Tracking the housing recovery? These 12 dates offer crucial clues

Intel is highlighting the most important data releases and events slated for each month of 2024 in an effort to help industry observers follow the arc of residential real estate’s rebound this year. Continue reading

1 in 4 agents grew their business amid downturn. Here’s how: Triple-I

For many real estate agents, a downturn wasn’t destiny in 2023, according to responses from hundreds of industry professionals in the latest Inman Intel Index survey. Continue reading

Why 94% of agents rode out 2023 with the same brokerage: Triple-I

Agents weathered the storm last year by mostly staying put. In response to the latest Inman Intel Index, agents and brokerage leaders revealed the factors that might lead to a job change in 2024. Continue reading

Why NAR may be primed for record membership fall in 2024: Triple-I

The National Association of Realtors may be on the verge of a bigger membership decline than it’s ever seen before — including during the 2008 housing crisis. Intel explores why that is. Continue reading

Real estate’s AI boom is behind the curve on lead generation: Triple-I

More than 30 proptech leaders who responded to the Inman Intel Index monthly sentiment survey signaled the areas where they believe artificial intelligence will most change real estate in 2024. Continue reading

Proptech executives are quietly laying groundwork for a busy 2024

Executives, owners and investors at real estate technology companies signaled in responses to November’s Inman Intel Index survey that 2024 will be a year of growth. These are their plans. Continue reading

Can futuristic utopias solve our housing crisis?

People have been founding new cities forever. However, it turns out building a successful place is harder than it looks — and sometimes takes a very long time. Continue reading

Why utopias fail and the ‘Ponzi scheme’ of new development

Michael Rodriguez, director of research at Smart Growth America, said that people have been building utopias for millennia, but the best cities are the ones that gradually evolve over time. Continue reading

1 in 4 agents are fielding client commission queries now: Triple-I

Brokerages have sprung into action as commission lawsuits proliferate — and not a moment too soon, according to the results of November’s Inman Intel Index survey, released Wednesday. Continue reading

Time for brokers, agents to bridge the Sitzer disconnect: LeBarton

Brokerages have been scrambling to get agents up to speed on commissions lawsuits — but they may already be in deeper than broker-owners realize, Inman’s Director of Research tells Intel. Continue reading