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Perspectives

May
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May 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: Complaints have been mounting against State Farm, Californiaâs largest homeownerâs insurer.

Regulators say the penalty is the highest ever sought, but a cap on each violation would soften the blow for California’s largest insurer.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Homeowners Insurance, Southern California Wildfires (Jan 2025), State Farm Insurance Cos, Consumer Watchdog
May
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May 4th, 2026 by
The actress and her designer put a luxurious, contemporary spin on ’70s style, complete with a conversation pit that doubles as a screening room.

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Category: Q, Maggie, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Interior Design and Furnishings, Restoration and Renovation, Arizona
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

Mortgage and credit experts explain what buyers, sellers and agents should expect from the Iran war's impact — and what to do now.

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Category: homebuying, homeselling, Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, Ali Zane, arm, Best Interest Financial, buyer's market, california, Cody Schuiteboer, coldwell banker, credit repair, credit scores, David Samuels, debt-to-income ratio, federal reserve, federal trade commission, fico, freddie mac, IMAX Credit Repair, IMAX Credit Repair Services, inflation, interest rates, Iran War, Iran war impact, keller williams, Keller Williams Westlake Village, market analysis, midwest, mortgage eligibility, mortgage loan, mortgage rates, NAR, national association of realtors, Nick Pipitone, northeast, oil prices, Paul Volcker, private mortgage insurance, rate lock, realtor.com, seller concessions, seller's market, south, spring market, west, Zillow
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

New contributor Michael Krein, president of the REO Broker’s Association, says agents need to start paying attention to how credit-stressed consumers are right now.

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Category: Agent, Lending & Mortgage, Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, Service, arizona, Cox Automotive, credit confusion, credit score, credit stress, debt-to-income ratio, delinquency, distressed property, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, florida, foreclosure, georgia, homeowner equity, House Karma, housing costs, loan modification, loss mitigation, mba, Michael Krein, mortgage bankers association, mortgage servicing, mortgage underwriting, National REO Brokers Association, negative equity, NRBA, real estate financing, reo, short sale, texas
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

Strong agents don’t just react when problems arise, coach Verl Workman writes. They align expectations before the stress hits.

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Category: Agent, Columns, Select, Service, Teams, affordability, appraisals, buyer expectations, Condition and Cost Expectations, expectation drift, home inspections, Payment and Cash Flow Expectations, Price Reality Expectations, protect your closing, protect your transaction, real estate closing, real estate transaction, Repair Credits, seller expectations, Timeline and Risk Expectations, verl workman, workman success systems
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

MRED going national is not innovation, coach Darryl Davis writes. It is the beginning of the end of the guardrails provided by local MLSs.

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Category: Agent, Columns, Markets & Economy, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Select, Service, brokerage \, charlotte north carolina, compass, Cooperation Policy, dallas, darryl davis, fair housing, manhattan, Midwest Real Estate Data, MLS, mred, Multiple Listing Service, national mls, northwest mls, ohio, private listings, real estate listings, Regulatory Arbitrage, Residential Real Estate Listings, seattle, Zillow
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

If AI gave you 10 hours back this week, Jason Waugh asks, what would you do with them? Be sure you're investing those hours where they'll compound.

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Category: Agent, Agent Appreciation Month, AI, Select, Service, Technology, Theme Months, agent productivity, AI literacy, artificial intelligence, client relationships, coldwell banker, Coldwell Banker Affiliates, Compass International Holdings, Compliance Workflows, crm, inman, Jason Waugh, listing descriptions, productivity for real estate agents, real estate professional, theme-month-202605, transaction management software
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: The âPaul Robeson Theatreâ in Fort Greene, known for its round-arched Romanesque Revival (Rundbogenstil) style, was built in 1864 as a Unitarian Universalist church.

The Paul Robeson Theater and Stuyvesant Mansion, formerly owned by the trailblazing physician Dr. Josephine English, are facing a court-ordered sale.

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Category: Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn, NY), Historic Buildings and Sites, Black People, Land Use Policies, Churches (Buildings), Robeson, Paul, Fort Greene (Brooklyn, NY), Brooklyn (NYC), Real Estate (Commercial)
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

AI data centers are edging out apartments as the development Americans least want next door. Nearly half of U.S. residents oppose construction of an AI data center in their neighborhood, while 38 percent support it, according to a Redfin-commissioned survey.

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Category: Agent, AI, Markets & Economy, Select, AI Data Centers, Apartment complex, Apartment Complexes, Community Opposition, datacenters, Economic Benefits, Electricity Consumption, Environmental Impact, Housing Development, housing market, inman, Ipsos, Jessi Healey, Local Construction Employment, mixed-use development, Multi-Unit Dwellings, Neighborhood Opposition, Redfin, Residential Real Estate Development, single-family homes, Water Consumption
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

Two of the nation's largest independent brokerages are joining forces on a multi-year marketing partnership — and say the model could offer a blueprint for other independents facing consolidation pressure.

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Category: Brokerage, Marketing, Select, acquisitions and mergers, arizona, Bess Freedman, brokerage consolidation, brown harris stevens, Buyer Pools, california, collaboration, connecticut, Cooperative Marketing Strategies, Cross-marketing Initiatives, FirstTeam, florida, Lauren Henss, leading real estate companies of the world, M&A, Marketing Partnership, Matthew Leone, mergers and acquistions, Michele Harrington, new jersey, new york, Off-market Listing Networks, private listing, Private Listing Network, private listings, real estate industry consolidation, referral networks, thought leadership, washington
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

The Fed held rates on Wednesday in its most divided vote in decades. Three dissenters say the Iran oil shock has changed the math.

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Category: Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, bank of japan, bankrate, Beth Hammack, BOJ, central banks, Christine Lagarde, cleveland, consumer price index, dallas, Easing Bias, ECB, Energy prices, European Central Bank, fed, fed rate hikes, federal funds rate, Federal Open Market Committee, federal reserve, FOMC, global economy, housing market, inflation, interest rates, Iran War, Iran war impact, Jerome Powell, Kazuo Ueda, Kevin Warsh, lending standards, Lorie Logan, minneapolis, monetary policy, mortgage rates, Neel Kashkari, oil prices, PCE Inflation, stagflation, Stephen Kates, Stephen Miran, Strait of Hormuz
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by
Alchemy Architects pioneered the weeHouse after building a home for Stephanie Arado. Decades later, she wanted another one — this time with plumbing.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Tiny Homes and Micro-Housing, Sustainable Living, Architecture, Minnesota, internal-open-access-from-nl
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by
The Key Biscayne property has views of the Miami skyline. In London, a mansion sold for $358 million, and in Monaco a penthouse sold for $550 million.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), High Net Worth Individuals, Key Biscayne (Fla), Monaco, Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY), Maui (Hawaii), Dumbo (Brooklyn, NY), internal-open-access-from-nl
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

Century 21, Engel & Völkers, eXp Realty and other industry brands all made moves last week amid continuing consolidation.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Select, Teams, Angel Gonzalez, Bluegrass Realty Pros, california, century 21, century 21 real estate, charlotte, Daniel de la Vega, douglas elliman, engel & volkers, EV, eXp Realty, florida, georgia, Gerald Henderson, interior design, Jackie M. Estes, Jason Jarstfer, Judge Realty, kentucky, Lori Judge, luxury residential sales, luxury staging, Melissa Jarstfer, Mike Miedler, military relocations, national association of realtors, New Development Sales, new hires, new york, Nilou Henderson, ONE Sotheby's International Realty, real estate auctions, San Bernardino, senior real estate specialist, Sonia Orozco
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

No one is being forced to switch tech platforms. But both Compass and the Real Brokerage face incentives to persuade.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Inman Intel, Technology, acquisition, agent compensation, Anywhere, Anywhere Real Estate, Brokerage Network Consolidation, compass, Compass International Holdings, franchise model, Intel, intel index survey, merger, Pre-marketing Partnerships, private listings, Ravi Jani, re/max, re/max holdings, real brokerage, robert reffkin, tamir poleg, tech stack, Zillow
May
4

May 4th, 2026 by

The platforms are done being passive about what gets rewarded. Instagram is restricting reposts, Meta is tightening partnership content standards and new research is poking holes in the demographic targeting assumptions most agents are still operating on.

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Category: Agent, Content Marketing, Marketing, Select, Audience Targeting, Content Clipping, content strategy, DeVine, Divine, Facebook, instagram, Jack Dorsey, Jessi Healey, Life Stage Targeting, Market Expertise, meta, original content, Paid Partnership, Purchase Intent, real estate marketing, Short-form video, social media, social media marketing, Third-party Scheduling Tools, Trending, vine
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