Is the mortgage lock-in effect ending? These numbers offer clues
The Federal Reserve's decision to make a series of historic short-term rate cuts at the height of the pandemic has proven to be a double-edged sword, with the sharpest point being the percentage of would-be homesellers locked into their homes by 2 percent to 3 percent mortgage rates....
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Pending home sales jumped 4% in August in positive market signal
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said lowering mortgage rates were leading to more buyers coming to market, but Bright MLS Chief Economist Dr. Lisa Sturtevant said hopes for a fall market rebound should stay tempered....
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Here’s our most read advice from Back to Basics Month 2025
As Back to Basics Month comes to a close, Inman’s Service Editor Dani Vanderboegh rounds up the top 10 most-read advice articles — written by contributors, chosen by readers. ...
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Engel & Völkers’ CEO: ‘We’re focused on culture over indiscriminate scale’
Stuart Siegel said he wants his company to be known for quality, and wondered how companies like Compass and Anywhere might be able to unify their cultures....
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Hopeful but wary, agents report slippage in listing pipelines: Intel
A renewed interest from homebuyer clients has been offset by lost ground with sellers, agents across the country tell Intel. It's testing their newfound hope for the year ahead....
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Here are the stories you missed amid the Compass coverage
In case you were head down in the Compass merger news last week, we've put together a roundup of the market stats and how-tos you may have missed....
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How a Green Beret turned an agent’s advice into a $600M empire
Levi Rodgers, a former U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret, share’s his powerful story of survival, recovery and building a top real estate team in Texas. ...
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Closing is the lifetime launchpad for client follow-up: Step 8
When your buyer-focused transaction management system runs on habit instead of willpower, you don’t skip the steps that matter most, Cassie Walker Johnson writes as she wraps up her eight-step plan....
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More than half of metros stray from ‘balanced’ housing market
The housing market is seeing signs of balance, but dig deeper, and the picture looks far from uniform. Here’s how to explain it to clients....
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What real estate agents can learn from TikTok, Tylenol and Disney
Behind the headline-dominating controversies this week are powerful lessons in messaging, trust and public perception that agents can’t afford to miss, digital marketer Jessi Healey writes....
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