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Inman is celebrating 30 years of community, and you’re invited
For 30 years, Inman Connect events have been based on a simple belief: That big change happens when people come together.

Redfin site fluke exposed past users’ data on listing contact forms
The glitch momentarily revealed past users' names, phone numbers and email addresses over the span of less than a week.

Brown Harris Stevens names Halstead heir chief strategy officer
Christopher Halstead will oversee several company-wide initiatives and work to streamline operations at the brokerage in his new role as chief strategy officer.

Stop waiting for permission: Why leadership starts with self-trust
Leadership starts when you’re willing to show up in the chaos, in the unknown, in the unpolished version of yourself, broker Angela Yungk writes.

Leadershift: How brokers and team leaders can prepare for 2026
The market is poised for change. If you want to be part of what's ahead, take a page from John Maxwell's book "Leadershift." Lori Muller shows you how.

Stop freaking out about 50-year mortgages. They might save the housing market
A 50-year mortgage is not a financial trap, broker Holly Brink writes. It's a tool that's designed to give homebuyers more ways to win in today's market.

What’s driving multifamily’s market resurgence?
Real estate investing expert Michael Zaransky explains how the multifamily real estate market is recalibrating, driven by investor confidence, capital behavior and macroeconomic trends.

The inventory surge is sputtering. See how your market stacks up
Markets that had been bright spots amid troubled times are now seeing new listings slow. Dive into the local data with Inman's recurring series of interactive maps and charts.

Zillow defends private listing rule, criticizes Compass in new filing
The portal argued that it is allowed to display whatever it wants on its own website, that it's not a monopoly and that its rule governing private listings does not hurt Compass.

Homebuying off to strongest November start since 2022
Rebounding mortgage rates didn't stop buyers from shopping for deals last week, with requests for purchase loans up 6 percent last week compared to the week before and 31 percent from a year ago, according to lender data tracked by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Homebuyers like ‘high-touch’ loan advisors equipped with tech tools
Technology like AI is helping lenders do a better job of providing useful guidance and advice to borrowers, boosting customer satisfaction and repeat business: J.D. Power.

American Real Estate Association hires Mary-Frances Coleman as inaugural executive director
Real estate vet and legal expert Mary-Frances Coleman is the association's first executive director. She said one of ARA's biggest challenges will be dealing with the "that's the way it's always been done" mentality.

Realtor.com puts ‘spotlight’ on listing agents with new feature
Realtor.com has released Spotlight Listings, a new marketing tool that enables agents to drive additional traffic to their listings. Spotlight's launch coincides with a major update to Local Expert, a lead generation tool that gives agents prominent placement on home and directory search results.

Brandi Marshall on ‘Selling the OC’ stardom, feuds and a brutal real estate market
In this exclusive interview with Inman, the least dramatic "Selling the OC" cast member gets candid about real estate, reality TV and real life ahead of the Nov. 12 Season 4 premiere.

Jason Oppenheim: ‘Epic’ real estate + big drama makes new ‘Selling the OC’ season the best yet
In advance of its drop on Netflix on Wednesday, Oppenheim Group President Jason Oppenheim shared with Inman why the latest season of "Selling the OC" is the best one yet, and why the Newport Beach market is thriving.

‘Selling the OC’ drops today. Get to know the agents
We asked The Oppenheim Group's Orange County agents to share three things most people don't know about them. Here are the Netflix stars’ fun facts, along with personal pictures.

Why 88% of agent conversations never make it to the CRM
On this episode, Cloze CEO Dan Foody reveals that 88 percent of conversations never enter the CRM and only about a third of CRM contacts have been touched in the past year.

How the 50-year mortgage could kill agent profitability
When equity grows more slowly, so does the seller pipeline, broker Josh Ries writes. For agents, that means more lead gen and longer timelines between transactions.