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ChatGPT isn’t sabotaging real estate deals. It’s exposing how they’re made
The agents who will remain effective amid the rise of AI are the ones who help clients understand how to make decisions before the answer ever matters, broker Deb Siefkin writes. 

The 2026 luxury playbook: What real estate agents need to know
When shopping at $5 million and above, today’s luxury homebuyers are operating at a level where precision and preparation make all the difference, CEO Daniel Ickowicz writes.

Behind the scenes: Operational insights from scaling The Agency
The Agency President Rainy Hake Austin shares lessons learned from expanding into 150 offices across 14 countries.

Rechat wants to capture every client conversation — and turn it into data
Rechat launches AI Memo, a built-in tool that records, transcribes and analyzes client conversations to help real estate agents improve follow-up.

Rates, jobs data and stale listings cloud housing market outlook
Mortgage rates are poised for another turbulent week as markets brace for the first inflation reading since the Iran War began, with headline CPI expected to jump to 3.4 percent, up from 2.4 percent in February.

Broker battles squatter in 10-month legal ordeal after buying home sight-unseen [VIDEO]
A California real estate broker endured nearly a year of legal wrangling to remove a man from her newly purchased investment property.

Inman Market View: Where sellers listed in March despite higher rates
Homesellers pressed on in March despite elevated gas prices and mortgage rates. Drill down into your market and compare it to hundreds of others with Inman's interactive maps and charts.

The marketplace is fracturing. Here’s how to compete anyway
The fundamentals of why sellers and buyers need a skilled, informed, honest real estate agent have not changed.

Turn ‘How’s the market?’ into a lead without being weird
Stop giving market lectures, and start positioning yourself as a market expert with this simple strategy for lead generation and follow-up from Josh Ries.

New NAR committee policies represent a promising start
NAR is responding to member expectations by making progress toward a more modern, effective and accountable volunteer structure, Craig Cheatham writes.

All the single ladies: Why working with women is no longer niche
To work more effectively with real estate clients who are women, America Foy writes, stop leading with assumptions and start leading with competence.

This AI-powered listing strategy beats April’s ‘perfect-week’ launch
Forget "list and pray." Coach Verl Workman teaches you to use artificial intelligence tools to your advantage to make your next listing stand out from the competition.

Florida just made it harder to block new housing development
Appeals to neighborhood character alone won't be enough to kill a proposal if a developer has proposed reasonable mitigation measures.

INTERACTIVE: Here’s why mortgage rates are spiking now
A mix of macro factors, policy statements and war in the Middle East have created mortgage rate volatility and dampened the 2026 home sales outlook.

Spring market posted strongest March in 5 years as rates climbed
Zillow's March Market Report showed pending sales rising 4.6 percent annually, the strongest pace in five years, even as mortgage rates climbed nearly half a point.

Real estate company owner hit with $1.7M tax lien, fraud charges
The tax lien is the latest in a legal saga that began late last year with a 16-count federal indictment for bank fraud and money laundering related to the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program.

Shock event sours rosy real estate hopes for 3rd straight spring: Intel
Client pools saw little change in March. But the once-optimistic outlook for 2026 fizzled as the war in Iran drove borrowing costs higher.

Here’s the advice Mauricio Umansky gives agents when the market gets tough
The Agency founder shares simple habits that have mattered most throughout his career to help today's agents flourish in a challenging market.