in-office work, which would have major implications for the housing market, panelists said during a session of the Urban Land Institute’s virtual Spring Meeting conference. Continue reading