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Residential housing starts fell 3.6 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Subscribers can use an eligibility lookup feature to match clients with programs and compare up to four programs at once.

Brandon Doyle and Colton Pratt scoured the Consumer Electronics Show to uncover the best, most exciting products coming down the pike. This week, Moen's new line of smart bathroom and kitchen appliances.

So many agents wait too long to plan for the future. I have no clue about your financial situation, but I do know that you need to fully understand your finances and how they will impact your future. 

Buyers share the ups and downs of financing the homes of their dreams — from navigating tax drama and securing two loans at once to relying on iBuyers to beat the competition.

Whether it's qualifying buyers, lending requirements, emerging financing models, client confusion or something entirely different, please share your experiences in this one-question survey.

If your market has begun to slow, understanding how to properly price homes in a declining market — and how to talk about it with clients — is critical.

Atlanta agent Jere Metcalf is returning to Sotheby's after leaving for Compass in 2018. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C. agent Marc Fleisher is leaving Sotheby's for Compass.

PlanetRE's consumer-facing, agent-branded app is based on its CRM and transaction management products, and it includes SOC 2-compliant e-signature tools for mobile agreements and documentation.

After a planned demolition of the Affiliated Computer Services building in Dallas, the sturdy core of the building remains standing, albeit at an awkward angle.

The highly regarded app, which received Inman's first five-star rating, uses location data as the basis for tracking client and business activity and continues to amaze with its latest features that include client-contextual hot sheets and auto-mileage trackers.

NextHome snagged first place from Keller Williams, which didn't make the cut in this year's annual Franchise Business Review list.

While the solution to dealing with a bad tenant may seem clear, evicting one is often a complicated process of last resort.

Buoyed by a strong economy and inventory shortage, homebuilder optimism remains high.

Nationwide, rent prices grew by 2.9 percent year-over-year in December 2019 — down from 3 percent in November, according to CoreLogic.

If you’re in the real estate business long enough, you’re bound to butt heads with someone at some point. What’s the best way to get through conflict? Columnist Matthew Szalecki recommends this rational, informed and fair approach to conflict resolution.

In last week's Pulse survey, we asked readers how they've tweaked their listing presentations in response to the rise of iBuyers. Seemingly, iBuyers have had a limited and isolated impact so far, but about a quarter of readers who responded shared how their listing presentation has evolved.

In this monthly column, Anthony Askowitz explores a hypothetical real estate situation from both sides of the broker/agent dynamic. This month: A broker wants his top producer to hire an assistant so that she can focus more on selling and securing listings — and less on the process and busywork. His top agent wants to lean on tech.

Here are a few major resources — some they have to bring to the table — that you should encourage new agents to lean into.

With so many companies investing in platforms and big data, what are the anticipated differentiating factors?