The 6 Best Free Real Estate CRMs for 2025

If you’re not ready to pay for a CRM quite yet, we’ve picked the best free real estate CRM platforms to help you establish a consistent client communication plan.

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If you’re planning to sell a house, you may have heard that you could be on the hook for paying capital gains tax.

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The designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg collect an “inventory of ideas and thoughts,” including miniature Japanese vessels, handmade glasses and a vintage bar cabinet.

A new rendering has been revealed for 290 Henry Street, a 21-story residential building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed and developed by Fulcrum Properties, the 96,638-square-foot structure will yield 130 affordable housing units and connect to the adjacent 196-year-old St. Augustine’s Church, which will undergo a full restoration. The new tower will also contain a 1,959-square-foot community facility and 3,762 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is located on an interior through-lot parcel bounded by Henry, Madison, and Scammel Streets.

A Boulder, Colorado, homeowner’s viral social media campaign that challenged local commission standards has inspired the launch of a new consumer-facing software application.

Doorvest helps investors find and buy single-family rentals and it’s acquired Wreno, a solution for managing home rehab projects.

Inman unveils the finalists for its flagship award, now in its 28th year, recognizing creativity across the real estate industry.

Discover how pocket listings work, who they benefit, the hidden risks, and what new NAR rules mean for your off-market real estate strategy.

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The Parlay Group is joining Keller Williams Village Square Realty. In 2024, the New Jersey-based team recorded $90.6 million in sales volume.

Bill Packer, COO at Longbridge Financial, talks about the ways his company is using AI to serve reverse mortgage borrowers.