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Judge orders MRED to restore Zillow’s access to all Chicagoland home listings
Fri, 22 May 2026 20:01:02
A federal judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order requiring MRED to restore Zillow's access to real estate listings. read more»

Zillow, Compass take listing fight to social media, Chicago billboards
Fri, 22 May 2026 17:45:50
Zillow and Compass have launched dueling marketing media campaigns over the disappearance of Chicagoland listings from Zillow. read more»

Meet Felix, the AI agent real estate prospects mistake for a human
Fri, 22 May 2026 17:26:00
Fello's new AI agent Felix calls, texts and qualifies leads autonomously, then hands them off to human agents while the prospect is still on the line. read more»

Oil, CPI, mortgage rates and inventory: Numbers to know
Fri, 22 May 2026 17:15:09
Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at how political and financial upheaval are shaping the real estate market. read more»

AI prompts, Redfin changes, listings vanish: Inman’s Top 5
Fri, 22 May 2026 16:41:32
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. read more»

Wells Fargo discrimination suit ends in $100M homebuyer fund
Fri, 22 May 2026 16:32:21
Wells Fargo was sued in 2022 for exclusionary hiring and lending practices. The bank still denies wrongdoing, despite the settlement. read more»

Leveraging AI while keeping it real: Now Streaming
Fri, 22 May 2026 13:42:51
Learn how to use AI to scale communication, streamline tasks and stay consistently available for real estate clients. read more»

A national MLS, or ‘national’ MLSs? Take the Intel Index survey for May
Fri, 22 May 2026 13:23:13
Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate's most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey. read more»

Breezy CEO James Harris: Uncertainty creates opportunity for prepared agents
Fri, 22 May 2026 8:55:20
Harris broke down recent NAR data and explained why buyers waiting for rates to fall may be making a costly mistake. read more»

This antitrust case could reshape how listings show up and get sold
Fri, 22 May 2026 8:00:55
Whoever controls listing access controls what the real estate market looks like, brokerage owner Eric Bramlett writes. Courts may or may not restructure that in the Zillow-Redfin-FTC case. read more»

BlackBerry’s brokerage lesson: How to pivot as the game changes
Fri, 22 May 2026 8:00:02
Stop focusing on the past, coach Darryl Davis writes. If you want to compete in today's real estate landscape, you have to shift toward what's next. read more»

5 questions to ask 55+ buyers that most real estate agents skip
Thu, 21 May 2026 20:24:50
The 55+ buyer is making a different kind of purchase, prioritizing planning for a future they aren't yet experiencing. Seniors Real Estate Specialist Karen Light shares ways to guide the conversation. read more»

Is the Bay Area Boom real or just smoke and mirrors?
Thu, 21 May 2026 20:17:01
The Bay Area has always been resilient. Now, it’s accelerating again, Brett Jennings writes. The question for real estate pros is how to show up. read more»

Home sale cancellations dip as buyer, seller negotiations improve
Thu, 21 May 2026 19:11:58
Redfin reported contract cancellations declined 0.1 percent in April to 47,000 — the lowest level since September 2024. read more»

NAR is presiding over a real estate free-for-all where there are no rules
Thu, 21 May 2026 16:56:49
The performance of the National Association of Realtors in past decades is what stewardship failure looks like at industry scale, Amit Kulkarni writes. read more»

HUD targets construction costs as inventory gap persists
Thu, 21 May 2026 16:01:21
HUD has published recommendations urging state and local governments to reduce regulatory barriers to housing construction. But independent analyses from Zillow and Realtor.com identify mortgage rate lock-in, stretched consumer budgets and tariff-driven volatility as supply constraints that the report does not address. read more»

Newrez to borrowers: Let ChatGPT answer your mortgage questions
Thu, 21 May 2026 13:42:32
Newrez launches Rezi Mortgage Assistant, a custom ChatGPT tool trained on its own underwriting guidelines, letting borrowers research mortgage options without forms, phone calls or sales pressure. read more»

Chicago agents caught in middle as MRED-Zillow dispute hits listings
Thu, 21 May 2026 8:45:34
For agents and brokers, the disruption moved a broader fight over pre-marketed listings into more practical territory about advising clients. read more»