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Rocket offers preferred mortgage pricing for Redfin-linked deals
With closure of merger, homebuyers get temporary rate buydown or up to $6,000 in lender credits from Rocket Mortgage when the buyer or seller is represented by a Redfin agent. Real estate is changing fast, and so must you. Inman Connect San Diego is where you turn uncertainty into strategy — with real talk, real tools and the connections that matter. If you’re serious about staying ahead of the...
NWMLS fires back at Compass, saying the brokerage adopted a ‘free-rider strategy’
The 32,000-member Northwest Multiple Listing Service wrote in a new legal filing that Compass “cannot have it both ways” by receiving listings via...
California passes bipartisan bills that overhaul environmental law to bolster building starts
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the state’s 2025-2026 budget, which offers environmental review exemptions for critical housing and...
Mortgage rates are coming down. Does the trend have any legs?
Real estate is changing fast, and so must you. Inman Connect San Diego is where you turn uncertainty into strategy — with real talk, real tools and...
It’s reckoning day for private listings. What you should know about Zillow’s changes
The nation’s largest real estate portal began enforcing its ban on private listings on Monday, 10 weeks after announcing its new standards. Here’s...
Rocket offers preferred mortgage pricing for Redfin-linked deals
With closure of merger, homebuyers get temporary rate buydown or up to $6,000 in lender credits from Rocket Mortgage when the buyer or seller is...
Mauricio Umansky’s ThePLS.com sues NAR over private listings
Celebrity agent Mauricio Umansky, who has targeted the National Association of Realtors’ dominance over agents and the rules governing real estate,...
Rocket reorganizes to close Redfin acquisition, Mr. Cooper on deck
Real estate is changing fast, and so must you. Inman Connect San Diego is where you turn uncertainty into strategy — with real talk, real tools and...
How being a successful agent is like being a Broadway producer
Real estate is changing fast, and so must you. Inman Connect San Diego is where you turn uncertainty into strategy — with real talk, real tools and...
20 Success Principles every real estate agent should master
Real estate is changing fast, and so must you. Inman Connect San Diego is where you turn uncertainty into strategy — with real talk, real tools and...
How to create a new agent business budget for 2025
Your budget is your business plan in action, broker-owner and author Jessica Souza writes. Find out how to crunch the numbers and make them work as...
Zillow fires back at Compass, saying brokerage faces no harm from its listing policy
Zillow attorneys pushed back at Compass’ request for a broad and expedited discovery, and on the brokerage’s private listing network. ‘Compass would...
Big cities drive the housing supply reset — for all the wrong reasons
The urban-suburban divide that helped define the housing market’s early pandemic boom has continued to shape its downturn and inventory rebalancing,...