A bungalow in Los Angeles, a midcentury modern home in Santa Rosa and a Craftsman in San Diego.
Bold, Bright and Unexpected: 7 Ways to Use Tile Like a Pro
The myriad styles and materials used for tile can make a space, not just bathrooms and kitchens, shine in unexpected ways.
California Orders Insurers to Pay More for Wildfire Victims’ Lost Items
After years of fires that left families tallying every burned toothbrush, a new law is requiring insurers to ease a grueling burden.
What to Do When the Gas Doesn’t Work in Your Building
Landlords are required to act immediately when gas service is disrupted. That doesn’t mean they will.
What to Do When the Gas Doesn’t Work in Your Building
Landlords are required to act immediately when gas service is disrupted. That doesn’t mean they will.
Equifax cuts VantageScore 4.0 mortgage credit scores to $4.50
Once Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ready to start accepting VantageScore 4.0, the algorithm will go head-to-head with the less inclusive FICO Classic score.
15 tips, tricks and tools to add to your DIY home staging kit
A combination of upskilling and these 15 items and strategies helps ensure that your home staging gets your listings sold, Annette DeCicco writes.
Private listing networks are the newest pet rock: Bess Freedman
Not all trends are worth following, the Brown Harris Stevens CEO writes. The pet rock had its moment, but private listing networks create a conflict between fiduciary duty and financial gain.
$100M fraud ring busted, hundreds displaced by foreclosures
A New York State investor group is at the center of a burgeoning foreclosure crisis in Baltimore, according to an investigative report from "The Baltimore Banner."
Compass clues, ChatGPT listings, white-collar crime: Inman’s Top 5
Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.
Think like an economist. Win like a real estate agent: Now Streaming
Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather unpacks the economic principles behind the real estate industry to make agents more effective.
5 adorable listings that let you live at the ocean for $425K or less
Wishing you could rewind the clock to summer vacation? These totally affordable beachy listings make it possible.
$650,000 Homes in the Cotswolds
A storybook 17th-century cottage, a three-bedroom stone house, and a semidetached 19th-century home.
What’s the Hype With Dirty Pastel Colors?
Dirty pastel colors are seemingly everywhere, in the luxury homes of skin care gurus, designers and even Prada’s runway show.
This Family’s Home Has Stood for a Century — in Four Different Countries
As armies and revolutions came and went, neighbors became foes and families spoke different languages. Here’s how one small town stood at the center of history.
Hit the AI ‘easy button’: A practical playbook for agents
AI for real estate agents doesn't have to be complicated. Jimmy Burgess shares strategies to simplify and speed up adoption.
7 lessons I learned from a fitness influencer about lead generation
Stop limiting your learning to real estate, Josh Ries writes. Look at what other industries are doing, adapt it, and recognize that we’re entrepreneurs.
How to help sellers prepare to list a tenant-occupied property
Working with a tenant-occupied property may be more hands-on than others, Cara Ameer writes. Be prepared to pivot based on the circumstances at hand.
Feds charge Trump nemesis Letitia James with bank fraud
James calls allegations over $109,600 mortgage baseless retribution, and a "continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system."
How buyer affordability education makes you the go-to agent
Knowing DPA programs allows you to serve buyers where they are, solve problems others overlook and strengthen your reputation as the professional who makes homeownership possible.
