Amazon debuts $47K luxury tiny home with rooftop deck

On the heels of its Black Friday success, Amazon has listed another luxury tiny home for $47,000. The home has a sunroom, rooftop deck and customizable floor plan for up to four bedrooms. Continue reading

New listings rise while high rates tamp down homebuyer demand

New listings rose 8 percent toward the end of the year, but high mortgage rates and home prices have kept buyers on the sidelines as homes spend more time on market, reports say. Continue reading

Housing inventory hits post-2020 high as unsold homes linger

In November, active listings rose 0.5 percent month over month and 12.1 percent year over year, according to Redfin’s analysis. Continue reading

News Knockout: Elite 8 stories of 2024 go head-to-head for your vote

Stories about the commission lawsuits settlement, industry practice changes and alleged bad behavior by luxury brokers emerged as winners by a landslide. Cast your vote now for the Final Four top stories of the year. Continue reading

5 predictions for 2025 from NAR’s economic summit

The National Association of Realtors hosted its latest Real Estate Forecast Summit on Thursday, where five of the industry’s top economists shared their predictions for mortgage rates, consumer activity, government spending and macroeconomic trends. Continue reading

Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales sees a silver lining in portal wars

Ahead of his second Inman Connect New York appearance this January, Eales dished on Clear Cooperation, housing affordability and the bright side of Realtor.com’s ongoing feud with CoStar. Continue reading

3 wildly divergent market paths in 2024: The good, bad and the ugly

From pricey California to Florida’s downturn and Connecticut’s return to boom times, an Inman analysis of listing data reveals three regions where brokers, agents and clients are facing challenges. Continue reading

CoStar-owned UK portal accused of making ‘misleading’ traffic claims

The portal wars in the UK are heating up, as CoStar-owned portal OnTheMarket (OTM) fights accusations of using “misleading” traffic data to dethrone competitor Zoopla as the second-most trafficked home search site in England, Scotland, Wales and Northe… Continue reading

Move renews legal battle against CoStar in amended complaint

The amended complaint reiterates the allegation that Move “incurred costs exceeding $5,000 as a result of Mr. Kaminsky’s unauthorized access to Move’s protected computer systems” and adds details regarding those damages. Continue reading

The 3 housing regions blazing the most extraordinary paths: Intel

A sleeping giant that’s righting the ship. A crown-jewel destination that’s still in freefall. And a white-hot zone trapped in a low-inventory quagmire. These are the three strangest housing regions in the U.S. today. Continue reading