The question on everyone's lips: How are fluctuations in China, Wall Street and the 2016 election going to affect the real estate market in the next year? Chinese ructions will be good for U.S. real estate as investors make a flight to safety, said Zillow chief economist Svenja Gudell at Inman Connect New York today.
Things are looking pretty bleak for agents who are out of touch with the digital age, particularly part-timers, according to Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff. Technology and changing consumers expectations are driving a “separation between the haves and have-nots," of real estate, he said on stage at Inman Connect.