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Olympic backlash and brand pivots spotlight the power of perception
Culture is moving faster than ever, and perception can shift in minutes. Across sports, streaming, retail and content, one theme stands out: scrutiny. Here’s what that means for professionals navigating a cautious consumer and a hypervisible marketplace.
With Rocket deal, Compass strikes at organized real estate. ‘It really seems like war.’
"If I was a large MLS, I would be having war room discussions about what our model is going forward in a worst case scenario," one industry veteran told Inman.
Million dollar baby: Real estate’s biggest new hires and moves
Brown Harris Stevens, Coldwell Banker, and other industry brands made moves last week, adding multimillion-dollar brokers and team leaders to their ranks.
The integrity shift that instantly boosts your credibility: Streaming
Choosing honesty over ego can completely change how clients perceive you, talk about you and stay loyal to you.
Compass-Anywhere, Gary Keller, eXp earnings: Inman 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.
Real Housewife of OC Gina Kirschenheiter on doing real estate with her ‘work and life partner’
In this exclusive interview, the Real Housewife dished on beating the "Housewife curse," being parodied by the late Catherine O’Hara and more.
Class action accuses lender of unsolicited AI-generated cold calls
A Michigan mortgage lender is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it used AI-generated, artificial-voice cold calls to pitch refinancing without consent.
Interactive dashboard: Explore results of February’s Intel survey
Using these interactive charts, explore and analyze data from Intel's most recent survey of real estate agents and brokerage leaders, broken down by region and brokerage type. Track historical trends over time.
Rethinking your CMA: What today’s market demands
The pricing conversation isn’t about convincing sellers you’re right, coach Darryl Davis writes. It’s about coaching them to make the best decision with their own eyes.
Busy but broke: Where new agents waste their time
Ashlee Jankovich writes that new real estate agents must learn to protect their time and focus on the activities that matter most to keep their business on track.
Why too many brokers are wasting money on AI (and what they should be doing instead)
The real estate firms that flourish will be those that treat AI as an extension of sound operational design, The Agency's Zane Burnett writes.
Redfin to provide Compass with 1M leads by 2029
A headline-making partnership with Compass International Holdings took over Rocket's Q4 2025 earnings call, with leaders giving more details into how both parties will benefit.
Compass posts ‘strongest Q4 results in our history,’ but feels the weight of merger costs
Despite gains in revenue, agent count and gross transaction value, Compass also grappled with a $42.6 million net loss in Q4.
Compass partners with Rocket-Redfin to display coming-soon listings
Compass Coming Soon listings will receive priority display on Redfin.com, with buyer inquiries sent to Compass listing agents, according to details of the new partnership.
EXp seeks move to Texas after Delaware judge allows sexual assault case to move forward
A Delaware judge allowed sexual assault claims to proceed against Sanford and other members of eXp's board, and just six weeks later, the company filed paperwork to establish an April vote on moving incorporation to Texas.
Cutting through the rhetoric: What the economy really tells us about real estate in 2026
Based on the data, real estate is not in a boom cycle, coach Darryl Davis writes. It's not in a crash cycle. It's in a recalibration cycle.
SCOOP: With merger complete, layoffs come for Anywhere and Compass
Six weeks after the two companies merged into a mega-brokerage, layoffs began taking place at both brands last week and continued this week, multiple past and present employees at both companies told Inman.
Arizona family wins Redfin’s $1M home in digital scavenger hunt
An Arizona man, his wife and their 7-month-old daughter have become winners of Redfin's Great American Home Search, a contest to locate and win a $1 million home, which Redfin launched on Super Bowl Sunday.