More home-seekers say they’ll buy. Will they be enough to save the spring market?

A new Intel survey of 3,000 working U.S. adults shows how consumer attitudes about homebuying may boost the spring and summer market — though a full recovery may take longer. Continue reading

Commissions held up in Year 1. Would a seller’s shift upend them?

As they compete among themselves for affordability-constrained homebuyers, fewer sellers are even attempting a hardline stance on the buyer-side commission, the Inman-Dig Insights consumer survey finds. Continue reading

The ‘rate lock-in’ barrier is cracking — and not where you might expect

More working U.S. adults are gearing up for a potential home search than at this time last year. Intel digs into fresh results from the Inman-Dig Insights consumer survey to explain what might push a new wave of brokerage clients to market in the month… Continue reading

A bitter pill: More US consumers swallow higher rates, eye homes

For years, high home prices and mortgage rates have driven consumers from the housing market. That intimidation factor might be fading, Intel’s latest survey of 3,000 working adults found. Continue reading

Many buyers think home prices will only rise. Is that a safe bet?

A new survey of thousands of U.S. consumers by Inman and Dig Insights suggests that many homebuyers are spurred to enter an unaffordable market by the assumption that things can only get worse. Continue reading

In a more buyer-friendly market, sellers are emerging too

Why are active homebuyers now ready to list their old properties? The reasons vary by individual but also display some regional trends that track with the national inventory recovery, the Inman-Dig Insights survey found. Continue reading

Fewer consumers think it’s a good time to buy — or sell: Inman-Dig poll

Rapid fluctuations in tariff policies by the Trump administration have the economy and the stock market in a volatile state, which is weighing heavily on consumers, findings from the latest Inman-Dig Insights consumer survey, conducted in April, show. Continue reading

‘Now is the time to buy,’ rising share of consumers declare: Intel survey

Early signs suggest consumers may be feeling more hopeful about prices and mortgage rates, and increasingly see 2025 as a good time to buy, new Inman-Dig Insights consumer polling shows. Continue reading

Brokerages expect rates to drop. Their clients bank on the opposite

Potential real estate clients are growing less responsive to mortgage-rate dips, one of several key takeaways from the results of the latest Inman-Dig Insights consumer survey. Continue reading

How your Harris- and Trump-voting clients approach the home market

Supporters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump take unique approaches to transacting real estate in today’s market, a new Inman-Dig Insights consumer survey of 3,000 working U.S. adults reveals. Continue reading