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June
4

June 4th, 2026 by
This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, on the Upper East Side and in Hunters Point.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Hunters Point (Queens, NY), Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY)
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

HomeLight launched EVA, an AI-powered escrow agent it's calling the first of its kind, backed by $40 million in new debt financing from BlackRock.

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Category: AI, Industry News, Mortgage, Select, Technology, AI Agent, AI Automation, AI proptech, AI transaction management, artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), black knight, BlackRock, Cotality, Credit Card Payment, Disclosures.io, drew uher, escrow, escrow officers, Escrow Virtual Assistant, homelight, inman, northern california, re technology, Real Estate Transaction Fraud, RESPA Compliance, texas, title, title and escrow, victor lund, wav group
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

Buying or renting is largely a lifestyle decision, the report says, with homeownership in some markets never making financial sense.

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Category: Markets & Economy, Select, affordability, Breakeven Horizon, homebuyers, homebuying, Orphe Divounguy, renters, renting, Zillow
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom house in Pleasantville, N.Y., and a five-bedroom house in Stamford, Conn.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Stamford (Conn), Pleasantville (NY)
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by
A 1960s compound in the Berkshires, a tropical cottage in Miami, a quintessential Hamptons house, and two California retreats.

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Category: Swimming Pools, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Ojai (Calif), Hampton Bays (NY), Miami (Fla), New Marlborough (Mass), Yucca Valley (Calif)
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

The median-priced home consumed 30.3 percent of the typical American worker's annual wages in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring an affordability burden that stretched across the country regardless of local market conditions.

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Category: Agent, Markets & Economy, Select, affordability, Attom, ATTOM Data Solutions, california, economy, florida, foreclosure, foreclosure rates, home affordability, homebuying, Housing Risk Report, illinois, inman, Jessi Healey, Kings County, New York, louisiana, markets, Mortgage Risk, new jersey, Ouachita Parish, Rob Barber, tennessee, underwater mortgage, unemployment rates
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by
An Arts & Crafts house in Detroit, a farmhouse in Sandwich and a midcentury modern in Campbell.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Detroit (Mich), Sandwich (NH), Campbell (Tex)
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by
Inside the tiny community of English master thatchers, a fight is unfolding over a tradition that may not survive.

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Category: Straw, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Great Britain, Roofs, Historic Buildings and Sites, internal-open-access-from-nl
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: Co-working spaces have become a popular amenity in residential buildings.

A study tracked 10 years of new development combining retail, office space and residences.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Mixed-Use Developments, New York City
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

Here's how a new state bill could reshape the private listings debate and change how you do business with sellers, Darryl Davis writes.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, Markets & Economy, Regulations, Select, Service, Teams, Teams Month, Theme Months, compass, connecticut, Consumer Policy Center, darryl davis, double-ending, Fair and Transparent Real Estate Listings Act, hawaii, inman, kathy hochul, laws and regulations, listing agreement, MLS, Multiple Listing Service, new york, New York Senate, New York State Assembly, northwest mls, private listings, public marketing, Quiet Listing, real estate law, State Law, theme-month-202606, Three-Phase Marketing Strategy, washington d.c.
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

FNF's Brian Maughan explains how organized rings are using deepfakes, fake IDs and forged notary seals to pull off seller impersonation, and what real estate agents can do about it.

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Category: Agent, AI, Select, Technology, Absentee Owners, agent safety, Alamo Title, arizona, artificial intelligence, Brian Maughan, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, deed fraud, Deepfake technology, fbi, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fidelity National Financial, fidelity national title, florida, NAR, national association of realtors, National Title of New York, new york, northern california, real estate fraud, remote online notarization, Seller Impersonation, Seller Impersonation Fraud, Title and deed fraud, title insurance, vacant land, West Coast
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

The more AI-generated content, analysis, imagery and communication flood the market, Dezireh Eyn writes, the more important discernment becomes.

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Category: Agent, AI, Brokerage, Columns, Select, Service, Technology, AI Automation, artificial intelligence, Dezireh Eyn, Human Judgment, Marketing Production, new york, New York University, Operational Efficiency, Platinum Forbes Global Properties, real estate marketing, recruiting, virtual staging
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

Your budget turns big goals into real numbers — and real numbers into a clear game plan for how many homes you need to sell.

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Category: Agent, Columns, New Agent, Select, Service, Amy Chorew, budget, business budget, business plan, commission splits, connecticut, customer relationship management, errors and omissions insurance, financial planning, lead generation, Maeda Palius, MLS, NAR, national association of realtors, new real estate agent, quickbooks, Rainy Day Fund, real estate business, real estate entrepreneurship, real estate investment, realtor.com, roth ira, Self-Employment Tax, sep ira, Solo 401k, tax planning, transaction coordination, Zillow
June
4

June 4th, 2026 by

Despite the challenges, new Inman contributor Andy Goodman writes, mergers create recruiting opportunities unlike any other time in the business cycle.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Recruiting, Select, Service, Teams, Teams Month, Theme Months, Andy Goodman, brokerage mergers, Brokerage Owners, brokerage recruiting, Consultative Recruiting, inman, leadership, market share, Operational Integration, real estate recruiting, recruiting, recruiting and retention, Recruiting Disciplines, Recruiting Training, Relationship Development, Team Leaders, teams recruiting, theme-month-202606
June
3

June 3rd, 2026 by


Image Caption: Erica Jenkins, who has moved several times in the past decade, called upon her previous experiences and social media feeds to better understand her rights as a renter.

A woman wanted to move to a one-bedroom, and she liked the Upper East Side. But after negotiating and signing a lease, something didn’t seem right.

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Category: Rent Control and Stabilization, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Landlords, Content Type: Personal Profile, Rent Guidelines Board, Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY)
June
3

June 3rd, 2026 by

The housing market is shifting. Existing-home sales remain sluggish, competition is intense, and buyers’ expectations are evolving. Yet while some agents are struggling, others are finding new opportunities in emerging niches, changing consumer preferences, build-to-rent communities, luxury markets, mixed-use developments, and office-to-residential conversions. Join us for a discussion on where buyer demand is heading, what […]

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Category: Webinars, build-to-rent communities, buyers, Consumer Preferences, Emerging Niches, existing-home sales, housing market, Luxury Markets, Mixed-Use Developments, Office-to-Residential Conversions, Real Estate Agents
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