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The 20.5 percent increase was unexpected and reversed a trend of lower new-home sales thus far in 2025. 

Should your clients look at a condo or townhouse as their starter-home option? As with all things in real estate, location is everything.

While everyone was talking about Compass-Anywhere this week, the fast-growing and tech-forward Real Brokerage passed 30,000 agents.

While the home inspection process can cause homebuying deals to wobble, it doesn't have to tank them altogether. Cassie Walker Johnson shares strategies to add clarity and calm.

Pressure creates diamonds and refines real estate professionals, Verl Workman writes, when you rethink the way you look at the current market.

For real estate agents, it's essential to be prepared to protect and defend yourself and your client’s property and data, Erica Ramus writes.

During a time of significant disruption, new agents have continued to enter the industry with optimism. Find out how it's really going for these new agents.

In predicting that mortgage rates will drop below 6 percent next year, economists at Fannie Mae are more optimistic about growth and less worried about inflation than their colleagues at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Instead of trying to do everything yourself, Josh Ries writes, leverage the power of AI to help repurpose and rethink your content marketing.

CEO Marco Fregenal says company will use proceeds to "invest in sales and marketing initiatives, pursue strategic opportunities that enhance our platform and support ongoing operations."

Most indie brokers Inman spoke with as news of the Compass and Anywhere transaction unfolded on Monday felt that the brokerages becoming one huge entity would make the indie experience even more attractive to agents.

In acquiring Anywhere, Compass would absorb a smattering of business models and a load of debt. But it might gain something its CEO has long sought, observers say: more sway over industry affairs.

Compliance expert Summer Goralik put AI to the test on California real estate law. Here’s what it got right, wrong and dangerously incomplete.

Without a brand, you will spend your career chasing deals. Alyssa Stalker explains why recognition and presence are the difference between hustling harder and selling more.

Bernice Ross shares strategies for showing sellers that real estate staging can add value and save time between listing and going under contract.

The FTC and Department of Justice are expected to scrutinize the impacts of the deal — which would give the merged companies a combined market share of 18 percent

As Realtor Safety Month approaches its end, Robert Siciliano offers a reminder that agent safety requires vigilance and planning.

Agents said the deal gives the combined firms increased bargaining power and could help move the needle in Compass's legal battles.