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5 questions to ask 55+ buyers that most real estate agents skip

May 21st, 2026 by Karen Light

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.

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

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Is the Bay Area Boom real or just smoke and mirrors?

May 21st, 2026 by Brett Jennings

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.

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
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Home sale cancellations dip as buyer, seller negotiations improve

May 21st, 2026 by Marian McPherson

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

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

NAR is presiding over a real estate free-for-all where there are no rules

May 21st, 2026 by Amit Kulkarni

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

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

HUD targets construction costs as inventory gap persists

May 21st, 2026 by Jessi Healey

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.

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

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