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August
5

August 5th, 2026 by


Image Caption: Leo Granite, an apprentice with Kominka North America, worked on reassembling a 130-year-old Japanese storehouse in Massachusetts.

Millions of abandoned kominka are scattered across Japan. Now, teams of enthusiasts are dismantling and rebuilding them overseas.

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Category: Japan, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Architecture, Carpentry and Carpenters, Historic Buildings and Sites, Restoration and Renovation, Kominka North America
August
5

August 5th, 2026 by
This week’s properties include a cottage in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., a Colonial Revival in Stonington, Conn., and a two-story house in New Orleans.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Lake Arrowhead (Calif), New Orleans (La), Stonington (Conn)
August
5

August 5th, 2026 by


Image Caption: A reader asked for help choosing the wood for some closets and shared some photos for reference, including the three wood swatches under consideration (bottom right).

Mixing and matching wood tones is no easy task. Here’s how to think about it.

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Category: Content Type: Service, Wood and Wood Products, Floors and Flooring, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Interior Design and Furnishings, Color
August
5

August 5th, 2026 by


Image Caption: From December to March, some 25,000 people migrate to Wellington, Fla., for equestrian competitions.

Wellington, Fla., has long been a town for equestrians, and with a spate of new development, it’s leaning in even more.

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Category: Wellington (Fla), Horsemanship and Equestrian Events, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Horses, Real Estate (Commercial), Luxury Goods and Services, Area Planning and Renewal
August
4

August 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: A beamed ceiling with skylights brightens the home of Owen Sturgess and Heather Gerth.

A couple learned all of their slender house’s quirks, and then renovated them away.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Home Repairs and Improvements, Tiny Homes and Micro-Housing, Vancouver (British Columbia)
August
4

August 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: For years, Manhattan was home to Jenifer Ringer, a retired principal dancer at New York City Ballet. But when she returned to New York with her family, they settled happily on Roosevelt Island.

When Jenifer Ringer returned to New York for a job at the School of American Ballet, she was surprised to find that Roosevelt Island ticked all her boxes.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Content Type: Personal Profile, Ringer, Jenifer, Fayette, James Lawrence, Roosevelt Island (Manhattan, NY), School of American Ballet, Dancing
August
3

August 3rd, 2026 by
After wildfires burned a couple’s primary home, they decamped to their beach house and, years later, started to renovate with longevity in mind.

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Category: Home Repairs and Improvements, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Interior Design and Furnishings, Santa Paula (Calif)
August
1

August 1st, 2026 by

The law requires homeowners to keep their properties in a safe, legal condition — as much for their neighbors as themselves.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Building (Construction), Home Repairs and Improvements, New York City, Content Type: Service
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by

Communities are strongest when the people who understand how local decisions affect daily life choose to participate, Chris Atwell writes. Real estate professionals do that for their clients every day.

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Category: Agent, Lifestyle, MLS & Associations, Opinion, Select, Chris Atwell, civic engagement, community involvement, elections, politics, Voting, Select Plus
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by

Nykia Wright spent her Inman Connect San Diego session sharing her thoughts on media coverage of NAR and detailing how NAR has rebuilt its legal team, restructured internally and worked to close the trust gap with members since the Sitzer-Burnett settlement.

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Category: Agent, Inman Connect, MLS & Associations, Select, ICSD26, Inman Connect San Diego 2026, NAR, national association of realtors, Nykia Wright, Tom Bohn, Select Plus
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by


Image Caption: The Hemingway Home and Museum is the most well-known literary destination in Key West, Fla., but far from its only one.

Ernest Hemingway, Judy Blume and other literary luminaries have long called the island home. As housing costs increase, many locals are taking steps to preserve and perpetuate this legacy.

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Category: Writing and Writers, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Nonprofit Organizations, Bishop, Elizabeth, Blume, Judy, Cabot, Meg, Stevens, Wallace, Hemingway, Ernest, Key West (Fla)
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by

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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Category: Agent, Brokerage, New Agent, Select, Teams, Inman top 5, top 5, Select Plus
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by

Shilo's sales coaching platform beat out Palazzo and Upfront to win Inman's first pitch battle, which was judged by five industry leaders at Inman Connect San Diego.

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Category: AI, Inman Connect, Select, Technology, AI in proptech, BrokerBot, ICSD26, Inman Connect San Diego 2026, Justin Benson, real estate technology, Shilo, Troy Palmquist, Select Plus
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by

Longtime Canopy MLS Chief Technology Officer Steve Byrd has been promoted to lead the organization as CEO beginning Aug. 1.

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Category: Industry News, MLS & Associations, Select, Canopy MLS, Steve Byrd, Select Plus
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by


Image Caption: A WalletHub study deemed Fremont Calif., the happiest of 182 large U.S. cities.

A study mined data on emotional, physical and financial health, as well as community and environmental factors, to find the happiest Americans.

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Category: Happiness, Urban Areas, Two Thousand Twenty Six, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Income, Medicine and Health, Social Conditions and Trends
July
31

July 31st, 2026 by
Forming the heel of Italy’s “boot,” the southern Apulia region offers historic homes with architectural delicacies and wide-open spaces.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Italy, Apulia (Italy)
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