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June
14

Google made your MLS listing more valuable. Here’s what to tell sellers

June 14th, 2026 by Darryl Davis

Google looked at every private network, every pre-market feed and every walled garden, coach Darryl Davis writes, and built its national home search on MLS data.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, Marketing, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Portals, Select, Service, darryl davis, Google home search, housecanary, mls data, Multiple Listing Service, pre-market listings, private listings

June
14

7 copy-and-paste prompts to get your business recommended by AI

June 14th, 2026 by Jimmy Burgess

The agents AI recommends in the future won't get there by accident, Jimmy Burgess writes. They'll get there because they intentionally built trust, authority and relevance online.

Category: Agent, AI, Columns, Content Marketing, Marketing, Select, Service, Technology, AEO, AI search, artificial intelligence, content marketing, jimmy burgess

June
13

An Upscale Hotel Breaks Ground in Downtown Newburgh — the First in 133 Years

June 13th, 2026 by Alexandra Marvar and Kate Warren

Image Caption: In 2021, Foster Supply Hospitality bought three historic Newburgh buildings from the county with designs to preserve the facades and as many interior details as possible.

A boutique hotel group known for pioneering tourism in the pastoral Western Catskills has set its sights on one of the Hudson Valley’s most complicated downtowns.

Category: Hotels and Travel Lodgings, Foster Supply Hospitality, Urban Areas, Real Estate (Commercial), Building (Construction), Area Planning and Renewal, Newburgh (NY)

June
13

Want to Rent Out Your House? Here’s How to Get Started.

June 13th, 2026 by Jill Terreri Ramos

Hosting a short-term rental comes with a lot of responsibilities.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Hotels and Travel Lodgings, Content Type: Service, Airbnb

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12

Compass chess and ‘cringe’: Inman’s Top 5 stories of the week

June 12th, 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, Inman top 5, top 5

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