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Gary Keller on Compass-Anywhere: ‘I wouldn’t have done it’
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:19:28
Gary Keller delivered his annual State of the Housing Market keynote on Monday, musing on sales trends and market competitiveness — while offering a few quips about Compass and CoStar. read more»

How to capture massive share in today’s tough real estate market
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:53:12
Old school marketing strategy married to AI customization is the secret to success in today’s new and very competitive marketplace, Bernice Ross writes. read more»

How to raise your price point with luxury staging
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:38:57
Julian Buckner of Vesta Home shares strategies for raising the price point of your average listing and increasing your commission by staging high-end homes effectively. read more»

Did this mom of 3 murder her husband to support her real estate habit? A Kouri Richins FAQ
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:19:02
As real estate pro Kouri Richins goes on trial for the murder of her husband, learn more about the wheeling and dealing that may lie behind the motive. read more»

Keller Williams opens Command platform to 3rd-party developers
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:45:03
After years of steadily adding integrations to its Command platform, Keller Williams is opening the doors to third-party developers through a specialized hub. The hub will fast-track integration launches to Command's app store, KW Marketplace. read more»

Proptech CEO: We’re ’empowering’ real estate agents, not ‘trying to displace’ them
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:04:07
Infinityy wants buyers to turn to listings, not Google, with their questions. And the company believes it can turn early curiosity into faster, more qualified conversations. read more»

NAR’s marketing chief reveals the new strategy for Realtors
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:20
After years of turbulence, lawsuits and shakeups, NAR is making a bold marketing reset. CMO and CCO, Bennett Richardson, talks strategy for new "More Than Opening Doors" campaign. read more»

NAR highlights unseen work of Realtors in new ad campaign
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:03
The 1.47-million member organization seeks to show consumers that "agents who are Realtors do more than open doors" with its slate of new ads. read more»

More home-seekers say they’ll buy. Will they be enough to save the spring market?
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:15
A new Intel survey of 3,000 working U.S. adults shows how consumer attitudes about homebuying may boost the spring and summer market — though a full recovery may take longer. read more»

How to get off the feast-or-famine real estate roller coaster
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 9:00:10
Commit to these lead generation, nurture and conversion frameworks for the next 90 days, and you won’t just feel busier, Jimmy Burgess writes. You’ll feel balanced. read more»

ChatGPT and Meta redraw the lines of reach and control
Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:43:39
AI is no longer just a tool layered onto marketing. It’s restructuring how people discover brands, how platforms monetize attention and even how digital identities persist. From chatbot traffic that converts faster than Google to Meta’s messaging consolidation and ChatGPT’s ad test, the rules of reach are changing again. read more»

Supreme Court calls Trump tariffs unconstitutional. What now?
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:44:18
The real estate industry has survived recessions, financial crises, pandemic shutdowns and rate spikes, Darryl Davis writes. A commitment to being genuinely useful to the people you serve, regardless of what the market is doing, is the reason. read more»

Zillow moves to quash Flex class-action lawsuit
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:45:57
In the motion to dismiss, Zillow claimed the plaintiffs failed to provide proof of consumer deception, inflated commission costs or that Flex agents forced buyers to get Zillow Home Loans. read more»

Why Opendoor is suddenly lighting up real estate social media
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:22:55
Opendoor is surging on real estate X thanks to a credible comeback narrative, an unusually candid CEO and earnings calls treated like viral content. read more»

What tech will actually matter in 2026? Now Streaming
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:19:33
Get past the hype, and hear from the tech leaders who are creating the future in this session that helps you decide what to include in your tech stack. read more»

Approval of Compass-Anywhere merger ‘raises questions about corruption’ at AG’s office: Senator
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:04:41
A letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and signed by 18 members of Congress asks for more information about the DOJ's review of the merger, which it says was cleared "under extraordinarily questionable circumstances." read more»

Compass rewards listing agents with new lead and referral program
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:24:00
Through the program, Compass listing agents will receive a 10 percent referral when they send inquiries on their listing from Compass.com to other Compass agents, Inman has learned. read more»

How Jesse Jackson predicted (and tried to stop) the 2007 crash
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:10:15
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's death marks the end of an era in U.S. civil rights movement leadership, but his warnings about predatory lending remain urgently relevant, Dr. Lee Davenport writes. read more»