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
To Be a Broker
In a five-part series, real estate brokers surveyed by Inman News reveal their strategies for surviving the downturn and what they see as their competitive advantage, detail segments where they are gaining or losing business, and talk about how regulations and industry rules help or hinder them.
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- Industry Special Report
A Real Estate Crystal Ball
Real estate industry experts, including Inman News columnists and readers, shared their insights and best guesses on what’s in store for the housing market this year.
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- Industry Special Report
Social, mobile, local real estate
Real Estate Connect New York City 2010 Highlights
Real estate industry professionals and technologists got a whirlwind tour of bleeding-edge innovation and housing market issues and trends during the latest Real Estate Connect conference in New York City, held Jan. 13–15.
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- Industry Special Report
100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2009
An Inman News Special Report
Inman News has compiled the latest annual list of the 100 most influential people in real estate: the Inman 100. This list reflects the industry's best and brightest, who have risen to the challenge posed by a battered economy and housing hardships on an immense scale. The list includes those individuals from outside of the real estate industry whose actions influence the business of buying and selling homes. The people on this list embody leadership, innovation, ingenuity, power and persistence.
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- Industry Special Report
Real Estate's 50 Most Influential Online: 2009
The growing body and use of online communications tools has produced rich channels for real estate industry participants and observers to exert their influence.
On the Internet, nothing happens in isolation. An explosion of online conversations via tools such as Twitter and Facebook has exposed a broader cross-section of America to the Internet and represents vast potential for real estate professionals to forge real and meaningful online connections that can extend offline.
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- Industry Special Report
Takeout real estate
Wireless apps empower on-the-go agents: New mobile-phone applications tailored for real estate are moving beyond for-sale property searches and into areas once reserved for personal computers, such as lead generation and management, market research and analysis, and customer relationship management. As is often the case in the fast-moving world of technology, yesterday’s dazzling breakthrough — the ability to access listings on the go using a mobile phone — is becoming the norm. Now consumers and real estate professionals are demanding more.
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- Case Study
A Changed Market: Short Sales and REOs
An In-Depth Look at Distressed-Property Trends
Inman News Case Study
41 pagesGet a Handle on the REO/Short Sale Marketplace.
The downturn in the U.S. housing market and economy as a whole has multiplied price declines and foreclosures in markets across the country, with particular concentrations in some of the same areas that experienced wildly accelerating price increases and sales during the boom years.
Inman News surveyed over 500 real estate professionals in May 2009 to gauge market trends for distressed properties, including short-sale properties and bank-owned (also known as real estate-owned or REO) properties.
In this 41-page Case Study, "A Changed Market: Short Sales and REOs: An In-Depth Look at Distressed-Property Trends," Inman News analyzes the results of this survey.If you were an Inman News
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- Industry Special Report
Insider's Guide to Real Estate Connect
A collection of Inman News stories from Real Estate Connect SF '09
From the ever-humble Craig Newmark, whose simple e-mail list exploded into a global network of online community sites, to Alfred Lin, chief operating officer at Zappos.com, a customer service-centric company that Amazon.com has agreed to buy for about $847 million, the latest Real Estate Connect conference showcased businesses, strategies and technologies that are all the rage even in these times of economic hardship.
The conference included vigorous discussions about online marketing, social media, search-engine optimization, lead generation, the future role of multiple listing services, mobile applications, and big vs. small and alternative vs. traditional real estate brokerages, among other pressing industry topics. ...Inman News' Industry Special Reports are FREE to all Premium Members. Upgrade to a premium membership immediately to read this report. Current Premium Members, please sign in to your account to access this download.
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- Industry Special Report
Teaming up for real estate success
Real estate agents can specialize in tasks best suited to their skill set and extend their reach by becoming team players. There are many models for real estate teams -- some use a blend of agents and non-agents to serve clients, and there are also a range of commission-sharing models.In this special report, Inman News highlights agent team strategies and success stories.
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- Case Study
Beyond brick and mortar
Rethinking the Real Estate Office
An Inman News Case Study
32 pagesBrick and mortar has long been a symbol of safety and strength, though technology is reshaping offices in many industries -- in some cases dramatically changing their role and relevance.
The Internet and mobile technologies now play a prominent part in the business of real estate. Even so, real estate remains a real-world enterprise where first hand market knowledge and human interaction can matter most.
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