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May 29th, 2026 by

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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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
29

May 29th, 2026 by

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.

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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
May
29

May 29th, 2026 by

Learn how to provide professional guidance and leadership as you develop a relationship with your homebuying clients.

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Category: Agent, buyer's agent, darryl davis, homebuyer, homebuying process, Inman Access
May
29

May 29th, 2026 by

BrokerBot has closed a seed round led by Grand Ventures with NAR's Second Century Ventures participating, after scaling to 240-plus brokerages and 30,000 agents in 16 months without outside capital.

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Category: AI, Brokerage, Select, Technology, Venture Capital, artificial intelligence, BrokerBot, Jerimiah Taylor, NAR (National Association of Realtors), NAR Reach Accelerator, real estate technology, real estate venture capital, Second Century Ventures
May
29

May 29th, 2026 by

Google called it the biggest change to Search since launch. For agents who built their marketing around ranking on the first page, the platform is moving in a new direction — and the shift is already affecting how buyers and sellers find information online.

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Category: Agent, AI, Marketing, Select, AI Summaries, AI-driven Search, E-E-A-T, Gemini, google, Google Business Profile, Google Gemini, Jessi Healey, local business, local SEO, neighborhood guides, Ranktracker, real estate, real estate marketing, RealEstateAgent Schema, RealEstateListing Schema, realtor.com, search, SeoProfy, Structured Data
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