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October existing-home sales up 2%, highest since June

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) existing-home sales increased 2.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.48 million in October — up from a downwardly revised 5.37 million in September. This month’s sales pace is 0.9 percent below October 2016 but is the strongest sales pace since this June (5.51 million). Jobs growth […]

10 home design trends to watch out for in 2018

Cool neutrals, white kitchen accessories and marble is out, and earth-toned shades, stonework and concrete accents are in, says Houzz for its 2018 home design predictions. Here are the ten design trends expected to define the upcoming year: Photo credit: Rikki Snyder © 2015 Houzz 1. More color in kitchens. Houzz says white will always […]

10 reasons we’ll miss Drew Scott in the ‘Dancing With The Stars’ finale

The 25th season of Dancing With The Stars will come to a close tonight with a final dancing brawl among Jordan Fisher and partner Lindsay Arnold, Frankie Muniz and partner Witney Carson and Lindsey Stirling and partner Mark Ballas. The Property Brothers‘s Drew Scott was cut in the eleventh hour after landing toward the bottom of the leader board […]

GOP tax reform would drive up costs of selling a home

Homeowners in America’s priciest neighborhoods could be slapped with tens of thousands in new capital gains taxes each under GOP bills pending in both the House and Senate, according to an analysis recently released by Zillow. Palo Alto and a host of other upscale municipalities in California would bear the brunt of the proposed new […]

End of net neutrality could spell doom for real estate small businesses

In a sweeping rebuke to internet companies and consumers, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday released a plan to repeal so-called “Net Neutrality” regulations, a move with far-reaching implications for mom-and-pop brokerages and real estate services across America. Pai’s plan would dismantle the two-year-old Open Internet Order, which prohibits internet providers from […]

Hacker Connect tackles real estate tech challenges head-on

Building a successful real estate tech product requires not only navigating the usual hurdles but also industry-specific challenges — such as access to streamlined data and the relative novelty of smart home products, just to name two examples. And the only place you’ll find programming to address the problems and solutions unique to the real […]

Connect/Reflect: Double exhilarating!

Roland Kampmeyer has been making the trip to Inman Connect New York from Cologne, Germany for several years now, and always finds something new to take back to invigorate his business for the next year. We recently sat down with Roland to ask him about his team’s experiences in attending Connect, and to get some […]

Growing an agent/lender team? Avoid the #1 tech pitfall

SAVE MY SPOT Are you still managing people, transactions and data using separate (and disconnected) CRM and TMS platforms? It’s likely you’re losing 30-35% of your pipeline leads and spending more time chasing paperwork than taking care of clients. At Loomlogic, we knew there was a better way to create visibility and accountability throughout the […]

Why Pittsburgh is the best place to retire

Most workers dream of retiring to places replete with warm weather, nearby beaches and lush landscapes. But according to Bankrate’s latest study, people may want to trade in those sun-soaked dreams for a place known for bone-chilling winters, rowdy NFL fans and world-famous sandwiches stuffed to the brim with french fries, coleslaw and shaved steak — […]

Customize your technology by leveraging your partners

Chicago-based independent brokerage @properties is a success story by multiple measures, not least by its 2,300 agents and $8 billion in sales volume last year. But that doesn’t mean that its co-founder, Thaddeus Wong, believes the firm has to do everything for itself. “We were always trying to figure out how we can align with technology […]

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