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May
22

May 22nd, 2026 by


Image Caption: The Chicken Bucket House, with its jumble of unusual shapes and angles, stands as one of Long Beach Island’s most whimsical homes.

The beloved summer getaway off the Jersey Shore has been a playground for modernism. But a new wave of Hamptons-style mansions may steal its identity.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Long Beach Island (NJ), Architecture, Venturi, Robert
May
22

May 22nd, 2026 by
Willemstad, the Caribbean island’s capital, offers Caribbean-style villas, modernist homes, and indoor-outdoor specialties.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Curacao, Caribbean Area
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

The 55+ buyer is making a different kind of purchase, prioritizing planning for a future they aren't yet experiencing. Seniors Real Estate Specialist Karen Light shares ways to guide the conversation.

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Category: Agent, Lifestyle, New Agent, Select, Service, 55+ Buyer, 55+ buyers, Age Wise Index, aging in place, baby boomers, home accessibility, Karen Light, Multi-generational living, Property Screening, residential real estate, senior adults, senior buyers, senior sellers, seniors real estate specialist, silver tsunami, SRES
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

The Bay Area has always been resilient. Now, it’s accelerating again, Brett Jennings writes. The question for real estate pros is how to show up.

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Category: Agent, AI, Brokerage, Columns, Markets & Economy, Opinion, Select, Service, artificial intelligence, Bay Area Boom, Bay Area housing market, Brett Jennings, buyer confidence, era, Greater Bay Area, Hyperlocal knowledge, inman, Lifestyle desirability, Limited housing supply, Luxury demand, markets and economy, NAR, national association of realtors, real estate experts, Real estate market rebound, real estate markets, san francisco, san francisco real estate, silicon valley, Talent Migration, Wealth Creation
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

Redfin reported contract cancellations declined 0.1 percent in April to 47,000 — the lowest level since September 2024.

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Category: Markets & Economy, Select, atlanta, buyer's market, california, contract cancellations, contract signings, fort worth, homebuyers, homebuying, homeownership rate, housing supply, inman, lawrence yun, Marian McPherson, Montgomery County, mortgage rates, NAR, Nassau County, national association of realtors, new york, pending home sales, pending sales, pennsylvania, phoenix, Redfin, san antonio, san francisco, seller's market, tampa
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

The performance of the National Association of Realtors in past decades is what stewardship failure looks like at industry scale, Amit Kulkarni writes.

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Category: Columns, Listings, Markets & Economy, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Portals, Select, Service, ai integration, amit kulkarni, Brokerage-as-Data-Pass, california, compass, Consumer Advertising Campaign, costar, crmls, google, homes.com, housecanary, IDX feeds, Licensed Brokerage, market fragmentation, MLS, Move, Mr. Cooper, NAR, national association of realtors, news corp, no-commingling rule, participation rule, real estate industry, Real Estate Market Fragmentation, realtor.com, Redfin, rocket companies, san diego mls, Zillow
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

HUD has published recommendations urging state and local governments to reduce regulatory barriers to housing construction. But independent analyses from Zillow and Realtor.com identify mortgage rate lock-in, stretched consumer budgets and tariff-driven volatility as supply constraints that the report does not address.

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Category: Industry News, Markets & Economy, Regulations, Select, America First Policy Institute, Arizona 1 Real Estate, Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, construction, Department of Housing and Urban Development, deregulation, Gordon Hageman, Home Construction Costs, housing construction, housing market, housing supply, hud, Indianapolis, Indiana, Jake Krimmel, Kansas City, Missouri, lock-in effect, Louisville, Kentucky, midwest, Mortgage Rate Lock-In, Orphe Divounguy, Phoenix, Arizona, realtor.com, Regulatory Barriers, Scott Turner, Sun Belt, supply, Tariff-driven Volatility, Zillow
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

Newrez launches Rezi Mortgage Assistant, a custom ChatGPT tool trained on its own underwriting guidelines, letting borrowers research mortgage options without forms, phone calls or sales pressure.

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Category: AI, homebuying, Lending & Mortgage, Mortgage, Select, Technology, @mortgage, AI Mortgage Assistant, AI-powered mortgage technology, artificial intelligence, Brian Woodring, ChatGPT, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Leslie Gillin, mortgage lending, mortgage origination, mortgage tech tools, NewRez, Nick Pipitone, OpenAI, pennsylvania, TD Bank, underwriting
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by


Image Caption: When soccer fans descend on the New York New Jersey Stadium during the World Cup, they’ll likely be staying in New Jersey.

As New York City tamps down on short-term rentals, some New Jersey municipalities are encouraging residents to take advantage of the windfall World Cup travelers could bring.

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Category: Hotels and Travel Lodgings, World Cup 2026 (Soccer), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Airbnb, AirDNA, Bergen County (NJ), Guttenberg (NJ), Jersey City (NJ), New Jersey
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

The city relies on 311 complaints to log dog waste. But one resident took a closer look.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Dogs, Feces, Sanitation Department (NYC), New York City, Three-One-One (311) (NYC Hot Line)
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by
This week’s properties are in Bushwick, Kips Bay and Midtown East.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Bushwick (Brooklyn, NY), Turtle Bay (Manhattan, NY), Kips Bay (Manhattan, NY)
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by
This week’s properties are in Chappaqua, N.Y., and New Fairfield, Conn.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), New Fairfield (Conn), Chappaqua (NY)
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

For agents and brokers, the disruption moved a broader fight over pre-marketed listings into more practical territory about advising clients.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Markets & Economy, MLS & Associations, Portals, Select, Teams, Americorp Real Estate, andrea geller, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, brokerages, chicago, compass, Consumer Search Portals, Danielle Dowell, homes.com, listing data, Listing Data Access, listing distribution, marketing strategy, Matt Laricy, MLS, mred, Multiple Listing Service, national association of realtors, pre-marketed listings, Private Listing Strategies, private listings, Rafael Murillo, real estate brokerages, realtor.com, robert reffkin, Rory Golod, zenlist, Zillow
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

Kathy Viard and Peter Morris, co-owners of Signature Premier Properties on Long Island, New York, talk with Darryl Davis about culture and retention.

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Category: Brokerage, Columns, Recruiting, Select, Service, Agent loyalty, agent retention, agent trust, brokerage \, brokerage growth, brokerage recruiting, brokerage retention, commission splits, company culture, compass, darryl davis, independent brokerage, Kathy Viard, long island, NAR, national association of realtors, new york, Peter Morris, recruiting and retention, Shared purpose, Signature Premier Properties, transparency
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

When content feels generic, it signals a lack of effort, and that is a direct hit on your credibility as a communicator, Holly Brink writes.

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Category: Agent, AI, Columns, Content Marketing, Marketing, Select, Service, Technology, Video, artificial intelligence, automation, brokerage \, content creation, crm, customer relationship management, Holly Brink, illinois, iowa, minnesota, My Real Estate Company, nebraska, professional communication, professional development, real estate, Residential Real Estate Industry, social media
May
21

May 21st, 2026 by

Broker Lori Muller explains what a groundbreaking shift in celebrity marketing can teach you about leadership and business-building.

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Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, Opinion, Select, Service, Adidas, artificial intelligence, automation, branding, brokerage \, brokerage culture, Cary, North Carolina, Converse, customer experience, Deloris Jordan, emotional intelligence, Fathom Realty, growth strategy, leadership, lori muller, marketing, michael jordan, negotiation, nike, Real Estate Agents, residential real estate, technology, unique value proposition
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