Reports
All reports researched and written by Inman News' award-winning journalists. Inman News is the the leading source of independent real estate news, information, advice, research, opinion and commentary for industry professionals and consumers alike.
- Industry Special Report
Real Estate Discounters: Down but Not Out
This six-part Inman News series featured in this 33-page report explores how low-cost real estate brokerage models have fared during this real estate downturn, and the evolution of some prominent real estate discounters.
The series highlights challenges that discounters have historically faced, including antitrust-related activities, as well as cyclical challenges posed by the economy and housing market.
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- Industry Special Report
The Best of Real Estate Connect SF 2011
A Collection of News and Views from Annual Conference
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- Research Report
Real Estate Compensation in 2011
Changing Times in Work and Pay
An Inman News Research Report
This research report of real estate compensation reveals a dramatically different picture from 2006 in the way real estate sales professionals work and get paid.
The real estate industry continues to grapple with a glut of distressed properties and anemic economic growth and given the current economy, the impact for real estate sales people has created a new reality.
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- Home Improvement Report
Fixing to Sell
A Home Improvement Checklist for Sellers
Inman News ReportTwo steps forward and one back, the real estate market is lurching its way out of its worst depression in decades. You're thinking about selling -- if not right now, then in the next year or two. You want to be ready when the time is right. You know that you will take the usual steps to prepare your home for sale. You'll declutter, depersonalize and make sure it sparkles. But then you take a good hard look and your critical eye doesn't like what it sees.
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- Industry Special Report
Top Stories from Real Estate Connect NYC 2011
The buzz on real estate tech and trends
From the leaders of the top global real estate franchise companies to the marketing superstars, technology innovators and thought leaders who are driving the real estate industry forward, the Real Estate Connect conference for 15 years has challenged the industry to leap outside the box and tap into the latest tech trends.
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- Industry Special Report
Real Estate's Smart Phone Revolution
Smart phones are getting smarter. They help us find out where we are, and guide us to where we're going. For so many people, the smart phone serves as a calendar, alarm clock, Internet browser, communications device, radio, jukebox, television, movie theater, map, camera, photo album, office assistant, arcade, lifeline and window to the world.
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- Industry Special Report
Meet the Cash Buyers
An Inman News Special Report
By Andrea V. Brambila
This may be a buyer’s market, but not all buyers are on equal footing in the homebuying process. Cash is still king, and those who have it are taking full advantage of the comparatively speedy and reliable closings they offer sellers.
Cash buyers have made up at least a quarter of home purchasers since the beginning of 2010, a figure buoyed by more affordable home prices and a substantial volume of distressed properties.
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- Industry Special Report
The Best of Real Estate Connect SF 2010
Startups eager to prove their mettle, real estate’s notables, and techies from Silicon Valley and beyond converged to share all things tech-related in the real estate industry at the 14th annual Inman News Real Estate Connect conference, held July 13-15, 2010, in San Francisco. The conference included a range of workshops, from the “Digital Marketing Bootcamp” to the “Broker Summit” and the “Connect Tech” geek-fest. This report also includes news stories from Agent Reboot, a one-day business tuneup for real estate professionals ...
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- Industry Special Report
The Truth About Shadow Inventory
The utterance of the term “shadow inventory” can conjure up fear, uncertainty and mystery about the future of the housing market.
First coined to describe the volume of lender-repossessed properties that haven’t yet reached the market as REOs (bank-owned listings), the term has been expanded by some to include homes in a foreclosure process and even those with delinquent loans that haven’t yet entered the foreclosure process.
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- Industry Special Report
A New Decade in Real Estate
Inman News readers peered ahead to the year 2020 in a recent online real estate survey that drew over 500 responses.
They envision a future in which real estate services are increasingly fee-based, with fees varying based on services selected, or flat fees paid out for a complete package of services.
There will be fewer real estate professionals working in the year 2020, respondents also said, with fewer brokerage offices, real estate trade associations and multiple listings services.
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