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Judge orders MRED to restore Zillow’s access to all Chicagoland home listings

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 15:01
A federal judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order requiring MRED to restore Zillow's access to real estate listings.
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Zillow, Compass take listing fight to social media, Chicago billboards

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 12:45
Zillow and Compass have launched dueling marketing media campaigns over the disappearance of Chicagoland listings from Zillow.
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Meet Felix, the AI agent real estate prospects mistake for a human

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 12:26
Fello's new AI agent Felix calls, texts and qualifies leads autonomously, then hands them off to human agents while the prospect is still on the line.
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Oil, CPI, mortgage rates and inventory: Numbers to know

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 12:15
Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at how political and financial upheaval are shaping the real estate market.
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AI prompts, Redfin changes, listings vanish: Inman’s Top 5

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 11:41
Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.
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Wells Fargo discrimination suit ends in $100M homebuyer fund

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 11:32
Wells Fargo was sued in 2022 for exclusionary hiring and lending practices. The bank still denies wrongdoing, despite the settlement.
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Leveraging AI while keeping it real: Now Streaming

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 08:42
Learn how to use AI to scale communication, streamline tasks and stay consistently available for real estate clients.
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A national MLS, or ‘national’ MLSs? Take the Intel Index survey for May

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 08:23
Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate's most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey.
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Breezy CEO James Harris: Uncertainty creates opportunity for prepared agents

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 03:55
Harris broke down recent NAR data and explained why buyers waiting for rates to fall may be making a costly mistake.
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This antitrust case could reshape how listings show up and get sold

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 03:00
Whoever controls listing access controls what the real estate market looks like, brokerage owner Eric Bramlett writes. Courts may or may not restructure that in the Zillow-Redfin-FTC case.
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BlackBerry’s brokerage lesson: How to pivot as the game changes

Fri, 05/22/2026 - 03:00
Stop focusing on the past, coach Darryl Davis writes. If you want to compete in today's real estate landscape, you have to shift toward what's next.
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5 questions to ask 55+ buyers that most real estate agents skip

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 15:24
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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Is the Bay Area Boom real or just smoke and mirrors?

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 15:17
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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Home sale cancellations dip as buyer, seller negotiations improve

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 14:11
Redfin reported contract cancellations declined 0.1 percent in April to 47,000 — the lowest level since September 2024.
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NAR is presiding over a real estate free-for-all where there are no rules

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 11:56
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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HUD targets construction costs as inventory gap persists

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 11:01
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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Newrez to borrowers: Let ChatGPT answer your mortgage questions

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 08:42
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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Chicago agents caught in middle as MRED-Zillow dispute hits listings

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 03:45
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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The retention strategy most brokers overlook — and it doesn’t cost what you think

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 03:30
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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9 AI red flags that are destroying your professional credibility

Thu, 05/21/2026 - 03:00
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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