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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. New rules stemming from the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement went into effect Saturday following years of litigation, potentially upending the industry, including how agents get paid. Inman has covered the topic extensively and last week published a rundown of the rules that now govern NAR members and affiliated…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jordan Thibodeau, a former Google and Slack employee who co-hosts the SVIC podcast.I got a job at Google as a temporary contractor in 2011, before converting to a full-time role in 2012. I then started working in HR, specifically in mergers and acquisitions, and did that until I left in 2020.I was really proud of my time at Google, and the company will always have a special place in my heart. Google helped me become financially stable, and it’s a great company with great people.When former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said…

Blinken to visit Egypt, Qatar as US pushes Hamas to agree to an amended deal that allows Israel to keep troops in Gaza.Hamas has said a ceasefire deal must result in a permanent end to Israel’s war on Gaza, accusing the United States of “merely buying time for Israel to continue its genocide” by proposing an amended accord. As the Palestinian group revealed details of Israel’s new conditions, it urged the world to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign the deal proposed by US President Joe Biden on May 31 and backed by the United Nations Security Council…

If we learned anything from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance during last year’s NFL season, it’s that you can be both a Swiftie and Chiefs fan. We tuned in all season long to see the songstress cheering on the tight end — better yet, to see what she wore to the games.Now that the 2024-25 NFL season is just a couple weeks away, it’s time to get ready to rep the back-to-back Super Bowl champions. The Chiefs are the seventh team in league history to win four Super Bowls and BaubleBar just restocked the Kansas City Chiefs necklace that Taylor Swift wore to…

Unsold inventory of homes for sale has been on the rise all year. It hasn’t turned the corner yet — inventory rose across the country this week — but at less than 1% rate. There are some signs that inventory growth is slowing with newly lower mortgage rates and the end of the summer.  In the years before the pandemic, it would be totally normal for inventory to peak at the end of July or in August. Recently unsold inventory would rise later in the year, especially in the last two years as the market slowed when inventory climbed up…

This photograph shows a Coast Guard boat with Italian fireboats and an Italian fire brigade helicopter search for six missing passengers after recovering a victim due to a sailboat sank off the coast of Porticello, nosthwestern of Sicily Island, on August 19, 2024. Alessandro Fucarini | Afp | Getty ImagesThe chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer, is among those missing after a luxury yacht sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily on Monday.Sicily’s civil protection agency told reporters late Monday that Bloomer and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo were among the six people still missing. Clifford Chance declined…

The bodies of six hostages have been retrieved from the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military says.A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says the bodies of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and Haim Perry were recovered from the Khan Younis area on Monday.The rescue operation was carried out by the IDF alongside the Israel Security Agency. The Hostage Families Forum said the recovery of the bodies had provided the families with “necessary closure”. The statement went onto to say that the return of the remaining 109 hostages from Gaza “can only be achieved through a…

Another great has been lost: Phil Donahue, daytime TV icon who paved the way for many who came after him, has passed away.  For many 70’s and 80’s babies, Phil was a big part of the TV life, and his death is truly a heartbreak. His family shared the news on The Today Show on August 19th, along with the cause of his passing at 88.  He leaves quite the legacy behind.  Phil Donahue attends the American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 19, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) Phil…

Wright has served as NAR’s interim CEO since November after she replaced Bob Goldberg. She was instantly thrust into leading an organization in turmoil. 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. The National Association of Realtors on Monday named Nykia Wright its full-time chief executive officer, more than nine months after she took over…

Actor Halle Berry might be best known to the world as Catwoman, but at home, she’s a mother to her two kids.”She’s a mom first,” Mark Wahlberg, her costar in “The Union” on Netflix, said about Berry. He added that Berry balances her career with motherhood. “I know it’s not easy, but she makes it look easy.” The pair were speaking to radio hosts on Audacy.When asked how becoming a parent changed her experience as an actor, Berry, 58, said she still does what she wants as an artist.”It certainly changed me as a mother, but what it also connected…