Back Home
Inman
- Realtors call on NAR to stop donating to anti-LGBTQ candidatesThe National Association of Realtors (NAR) spent part of its annual midyear conference in Washington D.C. reckoning with a dark past -- one of exclusion and racism.
- Artificial intelligence startup First.io raises $5 millionFirst.io, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict when people are going to move, has raised $5 million in Series A funding.
- How we as an industry can become more accountable and transparentAt Inman Disconnect, a group of industry leaders got together and addressed a number of leading real estate issues. They came up with a manifesto called the Parker Principles, which is a compilation of 12 principles.
- Inman Select shows my team what we’re not doing — and what we should be doingJennifer Kennedy is a broker-owner in Alberta, Canada, who specializes in lifestyle marketing for the area. She’s been a Inman Select subscriber for at least two years and thinks Inman content is so high-quality that her brokerage makes the Inman Connect New York conference experience part of its top agent award.
- Agent NEO is making voice-activated internet work for agentsAgent NEO is software for real estate agents to use in conjunction with voice-activated internet appliances, such as Google Home and Amazon Echo.
- Being loud doesn’t make you right: 3 ways to be heardI am half-Greek and half-German, and when I communicate about something I’m passionate about, there are probably two things you can expect from me: I will believe I’m right, and I will probably be loud.
- Do real estate agents need to pay attention to cryptocurrency?Cryptocurrency is a hot topic in the investing world, and it has introduced people to alternative methods of payment, especially since some online merchants and physical stores accept it. Should real estate agents keep up with developments in cryptocurrency?
- Connect the Sessions: Building your A-team — hiring the right people at the right time in the right rolesMadan Nagaldinne, chief people officer at Compass, has experience building top teams from the ground up, and he’ll be sharing his tips for how to hire the right people at the right time in the right roles at Inman Connect San Francisco.
- EXp Realty crosses $1 billion market cap on first day of Nasdaq tradingEXp World Holdings, the parent company of virtual brokerage eXp Realty, crossed $1 billion in market cap — making it slightly more valuable than Re/Max — on its first day trading on Nasdaq.
- NAR allows tougher sanctions for Realtors who violate Code of EthicsOn Saturday, the board of directors of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) approved changes to the trade group’s professional standards that allow state and local associations to more frequently publish to their members the names of Realtor Code of Ethics violators and include photographs of the violators — if they want to.
Zillow Blog
- Tax Reform and Housing: All Your Questions AnsweredA number of longstanding federal tax benefits of homeownership -- including the ability to deduct all local property taxes paid in a given year and a lofty $1 million cap on the size of loans eligible for mortgage interest deduction -- were changed as part of the recently passed tax legislation. While all of the […]
- Mortgage Rates Quiet Over New Year's HolidayFriday's December Jobs Report will be another opportunity for markets to assess the state of the U.S. labor market. If the data come in as expected, they should show a strong job market at the end of 2017. The post Mortgage Rates Quiet Over New Year's Holiday appeared first on Zillow Research.
- Zillow's Prediction of 2017 Homeless Numbers in Line With Actual CountsPredictions of the 2017 point-in-time counts in 17 out of 25 metro areas were within the 99 percent predicted interval. The post Zillow's Prediction of 2017 Homeless Numbers in Line With Actual Counts appeared first on Zillow Research.
- Total Value of All U.S. Homes: $31.8 Trillion. How Big Is That?It's more than 1.5 times the Gross Domestic Product of the United States and approaching three times that of China. Total U.S. home values have grown $1.95 trillion over the past year -- more than all of Canada's GDP or two companies the size of Apple. The post Total Value of All U.S. Homes: $31.8 […]
- Americans Split on Fairness of Local Property Tax RatesCurrently, Americans overall are almost evenly split on the fairness of the property tax rate in their community. Looking ahead, it's unclear how these attitudes may shift as federal tax changes set to take effect in 2018 potentially lead more to fully feel the pinch of local property tax bills. The post Americans Split on […]
- Mortgage Rates Ending 2017 Slightly Below 2016Despite three rate hikes by the Federal Reserve over the past year (four if one counts the last 13 months), the standard 30-year fixed mortgage rate ends 2017 about 20 basis points below where it stood at the end of 2016. It is difficult to imagine this continuing much into 2018. The post Mortgage Rates […]
- Case-Shiller October Results and November Forecast: Still Defying GravityThe housing market's resistance to headwinds is a testament to the enduring value Americans place on homeownership. The Case-Shiller National Index for October climbed 6.2 percent year-over-year. Seattle, Las Vegas and San Diego continued to post the strongest annual gains in its 20-City Composite Index, with increases of 12.7 percent, 10.2 percent and 8.1 percent, […]
- Rapid Reaction: November New Home Sales2017 was OK for new home sales, but there's no question it could have been a lot better and that more can and needs to be done by builders to address the ongoing inventory crunch the market has been enduring for the past several years. The post Rapid Reaction: November New Home Sales appeared first […]
- Rent Growth Catches Up to Income Gains After Slowdown (November 2017 Market Report)For the almost two years leading up to and including May 2016, rents grew faster than incomes, at times more than three times as fast. Then incomes outpaced rents for more than a year. Now rent growth is catching back up. The post Rent Growth Catches Up to Income Gains After Slowdown (November 2017 Market […]
- Housing Data 101: Why Use the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) Instead of a Median Sale Price SeriesWe recommend using ZHVI to track home values over time for the simple reason that ZHVI represents the whole housing stock and not just the homes that list or sell in a given month. The post Housing Data 101: Why Use the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) Instead of a Median Sale Price Series appeared […]
Recent Blog Entries
- Gorgeous New Vista Listing May 10, 2018Elegant and bright gated cul-du-sac estate home in Laurel Pointe – 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 3067 square feet and situated on a cul du sac in a beautiful gated community. This home offers an open concept kitchen-family room living area, and has all the bells and whistles – no need to do anything but move…
- New Listing in South Carlsbad May 4, 2018Welcome to 1604 Turquoise Drive in Carlsbad! Offered at $879,000, this beautifully maintained corner lot home features an open concept kitchen/family room, large sunny backyard and downstairs bedroom and bath. Meticulously clean – first time on the market. Located in the fabulous gated, hilltop community of Mar Brisa, this home offers the best of coastal…
- Encinitas is THE Place to Make Money in Real Estate April 27, 2018A new report was just released that names Encinitas as the the most profitable place in the country to have owned a home over the past 20 years. According to a study just published by GOBankingRates, using data collected by Zillow on median home prices, those who purchased homes in 1998 in Encinitas will make…