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The Zillow vs. MLS war exposes the industry’s biggest weakness

May 27th, 2026 by Verl Workman

Is Compass wrong? Is Zillow off base? It doesn’t matter. They’re not the villains; old thinking and outdated assumptions are, coach Verl Workman writes.

Category: Agent, Columns, Listings, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Portals, Select, Service, Algorithmic visibility, artificial intelligence, Community visibility, compass, listing distribution, local authority, MLS, MLS organizations, mred, Multiple Listing Service, Paid digital audiences, Platform-generated leads, Portal exposure, portal wars, private listing networks, private listings, real estate portals, Referral Ecosystems, Relationship-driven businesses, verl workman, Zillow

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Rental concessions more than double pre-pandemic rate

May 27th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

Rental concessions have more than doubled since before the pandemic, with nearly 2 in 5 listings now offering free rent, waived fees or discounted move-in costs — handing renters their strongest negotiating position in years, according to a new Zillow analysis.

Category: Agent, Markets & Economy, Rentals, Select, real estate market, rental market, rentals, Zillow

May
27

Luxury Presence surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue

May 27th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

Luxury Presence has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, now serving more than 100,000 agents across nearly 20,000 real estate businesses.

Category: Brokerage, Luxury, Luxury Lens, Select, advertising, AI, AI-powered System, artificial intelligence, austin, austin texas, Bessemer Venture Partners, brokerages, Byron Deeter, california, client relationship management, coldwell banker, corcoran, customer retention, inman, Jade Mills, Jesse Pedersen, los angeles, LP, luxury, Luxury Presence, luxury real estate, Malte Kramer, marketing, new york city, Noble Black, Presence Platform, PropTech, Real Estate Agents, real-estate-technology, realtrends, residential real estate, the wall street journal

May
27

A House That Adapts to Party Mode, Private Mode and Guest Mode

May 27th, 2026 by Tim McKeough

A London couple turned their four-bedroom house into a one-bedroom shape-shifter — and got a lot more room for living.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Hackney (London, England), Home Repairs and Improvements, Interior Design and Furnishings, Buildings (Structures), Tiny Homes and Micro-Housing

May
27

Amid the Dallas-Fort Worth sprawl, this Realtor is cashing in

May 27th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Haslet, Texas, grew 167 percent in five years. For one North Fort Worth agent, that means opportunity — and the challenge of competing with mega-builders offering rate buydowns and closing cost incentives.

Category: Agent, Interviews, Markets & Economy, Select, agent interviews, Celina, census bureau data, cities with population growth, City Creek Mortgage, Curtis Rose, D.R. Horton, Dallas Real Estate, Dallas-Fort Worth, dallas-fort worth real estate, fort worth, Haslet, Highland Homes, Hillwood, K. Hovnanian, keller williams, luxury real estate, master planned communities, Meritage, mike roberts, New home construction, Paramount Television, Phil McGraw, population growth, population growth affects housing market, Real Estate Incentives, remote work, residential real estate market, ross perot jr, SGS Studios, Tarrant County, Taylor Sheridan, texas

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Matthew's "Key Points"

The Zillow vs. MLS war exposes the industry’s biggest weakness

Rental concessions more than double pre-pandemic rate

Luxury Presence surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue

A House That Adapts to Party Mode, Private Mode and Guest Mode

Amid the Dallas-Fort Worth sprawl, this Realtor is cashing in

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