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Inman announces first class of Marketing All-Star award recipients

Inman’s Marketing All-Stars is a nod to the most effective, creative and boundary-pushing marketing professionals in the real estate community.  

What are you doing to lock down repeat and referral business? Pulse

As marketing budgets shrink, we want to know how you’re maximizing the power of your past clients and sphere of influence.  

Welcome Homes CEO Alec Hartman on this moment’s parallels with 1981

The CEO of construction tech startup Welcome Homes thinks builders will have to take risks to prevent a massive affordability crisis, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the

The message is blunt: Real estate leaders anticipate a tough 2023

Inman’s first-ever Intel leadership survey revealed that leaders think the market will be worse in 2023 compared to 2022 — but they also expect to thrive regardless of the economic headwinds.  

Zillow expands ShowingTime+ media tools into 6 new markets

Zillow’s Listing Media Services product is now available in Houston, Jacksonville, San Diego, Phoenix, Chicago and San Francisco, the search portal announced Wednesday.  

News Corp CEO vows to reenergize Realtor.com after CoStar deal dies

In remarks at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telcom Conference Tuesday, CEO Robert Thomson said growing Realtor.com after its sale to CoStar fell through is a “personal priority.”  

Massachusetts orders halt to MV Realty’s 40-year listing contracts

Preliminary injunction in Massachusetts says “homeowner benefit agreements” are actually high-interest mortgage loans and can no longer be offered or enforced until case is resolved.  

Federal consumer watchdog flags mortgage servicers’ junk fees

The CFPB alleges mortgage servicers charged excessive late fees, assessed “fake” private mortgage insurance premiums and made homeowners pay for unnecessary inspections.  

4 more US senators call for DOJ probe of RealPage over rent hikes

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Tina Smith and Edward Markey said they investigated rental data firm RealPage and call for more scrutiny of the company’s role in nationwide rent growth.  

Mortgage rates headed past 7% after Powell warns Congress on inflation

Futures markets are taking the Fed chair at his word that policymakers may have to hike rates faster and take them higher to combat inflation