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June
6

June 6th, 2026 by


Image Caption: Both Compass and Zillow have gobbled up competitors to become dominant in the industry.

Both companies face lawsuits and antitrust inquiries as they attempt to control the experience of home buying.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Real Estate Brokers, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Anywhere Real Estate Inc, Compass Real Estate, Redfin, Zillow.com, New York State, Connecticut
June
6

June 6th, 2026 by


Image Caption: The Booth House, built by Philip Johnson in 1946, three years before his iconic Glass House, has been sitting abandoned for over a decade.

In Bedford, N.Y., an architect and builder duo are betting that the Glass House architect’s first residential commission can be saved — and put back on the market.

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Category: Architecture, Home Repairs and Improvements, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Historic Buildings and Sites, Glass House (New Canaan, Conn), National Register of Historic Places, New York State Historic Preservation Office, Johnson, Philip, Bedford (NY), Lautner, John
June
6

June 6th, 2026 by
According to a real estate attorney, the estimate “is only as good as the data that is fed into the system.”

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Appraisals and Valuation (Property), Zillow.com
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

From a 217 percent ROI on lawn care to the longevity habits of centenarians, outdoor space is reshaping what buyers want — and what agents should know before advising clients.

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Category: Agent, homeselling, Luxury, Luxury Lens, Markets & Economy, Select, @properties Christie's International Real Estate, better homes and gardens, Blue Zones, garden, homebuying, lifestyle, NAR, Serhant.
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

Digital strategy and emerging tech like AI are reshaping the way real estate professionals get deals done.

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Category: AI, Lead Generation, Technology, Capital V Strategies, digital platforms, Inman Access, Loft47, Patrick Kearns, PropTech, real estate technology, Rechat, Sasha Hryciuk, Shayan Hamidi, the agency, Zane Burnett
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

A top Federal Reserve official is sounding the alarm on inflation — and Friday's jobs report may have just turned up the volume.

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Category: Banking & Lending, Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, bureau of labor statistics, dallas, economy, el paso, Federal Open Market Committee, federal reserve, Federal Reserve Dual Mandate, Federal Reserve governor, inflation, interest rates, Kevin Warsh, Lorie Logan, markets, monetary policy, rate hike, rates, texas, the federal reserve, unemployment rate, University of Texas at El Paso
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

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.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Service, Teams, affordability crisis, agent commissions, Agent Platform, Alloy Advisors, amit kulkarni, Anti-Money Laundering Rule, Antitrust Inquiry, art carter, artificial intelligence, Brian Donnellan, BrightMLS, brokerage \, brokerage consolidation, brokerages, Buy-Side Commission, Buyer Pricing Behavior, caitlin mccrory, california, Cast Overhaul, chicago, Chicago MLS, Colby Anderson, coming soon listings, coming soons, compass, Compass International Holdings, Cotality, crmls, Cyrus Bolooki, Darren Wilson, darryl davis, DOJ Intervention, ed zorn, Erik Carlson, Fee Model, fiduciary duty, florida, fraud, gary keller, google, home inventory, home listings, home sales, HomeServices of America, housing market, housing markets, inman, Inman top 5, Interactive Real Estate Market Maps, Jason Oppenheim, jimmy burgess, Jimmy Mackin, keller williams, leverage, listing feed, Listing Platform, Listings strategy, Mary Bonnet, Mauricio Umansky, merger, Midwest Real Estate Data, Mischa Fisher, MLS, mls consolidation, mortgage rates, mortgage servicing rights, mred, Multiple Listing Service, multiple listing services, NAR, national association of realtors, Nationwide Listings, new york, nwmls, Ownli, Peter DeCicco, pre-market listings, pre-marketed listings, Pre-MLS Listings, private listing, Private Listing Network, private listings, re/max, reading list, real, real brokerage, real estate commissions, real estate disruption, real estate listings, real estate market, real estate marketing, Real Estate Reform, real estate social media, real-estate-brokerage, real-estate-technology, realtor.com, Redfin, residential real estate, robert reffkin, Rocket Mortgage, Ryan Serhant, Serhant., social media in real estate, Sun Belt, Supply-Constrained Cities, tamir poleg, Tech-Forward Brokerages, technology suite, texas, the agency, The Oppenheim Group, times square, top 5, Trusted Advisor, uwm, Zillow
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by
Inside the tiny community of English master thatchers, a fight is unfolding over a tradition that may not survive.

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Category: Straw, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Great Britain, Roofs, Historic Buildings and Sites, internal-open-access-from-nl
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

Anne Marie DeCatsye doesn't see Canopy's expansion as an effort to create a national MLS, but a sign that the old MLS model is under pressure.

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Category: MLS & Associations, Select, AJ LaTrace, Anne Marie DeCatsye, bright mls, broker technology, Canopy MLS, charlotte, compass, Cooperative Marketplace, Council of MLSs, inman, Limited exposure listings, listing exposure, listing networks, Listing-input systems, mls consolidation, mls grid, mred, Multiple Listing Service, NAR, national association of realtors, north carolina, North Carolina Mountains, private listings, realtracs, robert reffkin, seller choice, south carolina
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by
A stone house with views of Mount Etna, an 1893 villa with seven bedrooms, and a seaside house in six-bathroom house in Porto Ulisse.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Sicily (Italy)
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

With so much information readily available online, the sales pitch for creating a luxury listing's value proposition, one that's centered on the story and the lifestyle, has never been stronger, new Inman contributor Fritts Causby writes.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Content Marketing, Luxury, Luxury Lens, Marketing, Select, Service, Anthony Kiedis, christie's, competitive advantage, content marketing, Frank Sinatra, Fritts Causby, Goleta, Harry Gesner, Home Staging, John Lautner, listing description, luxury listing, luxury real estate, malibu, Narrative Marketing, Pacific Palisades, palm springs, Provenance, Ray Kappe, Richard Neutra, santa barbara, Silver Lake, sotheby's, storytelling, trophy home, Wrightsville Beach
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

Star Compass agent and social media savant Andrew Jevin shares how agents can show up more authentically online.

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Category: Inman Connect, Interviews, Luxury, Luxury Lens, agent authenticity, Andrew Jevin, Authenticity in branding, compass, ICSD26, inman, Inman Connect San Diego, Inman Connect San Diego 2026, jay shetty, LA, la real estate, life coaching, los angeles, Marian McPherson, networking, personal branding, real estate agent, referrals, San Diego Metropolitan Area, social media, social media marketing, visibility
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

ERA President Alex Vidal interviews award-winning broker-owner Mark Cenci about his decades in the business and the lessons he's learned.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, Interviews, Select, Service, adaptability, Alex Vidal, Athens, broker profile, broker-owner, brokerage \, Chillicothe, consistency, era, ERA brokerage, ERA Gene Francis Memorial Award, ERA Martin & Associates, era real estate, growth, interview, leadership, Mark Cenci, ohio, Q&A, real estate agent, training, Wayne Martin
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

Stop calling marketing materials “data,” Darryl Davis writes. Zillow's study is a position. Compass's survey responses are a position. Your CMA, with your local comps, on this home, is data.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, Markets & Economy, Opinion, Portals, Select, Service, antitrust lawsuit, Brokerage Representation, chicago, Chicago Regional MLS, client questions, coming soon listings, compass, darryl davis, listing agent, listing exposure, mred, NAR, national association of realtors, off-mls listings, private listing networks, private listings, real estate questions, robert reffkin, seller choice, Sherman Act, zestimate, Zillow
June
5

June 5th, 2026 by

Greg Hague pushes back on Mischa Fisher's opinion piece, outlining the ways he sees Zillow undermining transparency and affordability.

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Category: Brokerage, Columns, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Portals, Select, Service, 72SOLD, affordability, century 21, commission, compass, Compass International Holdings, greg hague, inc 5000, industry consolidation, inman, lead generation, Mischa Fisher, private listings, real estate brokerage, real estate portal, real estate professional, Realtor Magazine, Referral Arrangements, Residential Real Estate Marketplace, transparency, Zillow, Zillow economist
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by
This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, on the Upper East Side and in Hunters Point.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Hunters Point (Queens, NY), Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY), Greenwich Village (Manhattan, NY)
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