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May
5

MRED goes national: How agents can protect local MLS systems

May 5th, 2026 by Darryl Davis

The real estate industry fed Zillow until it became too powerful to ignore, coach Darryl Davis writes. Let us not do the same thing with MRED.

Category: Agent, Columns, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Select, Service, chicago, co-brokerage, compass, dallas, darryl davis, Darryl Davis Seminars, local mLs, Midwest Real Estate Data, MLS, mred, Multiple Listing Service, national mls, PLN, Private Listing Network, Real Estate Agents, real-estate-brokerage, Seller-directed Showing Restrictions, Zillow

May
5

Home prices ticked up in most metros during Q1

May 5th, 2026 by Jim Dalrymple II

NAR numbers show the median single-family, existing-home price hit $404,300 in Q1. That's a 0.5 percent year-over-year increase.

Category: homebuying, homeselling, Markets & Economy, Select, Dr. Lawrence Yun, lawrence yun, NAR, national association of realtors

May
5

Compass adds 72SOLD founder to bring seller-choice fight to agent training

May 5th, 2026 by AJ LaTrace

Industry veteran Greg Hague says his new CIH role will help agents rethink how homes are marketed before they hit the MLS.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Select, Technology, 72SOLD, century 21, chicago, CIH, cincinnati, coldwell banker, compass, Compass International Holdings, days on market, greg hague, lead generation, Lead Generation Model, Marketing Freedom, MLS, Multiple Listing Service, NAR, national association of realtors, portal wars, Private Exclusives, private listings, real estate marketing, robert reffkin, seller choice, Seller-Choice Philosophy, Three-Phase Marketing Strategy, washington, wisconsin, Zillow

May
5

Alexia Umansky on life after ‘Buying Beverly Hills’

May 5th, 2026 by Dani Vanderboegh

Alexia Umansky spills the tea on what’s happened since "Buying Beverly Hills," the best advice her dad’s given her and what happens to The Agency post-divorce.

Category: Agent, Lifestyle, Luxury, Luxury Lens, Select, Teams, Alexia Umansky, Ben Belack, beverly hills, Brentwood, Brentwood office, brokerage \, Buying Beverly Hills, dallas, farrah brittany, for yahoo, hilton and hyland, Jon Grauman, Kathy Hilton, Kyle Richards, los angeles, Mauricio Umansky, Melissa Platt, Napa Valley, netflix, Office makeover, Ojai, real estate, real estate license, real estate marketing, real-estate-brokerage, residential real estate, Rick Hilton, Ryan Serhant, Santiago Arana, Serhant., Social Media Influencer, soho house, starbucks, the agency, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Tony Robbins, Topanga Canyon

May
5

Agent and loan officer sentenced in $17M Ponzi scheme

May 5th, 2026 by Christy Murdock

Robert Christensen and Anthony Matic spent investor money on casino trips, a whiskey club, massages and cryotherapy.

Category: Agent, Investing, Lifestyle, Select, Anthony Matic, loan officer, loan originator, money laundering, oregon, Ponzi scheme, portland, real estate agent, real estate crime, real estate fraud, real estate investment, real estate investment fraud, real estate investors, realtor.com, residential real estate, Robert Christensen, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, wire fraud

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