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For the real estate industry, the past eight months of work culminated on Tuesday when Judge Stephen R. Bough granted final approval of the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement. Although many in the industry had their concerns heading into the Nov. 26 hearing, others were quite confident that this would be the outcome. “That settlement is going through,” Marx Sterbcow, the managing attorney at Sterbcow Law Group, told HousingWire earlier this month. Based on Bough’s ruling, which was filed Wednesday, he too felt strongly about granting final approval to the NAR settlement. “In light of the many uncertainties…

Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at October’s falling month-to-month new construction numbers. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. In this exclusive series on Inman, Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker illuminates the latest stats, reports and numbers to know this week. TAKE THE INMAN INTEL INDEX SURVEY FOR NOVEMBER Number to know: 970K…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. I started my professional career right out of college in customer service/marketing and worked my way up to the director of national accounts for a major lighting company in South Carolina when a life-changing event occurred in 2006. My father died unexpectedly, leaving his small real estate…

Not even a last-minute twist could stop this train, writes University at Buffalo law professor Tanya Monestier, who envisions a long road before the courts truly wash their hands of commissions. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. On Tuesday, a district court judge in Missouri gave final approval to the NAR settlement. For anyone keeping tabs on…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Pulse is a recurring column where we ask for readers’ takes on varying topics in a weekly survey and report back with our findings. One of the best things about working in real estate is that there’s always something new going on. TAKE THE INMAN INTEL INDEX…

In the interest of keeping it light this Thanksgiving, trainer Rachael Hite came up with these six talkable topics for Turkey Day and three you might want to avoid. Womp! Womp! Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Many agents are struggling to find some positive things to say about the industry, the market,…

Designed to help agents unearth buyer leads from renter databases, RentSpree’s new tool will now be available to the 6,000 members of Central Florida’s Space Coast Association of Realtors. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. RentSpree’s latest residential sales tool, Homebuyer Insights, has found a customer in Florida’s Space Coast Association of Realtors,…

Driven by an improved housing inventory, pending home sales rose modestly in October, marking its third-consecutive monthly increase, according to data released on Wednesday by NAR. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Pending home sales rose modestly in October, marking the third consecutive monthly increase, driven by improved housing inventory, according to new data released Wednesday…

Elon Musk, who has become a confidant of president-elect Donald Trump, has called for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be dismantled. (Image generated by AI in Midjourney) Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and owner of companies including Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X, has called for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to be dismantled ahead of his expected role scrutinizing government spending in the incoming Trump administration. The news was first reported by Bloomberg. The so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,” referred to under the acronym “DOGE,” will be led by Musk and former Republican presidential…

Value is not in the object itself, it’s in the perception, author and coach Darryl Davis writes. Your worth as an agent is defined by how you position yourself and your services (and it’s priceless). Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. In the world of art and auctions, there are stories that make us pause, scratch our…