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The ‘Selling Sunset’ shakeup no one saw coming

May 29th, 2026 by Dani Vanderboegh

After a major cast overhaul, Inman sat down with Mary Bonnet to find out what happened and why she won't be returning.

Category: Agent, Luxury, Luxury Lens, Teams, Alanna Gold, Alex Hall, Amanza Smith, bre tiesi, Brett Oppenheim, california, Cast Shakeup, Chelsea Lazkani, chrishell stause, Christine Quinn, cosmopolitan, Emma Hernan, Gio Helou, Heather Rae El Moussa, inman, Inman luxury connect, instagram, Jason Oppenheim, los angeles, Mary Bonnet, Montecito, netflix, Nicole Young, Oppenheim Group, orange county, real estate reality tv, Recast, residential real estate, Sandra Vergara, Selling Sunset, selling the oc, texas, Women Empowerment

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What the 2026 REACH cohort says about real estate’s big pain points

May 29th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Second Century Ventures named its 2026 REACH cohort: Ai.realestate, Association Online, BrokerBot, LotRoll, MaxHome.ai and StackWrap. Here's what the class says about where real estate's real problems still live.

Category: Agent, AI, Back-end Brokerage Solutions, Industry News, MLS & Associations, Select, Technology, Ai.realestate, AiRE, Alex Montalenti, artificial intelligence, ashley stinton, Association Online, Brokerage Infrastructure, brokerage technology, BrokerBot, compliance, courted.io, HOA Data, LotRoll, Manufactured housing, MaxHome.ai, NAR, NAR (National Association of Realtors), national association of realtors, Nick Pipitone, PropTech, qwikfix, REach, real grader, residential real estate, Second Century Ventures, StackWrap, transaction transparency

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29

Zillow, Compass, MRED, listings: Inman’s Top 5 stories of the week

May 29th, 2026 by Dani Vanderboegh

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.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Service, Teams, agent commissions, Agent Platform, Alloy Advisors, amit kulkarni, Anti-Money Laundering Rule, art carter, artificial intelligence, Brian Donnellan, BrightMLS, brokerage consolidation, brokerages, Buy-Side Commission, caitlin mccrory, california, chicago, Chicago MLS, Colby Anderson, coming soon listings, coming soons, compass, Compass International Holdings, Cotality, crmls, Cyrus Bolooki, Darren Wilson, darryl davis, DOJ Intervention, ed zorn, Erik Carlson, Fee Model, fiduciary duty, florida, fraud, gary keller, home inventory, home sales, HomeServices of America, housing market, housing markets, Inman top 5, Interactive Real Estate Market Maps, jimmy burgess, Jimmy Mackin, keller williams, Listing Platform, Listings strategy, Mauricio Umansky, merger, MLS, mls consolidation, mortgage rates, mortgage servicing rights, mred, Multiple Listing Service, multiple listing services, NAR, national association of realtors, Nationwide Listings, nwmls, Ownli, Peter DeCicco, pre-market listings, pre-marketed listings, Pre-MLS Listings, private listing, Private Listing Network, private listings, re/max, real, real brokerage, real estate commissions, real estate disruption, real estate market, real estate marketing, Real Estate Reform, real estate social media, real-estate-brokerage, real-estate-technology, realtor.com, Redfin, residential real estate, robert reffkin, Rocket Mortgage, Ryan Serhant, Serhant., social media in real estate, Sun Belt, Supply-Constrained Cities, tamir poleg, Tech-Forward Brokerages, technology suite, texas, the agency, times square, top 5, Trusted Advisor, uwm, Zillow

May
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CoStar to acquire new home data platform Zonda for $800M

May 29th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

CoStar Group has agreed to acquire Zonda, a leading provider of new home construction data and builder software, for $800 million in cash — marking the company's most direct move into the nearly $1 trillion U.S. new residential construction market.

Category: Industry News, Portals, Select, acquisitions and mergers, Andy Florance, Builder Software, Builder Workflow, Builder Workflows, canada, costar, costar group, digital marketing tools, homebuilding, Homebuilding Industry, homes.com, Jessi Healey, lead generation, Livabl, Lot-level Database, matterport, New home construction, New Home Marketplaces, new residential construction, NewHomeSource, portals, Residential Construction Market, Subscription-based Revenue, united states, Zonda

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