From the desk of #jillstonesells

April
20

Vacaville, Calif.: It Isn’t Named for Cows

April 20th, 2026 by Alexander Nazaryan and Andri Tambunan

Image Caption: Four people and a dog in Lagoon Valley Park.

The city, named for an early settler, is a more affordable option to nearby San Francisco and Sacramento.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Vacaville (Calif)

April
20

The Home Renovation Show That Unfolds in Real Time

April 20th, 2026 by Dorie Chevlen and Jennilee Marigomen

Image Caption: Millions of viewers have tuned in to watch Jenna Phipps and Nick Volkov renovate their home.

Jenna Phipps and Nick Volkov are renovating their midcentury modern home all on their own, and filming the whole process.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Social Media, Abandonment (Property), Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Home Repairs and Improvements, Vancouver (British Columbia)

April
20

Daniel Craig and Lily Allen Sell Their Brooklyn Brownstones

April 20th, 2026 by Vivian Marino

Image Caption: Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz reportedly sold neighboring houses on Strong Place in Brooklyn.

Mr. Craig and Rachel Weisz had owned their Cobble Hill home for almost a decade. Ms. Allen’s sale in Carroll Gardens comes amid the breakup of her marriage.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Craig, Daniel, Weisz, Rachel, Allen, Lily, Bloom, Orlando, Osbourne, Ozzy, Carroll Gardens (Brooklyn, NY), Cobble Hill (Brooklyn, NY), Malibu (Calif), Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif), Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY), Carlyle Hotel (Manhattan, NY, Hotel), Harbour, David, Diller, Barry, Osbourne, Sharon

April
20

In Detroit, a Family Builds a Home ‘Extension’ — a 7-Minute Drive Away

April 20th, 2026 by Diana Budds

Designed by Dash Marshall, this bedroom-free experimental courtyard house serves as an office, a place to entertain and a weekend retreat.

Category: Detroit (Mich), Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Interior Design and Furnishings, Architecture, Urban Areas

April
19

The perfection trap that’s holding your business back

April 19th, 2026 by Jimmy Burgess

Transform your storytelling and leverage content marketing to reveal your authentic professional journey and connect with clients, Jimmy Burgess writes.

Category: Agent, Columns, Content Marketing, Marketing, Select, Service, Video, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, content marketing, content strategy, HomeServices of America, instagram, jimmy burgess, mastermind group, perfection trap, perfectionism, professional development, Real Estate Agent Growth, real estate business, referral business, social media, storytelling, TikTok, youtube

April
18

Can Your Co-op Make You Carry an ID Card?

April 18th, 2026 by Jill Terreri Ramos

Co-op boards are responsible for protecting the building and its residents. But is checking IDs going too far?

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Cooperatives, Identification Devices

April
17

What does NAR’s new settlement mean to real estate professionals?

April 17th, 2026 by Darryl Davis

Darryl Davis explains what the settlement is, why it matters and what, if anything, it actually changes about how you do your job.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, MLS & Associations, Select, Service, Teams, Buy-Side Settlement, buyer representation agreement, darryl davis, Darryl Davis Seminars, MLS, multiple listing services, NAR, NAR settlement, national association of realtors, Nykia Wright, Real Estate Agent Compliance, real estate commission, Real Estate Litigation, real-estate-brokerage

April
17

Is the US short 1M or 10M homes? Here’s why nobody can agree

April 17th, 2026 by AJ LaTrace

A new White House economic report estimates the country is short 10 million homes, but researchers can't seem to agree on the number.

Category: Markets & Economy, Select, austin, Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President, Eric Finnigan, home inventory, home prices, household formation, housing shortage, Housing Supply Gap, JBREC, John Burns Research and Consulting, midwest, nashville, northeast, Pent-up Demand, realtor.com, Rick Palacios Jr., single-family homes, Sun Belt, The White House, vacancy rates

April
17

NAR settles, new Compass data, SERHANT. expands: Inman Top 5

April 17th, 2026 by Dani Vanderboegh

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.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Service, Teams, agent commissions, amit kulkarni, Anti-Money Laundering Rule, art carter, Buy-Side Commission, caitlin mccrory, california, Colby Anderson, coming soon listings, coming soons, compass, Compass International Holdings, crmls, Cyrus Bolooki, Darren Wilson, darryl davis, DOJ Intervention, ed zorn, fiduciary duty, florida, fraud, home sales, housing markets, Inman top 5, jimmy burgess, Jimmy Mackin, Listings strategy, Mauricio Umansky, MLS, mls consolidation, mortgage rates, Multiple Listing Service, multiple listing services, NAR, national association of realtors, nwmls, Ownli, Peter DeCicco, Pre-MLS Listings, real estate commissions, real estate disruption, real estate marketing, Real Estate Reform, real estate social media, real-estate-brokerage, robert reffkin, Ryan Serhant, Serhant., social media in real estate, Sun Belt, Supply-Constrained Cities, texas, the agency, top 5, Zillow

April
17

Buyers accuse eXp of supporting Zillow’s ‘fraudulent business’

April 17th, 2026 by Marian McPherson

The plaintiffs in a Zillow class-action complaint claim eXp has harmed buyers by advertising Zillow Flex and supporting the portal's listing ban.

Category: Brokerage, Portals, Select, Alucard Taylor, buyer broker agreement, eXp Realty, eXp Realty LLC, Flex program, florida, Frano Team, GK Properties, homebuyers, homebuying, listing access standards, Marian McPherson, nevada, R.H., Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Real Broker, Real Broker LLC, real brokerage, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, referral fee, referral programs, respa, rico, The real brokerage, touring agreement, washington, Zillow, Zillow flex, zillow group, Zillow Group, Inc., Zillow Home Loans, Zillow Home Loans, LLC, Zillow homes, Zillow Homes Inc., Zillow Listing Services, Zillow Listing Services Inc.

April
17

Multiple offers still common in Mid-Atlantic despite market cooling

April 17th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Competition in the Mid-Atlantic housing market remains strong, with 57 percent of homes receiving multiple offers.

Category: homebuying, homeselling, Markets & Economy, MLS & Associations, Select, baltimore, bidding wars, bright mls, buyer competition, buyer demand data, Buyer Negotiation, condos, Dr. Lisa Sturtevant, home inventory shortage, Homeseller Strategy, Housing Competition, housing inventory, housing market, inman, inventory shortage, lisa sturtevant, mid-atlantic, Mid-Atlantic Housing Market, mortgage rates, multiple offers, Nick Pipitone, philadelphia, Philadelphia Housing Market, pricing power, seller's market, single-family homes, townhomes, washington d.c.

April
17

Homeowners remodel instead of move as costs keep them in place

April 17th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

More than 2 in 5 Americans renovated their home in the last year, and most did so as a deliberate alternative to moving, according to a new Redfin survey.

Category: Agent, Data, homeselling, Markets & Economy, Select, Chen Zhao, equity-building, Gen Z, home design, home improvement, home improvement trends, home renovation, homeowners, inman, Ipsos, Jo Chavez, lock-in effect, mortgage rates, Move-In Ready Inventory, Redfin, Redfin Premier, remodel, renovation trends, residential real estate

April
17

Mortgage rates dipped. See how they’ve evolved over the years

April 17th, 2026 by Jim Dalrymple II

Use our interactive tool to track mortgage rates, and share the latest data with your clients, colleagues and friends.

Category: Agent, Industry News, Mortgage, Mortgage & Alternative Financing Month, Select, Theme Months, @mortgage, 30 year fixed rate mortgage, 30-year fixed, AI, fixed-rate mortgage, freddie mac, Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, inman, Interactive, mortgage, mortgage finance, mortgage rates, PMMS, Primary Mortgage Market, Primary Mortgage Market Survey, theme-month-202604, u.s.

April
17

The year everything changed: Now Streaming

April 17th, 2026 by Inman

Hear from some of the biggest names in real estate, and learn how 2026 is poised to reshape and transform the industry.

Category: Agent, behind the curtain, consolidation, Consumer realities, Inman Access, Leadership turnover, market power, Megamergers, Regulatory shake-ups

April
17

A Century Later, the Flatiron’s Revolving Door Is Restored

April 17th, 2026 by Zoe Rosenberg

The revolving door’s inventor built this one over 100 years ago. It was reinstalled this week.

Category: Flatiron Building (Manhattan, NY), Restoration and Renovation, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Brodsky Organization, Sorgente Group of America Corp

April
17

Agent charged with 150 felony counts related to possession of child sexual abuse material

April 17th, 2026 by Christy Murdock

Pennsylvania agent Albert Stroble has been charged with possessing child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communications facility.

Category: Agent, News Brief, Select, agent crime, Albert Stroble, compass, CSAM, ignite, keller williams, kw, Lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NCMEC, Pacer Properties, pennsylvania, real estate agent, real estate crime, residential real estate, Wayne, Pennsylvania

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