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June
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You Love Your Native Garden. But Will Buyers Love It Too?

June 10th, 2026 by Jessie Graham

Image Caption: In Silver Spring, Md., Evan Morier replaced much of his lawn with densely planted native perennials and grasses with high wildlife value. Then he put the home on the market.

For homeowners who have ‘rewilded’ their gardens into mini nature preserves, a moment of truth arrives when they prepare to sell.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Gardens and Gardening, Landscaping

June
10

Washington vs. private listings: How one state’s listings landscape is poised for change

June 10th, 2026 by James Dwiggins

James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Washington Realtors CEO Nathan Gorton and 2026 President Ryan Beckett to unpack a new Washington law that will impact the public marketing of private listings.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, MLS & Associations, Portals, Service, Teams, Video, James Dwiggins, keith robinson, Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, REIU, Shelton Wilder

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10

$525,000 Homes in California, Indiana and Florida

June 10th, 2026 by Angela Serratore

A pair of Spanish-style bungalows in Twentynine Palms, Calif., a farmhouse in Whitestown, Ind., and a Craftsman in Tampa, Fla.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Whitestown (Ind), Twentynine Palms (Calif), Tampa (Fla)

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10

Hoby Hanna: The industry is fighting over data control, not private listings

June 10th, 2026 by AJ LaTrace

As MLSs expand and brokerages build their own exchanges, Howard Hanna CEO Hoby Hanna argues that the industry may be focusing on the wrong issue.

Category: Brokerage, Interviews, Listings, MLS & Associations, Portals, Select, Clear Cooperation Policy, compass, HannaList, hoby hanna, howard hanna, idx, mred, Zillow

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10

Video killed the radio star. AI killed my confidence

June 10th, 2026 by Holly Brink 🐝

Broker Holly Brink shares her story of how filtering every thought through AI eventually made her stop trusting her own instincts.

Category: Agent, AI, Brokerage, Content Marketing, Select, Service, Technology, artificial intelligence, content marketing, franchisor, Holly Brink, marketing strategies, productivity tools

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You Love Your Native Garden. But Will Buyers Love It Too?

Washington vs. private listings: How one state’s listings landscape is poised for change

$525,000 Homes in California, Indiana and Florida

Hoby Hanna: The industry is fighting over data control, not private listings

Video killed the radio star. AI killed my confidence

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