Record $700B worth of listings on market, but sales are sluggish

U.S. home inventory hit a record $698 billion in April, a 20.3 percent increase from the previous year. However, sales aren’t keeping pace, a new analysis from Redfin shows. While listings are rising, buyer activity remains muted, leaving many homes si… Continue reading

Inspectify logs second acquisition of 2025 with purchase of Joule

Inman Innovator honoree Inspectify unveiled the deal Wednesday, saying it will help the property inspection software provider “streamline what is currently a fragmented and inefficient process.” Continue reading

New-home sales climb nearly 11%, but figures may be ‘overestimated’

Sales of newly built single-family homes rose in April, pointing to continued buyer engagement during the spring homebuying season, the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suggests. New resident… Continue reading

Existing-home sales slip again in April even as inventory improves

Existing-home sales continued to fall in April, down 0.5 percent from March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4 million last month, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading

For the love of real estate

Transcendent enthusiasm, like falling in love, grabs hold when buyers find a home they adore, Brad Inman writes of the couple who bought his Spanish-style West Hollywood home earlier this month. Continue reading

The spring sizzle fizzles: Economic jitters chill buyer demand

Despite a flood of new listings, buyers are cooling off from high prices, rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty, according to new reports from Zillow and Redfin. Pending homes sales declined 3.4 percent year over year during the four weeks end… Continue reading

Bessette Flavin becomes Louisiana’s largest C21 affiliate

The newly formed brokerage is the result of a union between two longstanding, family-owned brokerages: Century 21 Bessette Realty, with 35 years in the business, and Flavin Realty, with 49 years of experience. Continue reading

Top 8 bogus or even deceptive things agents say to land a listing

With current listings well below average market numbers, some agents will say almost anything to land a listing. Team leader Carl Medford lists the top eight things listing agents might say or do to score a deal. Continue reading

Want to sell 7K houses in a year? Here’s how Ben Caballero does it

Last week, Caballero set new world records after selling 7,722 homes in 2024 and inking $3.92 billion in volume. The agent, who works exclusively with builders in Texas, shared his tips with Inman. Continue reading

Could tariffs hammer the potential upside of pre-sale renovations?

As if listing agents don’t have a hard enough time getting sellers to make a few market-friendly improvements to their home, reports from the construction industry suggest the Trump administration’s tariff policy is going to raise the hurdle even highe… Continue reading