RealtyTrac to Provide Inman Select Subscribers With Award-Winning Housing News Report Monthly Newsletter

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - March 30, 2015) - RealtyTrac^® (www.realtytrac.com), the nation's leading source for comprehensive housing data, and Inman (http://www.inman.com), the real estate industry's most authoritative source of market conditions, business trends, technology, real estate and financial news, today announced a new agreement that will allow Inman to distribute RealtyTrac's monthly newsletter -- the Housing News Report -- to its more than 50,000 paid Inman Select subscribers.

"We're proud to be able to widen the reach of RealtyTrac's award-winning newsletter -- the Housing News Report -- through Inman, a trusted brand and proven leader in the real estate news industry," said RealtyTrac CEO Jamie Moyle. "We're confident that this partnership can help Inman continue on their innovative path by providing their customers with actionable real estate content." 

"Inman Select is about raising the real estate IQ through news, insights and information that help real estate professionals succeed," said Inman Publisher Brad Inman. "RealtyTrac's Housing News Report gives Inman Select members yet another source of valuable and actionable information to help them grow their business."

The Housing News Report is an award-winning real estate newsletter published by RealtyTrac since 2007 and delivered via email monthly to subscribers. The Housing News Report covers a broad-range of real estate topics and also includes guest columns from leading economists, brokers, policy makers, successful real estate investors and other industry experts. Each month the newsletter spotlights a different local market and provides legal updates, financial news, state-by-state sales and median price charts, state-by-state foreclosure activity charts and book reviews. In 2009, the National Association of Real Estate Editors named the Housing News Report Best Newsletter for the year.

The most recent issue of Housing News Report features an in-depth look at the expected HELOC shock that 3.3 million homeowners with bubble-era home equity lines of credit scheduled to recast at fully amortizing rates in the next four years will be experiencing and its impact on the housing market, along with a guest column from Freddie Mac Deputy Chief Economist Leonard Kiefer, who offers up his outlook for the spring home buying season.

Inman Select is a premium news service that offers subscribers the latest real estate news, powerful news analysis, insightful special reports, in-depth profiles, videos and intelligence on the residential real estate industry.

About RealtyTrac
RealtyTrac is a leading supplier of U.S. real estate data, with nationwide parcel-level records for more than 130 million U.S. parcels that include property characteristics, tax assessor data, sales and mortgage deed records, default, foreclosure, auction, and Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) along with more than 45 key local and neighborhood dynamics for residential properties nationwide via its subsidiary, Homefacts.com.  RealtyTrac's housing data is relied on by the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury Department, HUD, numerous state housing and banking departments, investment funds as well as millions of real estate professionals and consumers, to help evaluate housing trends and make informed decisions about real estate. 

About Inman
Inman is the leading source of independent real estate news, information, advice, research, technology, opinion and commentary for industry professionals and consumers alike. Inman's award winning, unbiased and hard-hitting stories are known throughout the real estate industry. Agents and brokers globally trust Inman as their first source of accurate, innovative and timely daily real estate news. For more information, visit www.inman.com.

RealtyTrac Media Contacts:
Jennifer Von Pohlmann
949.502.8300, ext. 139
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Ginny Walker
949.502.8300, ext. 268
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Inman Contact:
Maya Geurtsen
510-658-9252, ext. 146
[e-mail]