Inman News

• Appealing to millennial homebuyers often requires out-of-the-box thinking

  When you walk into our real estate office in Oklahoma City, you can tell there’s something different: an open design, modern aesthetic, 20-foot ceilings, and a state-of-the-art machine that makes just about every coffee beverage under the sun. But we don’t mind that it’s not your typical real estate office, because we’re not your typical brokerage, and we like it that way ...

• Testing Zillow’s ‘Coming Soon’ while the MLS sleeps

  Zillow’s new “Coming Soon” feature has been the talk of the industry for over a month now. Some like it, some don’t, and some — most notably MLSs — have been caught asleep at the switch. While other companies in ...

• Real estate industry grappling with prospect of ‘Zulia’

  If reported merger talks between Zillow and Trulia do culminate in a deal, a slim majority of Inman News readers who responded to an online poll Thursday said that would be bad for the real estate industry. Would a merger ...

• Housing markets poised to regain some lost momentum

  Having weathered a soft patch that lasted through the fall, winter and early spring, housing markets are showing signs of a rebound that should continue for the rest of the year, according to the latest forecast by economists at Fannie ...

• NRT bans drone photography in northeastern US

  The nation’s largest real estate brokerage is warning agents who work out of more than 200 offices in the northeastern U.S. not to commission drone photography from vendors until the Federal Aviation Administration issues “clearly defined rules” governing the commercial operation ...

• Zillow and Trulia’s share prices surge on merger rumors

  Shares in Zillow and Trulia are up sharply today on reports that Zillow is looking to acquire its smaller rival. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reports that Zillow could value Trulia at as much as $2 billion, and that an agreement ...