New agent, phantom buyers and the career-ending consequences

A California agent created three fake offers to keep a luxury listing from expiring. Troy Palmquist and Summer Goralik look at how the scheme unraveled in their latest True Crimes of Real Estate episode.

A record 20% of house hunters looked to relocate in Q1

A record share of U.S. house hunters looked to leave their home metro in the first quarter, Redfin found — and the data reveals which markets are still drawing movers and which pandemic boomtowns are losing them.

We can’t be bought, and we won’t be bullied

Inman does not work for the biggest brokerages, the loudest portal or whoever is writing the largest check this quarter. We work for the agents and brokers.

Stop trying to predict the housing market. Start building a business that lasts.

After more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, I’ve seen more predictions than I can count. And today, agents are surrounded by questions about what’s going to happen. Will interest rates go down? Will inventory open up? How will AI impact operations? What part of the cycle is t