Category Archives: Real Estate

Housing could be made more affordable, according to broker Teresa Boardman. The problem? It’s not in enough people’s self-interest to do so. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/07/01/affordable-housing-you-say/       

Even though the market is cooling, low inventory will continue to drive competitive offers. Try these strategies to help them come out on top. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/07/01/buyers-are-still-competing-heres-how-to-best-help-them/       

Stake, which offers banking services and cash rewards to renters for being proactive in their occupancy, has secured a Series A funding round of $12 million. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/30/stake-secures-12m-in-series-a-funding-to-incentivize-renters/       

The second quarter of 2022 saw the affordability of the typical home purchase erode at the fastest pace in at least two decades. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/30/making-67k-thats-no-longer-enough-to-buy-the-typical-us-home/       

Ahead of Inman Connect Las Vegas, Teresa Grobecker of Grobecker Holland International and Kevin Cottrell of eXp Realty discuss efforts to standardize the blockchain’s role in home sales. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/29/will-the-fed-kill-crypto-real-estate-agents-plot-future-of-blockchain/       

CoreLogic’s Discovery Platform is being marketed across the industry, from real estate agents to insurance providers, and could be considered a real estate iteration of an enterprise cloud service. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/29/corelogic-eyes-industry-wide-data-consolidation-with-new-platform/       

Rents are up 0.5 percent nationally from a month ago but significantly down from a growth rate of 1 to 2 percent, according to a new report released Tuesday by the online rental marketplace Zumper. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/29/rent-prices-see-early-signs-of-cooling/       

The partnership integrates Indecomm’s automated income calculation technology, IncomeGenius, into the Roostify Beyond platform to analyze income of self-employed borrowers. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/29/roostify-indecomm-aim-to-expedite-gig-workers-mortgage-applications/       

As demand picks up for government loans favored by entry-level buyers, the average purchase mortgage request has shrunk by 10 percent, to $413,500. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/29/homebuyers-are-beginning-to-seek-smaller-mortgages-as-rates-rise/       

The company, which provides cash backing to homebuyers, will now operate in both Oregon and Washington, bringing the total number of states in which Homeward operates to seven. Read more here:: https://www.inman.com/2022/06/28/homebuyers-win-with-cash-as-homeward-launches-in-west-coast/