Cafecito, Corazón, and Confidence: Pouring courage into your cup, one transition at a time.

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Zillow’s lawsuit, Compass’ partnerships, BLX’s launch: Top 5

May 15th, 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.

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Rocket Mortgage files $100M suit against UWM over refi push

May 15th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

A $773 million bulk sale of mortgage servicing rights is at the center of a new lawsuit pitting two of the mortgage industry's biggest rivals against each other.

Category: Mortgage, Select, AI-powered Tools, Broker Incentives, lenders, Loan Refinancing, Mat Ishbia, mortgage, mortgage servicing rights, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cooper Group, new york, Non-Solicitation Covenant, prepayment rates, rocket, Rocket Mortgage, United Wholesale Mortgage, uwm

May
15

How the data center boom is reshaping US housing markets

May 15th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Data center developers are outbidding homebuilders for land, poaching their electricians and driving up utility bills.

Category: AI, Industry News, Markets & Economy, Select, Technology, Abilene, AI Data Centers, Arif Gasilov, Ashburn, calvert county, CBRE, Construction Labor, construction labor shortage, Crusoe, Data Center Development, Data Centers, development, Dominion Energy, energy costs, Fractional Data Centers, Frederick County, Gasilov Group, Gene Lantrip, homebuilder, homebuilding, housing affordability, housing supply, Hyperscalers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, land use, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Louise Lucas, maryland, master planned communities, Natelli Communities, Natelli Holdings, new construction, north carolina, northern virginia, Nvidia, OpenAI, oracle, PulteGroup, Quantum Loophole, Rafay Baloch, REDSECLABS, residential real estate, Rezoning, span, texas, Tom Natelli, utility costs, Virginia, zoning

May
15

Why a hardhat tour is luxury real estate’s new power move

May 15th, 2026 by Miltiadis Kastanis

The traditional open house is not disappearing, new Inman contributor Miltiadis Kastanis writes, but the next generation of luxury marketing will likely feel far more immersive than transactional.

Category: Agent, Luxury, Luxury Lens, Marketing, Select, Service, brokerage \, Compass Miami, Construction-Stage Open Houses, Experiential marketing, hard hat tour, Hardhat Tours, luxury construction, luxury development, luxury real estate, Miami Metropolitan Area, Miltiadis Kastanis, new build, new construction, new development, Onvigore Corp, Private Exclusive Listing, staging, The Roads

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15

The Clear Cooperation Policy is dead. What comes next?

May 15th, 2026 by Darryl Davis

How will we navigate this new terrain, now that NAR's Clear Cooperation Policy has fallen out of favor with the real estate industry? coach Darryl Davis asks.

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