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If you are like me, then Twitter is an essential lifeline to what is happening world every day. Social media is a quick way to access the stories that I am looking for across many sources. There are currently over 313 million Twitter users.
Real estate and mortgage Twitter accounts are abundant, but there are many accounts that are only self-promotional or that wander off topic.
In order to separate the signal from the noise, I keep a list of the high-value Twitter accounts whose authors consistently provide great content. Each of these accounts contributes to the national and local real estate dialogues in a unique way. Here are my recommendations to add to your stream:
*Click each Twitter handle to be forwarded to that account’s page.
National Focus:
- @NAHBhome – National Association of Home Builders
- @DianaOlick – CNBC real estate correspondent
- @lenkiefer – Deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac
- @calculatedrisk – blogger Bill McBride relates economic barometers to the housing market
- @mortgagereports – Mortgage news site and interest rate updates for consumers
- @JackGuttentag – Emeritus Professor of Finance at the Wharton School and syndicated newspaper columnist behind The Mortgage Professor
- @DJGInvestigates – MarketWatch real estate and mortgage industry reporter
- @Taub – Real estate editor at Bloomberg News
- @JedKolko – Former Chief Economist at Trulia with a focus on cities and housing markets
- @FHAgov – Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
- @HUDgov – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- @HomesDotCom – Consumer web portal for home listings and design tips
- @StanHumphries – Chief Analytics Officer, Zillow
- @dietz_econ – Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- @Glink – CBS Money Watch contributor, podcast host and real estate speaker
- @HousingWire – National housing and real estate news feed
- @RETradio – National sydicated real estate radio show of the National Association of Realtors®
- @Curbed – Website focused on real estate topics, interior design, home tech, tiny houses and renovations
- @SvenjaGudell – Chief economist at Zillow
- @spencerrascoff – Zillow CEO
- @Zillow – Consumer real estate search portal and news
- @SmokeonHousing – Chief economist for Realtor.com
- @housefax – Real estate property history reports and housing trends
- @Realtors – Main Twitter account for National Association of Realtors®
- @NARMedia – Media relations team for the NAR®
- @NAR_Research – Research and housing stats from the NAR®
- @JessicaLautz – Managing director for Survey Research and Communications, NAR®
- @HomeAdvisor – Online resource for background-checking housing industry service professionals
- @BradleyHunter – Chief Economist at HomeAdvisor
- @realtordotcom – Consumer website of 3+ million property listings operated by News Corp.
- @HouseLogic – Tips to helps homeowners protect, maintain and enhance their home value
- @emily_peiffer – Housing, construction and building technology reporter
- @ARiquier – MarketWatch housing reporter
- @FreddieMac – Public/GSE that creates the secondary mortgage market with Fannie Mae
- @FannieMae – Public/GSE that creates the secondary mortgage market with Freddie Mac
- @CoreLogicInc – Provider of consumer, financial and property analytics
- @DavidHStevens – CEO of Mortgage Bankers Association
- @BKFSdata – Mortgage and real estate market data aggregator
- @LauraKusisto – Wall Street Journal housing reporter
- @RealEstateonSXM – Real estate radio program on SiriusXM satellite radio
- @AskTOH – PBS TV show highlighting home construction and repair topics
- @mattmaisonRE – Director of Research and Analysis at Arbor Commercial Mortgage
- @candacejackson – Wall Street Journal real estate market reporter
- @Woellert – Senior managing editor at Redfin and former Bloomberg reporter
- @BrenaSwanson – HousingWire reporter with a focus on Millennials, housing and mortgages
- @HSHassociates – Monitors news impacting consumer mortgages
- @HGTVMag – Decorating ideas from the TV network
- @shanedphillips – Writing about housing, transportation and cities
Arizona Focus:
- @AZhousing – The Arizona Department of Housing
- @johnwake – Phoenix Realtor® with a penchant for digging deep into the data to extrapolate real estate trends
- @catherinereagor – journalist for Arizona Republic and www.azcentral.com
- @historicphoenix – Phoenix Realtor® who specializes in historic homes and downtown areas
- @phxREguy – A Team of real estate agent who maintain one of the longest running real estate blogs in Maricopa County
- @deanouellette – Chandler area Realtor® and part of the @phxREguy team
- @appraiseinvstAZ – Scottsdale appraiser and investor
- @phxbizmike – real estate beat reporter, Mike Sunnucks, for the Phoenix Business Journal
- @MaracayHomes – Arizona home builder based in Scottsdale that has built 8,000+ homes in Phoenix and Tucson
- @PhoenixTM_Homes – Scottsdale headquartered Arizona home builder Taylor Morrison
- @RosieontheHouse – Arizona home improvement and repair radio show
- @DickRosen – Arizona Realtor and property investor
- @TheHomeShows – Producer of the two annual Maricopa County Home Shows
- @arizonareport – My Arizona real estate Twitter feed with MLS listings, blog posts and data for greater Phoenix including Scottsdale, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Tempe and Glendale
For Investors:
- @BiggerPockets – Popular real estate investing podcast and social network
- @WendyAPatton – Author, educator and real estate investment expert in lease options and flipping
- @RealtyTrac – Delivers tax, deed, mortgage, foreclosure, and parcel-level risk data for more than 150 million U.S. properties
- @TarekChristina – Stars of the HGTV show “Fix or Flop” advise on real estate flipping
- @HUDHomeStore – National inventory of FHA foreclosures by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development REO
For Mortgage Loan Originators:
- @NatMortgageNews – Breaking national mortgage industry news
- @FayMortgageNews – Mortgage industry blogger
- @bcynic – Writer and editor with focus on mortgages and housing
- @mortgagenewsmnd – News source for the housing finance and mortgage industry as well as MBS and Treasury tracking updates
- @DSNewsDaily – Mortgage and default servicing industry news
- @MBSHighway – Mortgage industry news and analysis
- @MortgageSpeak – Aggregator of mortgage and real estate news sources
For Realtors:
- @Realtorpro – Productivity news for Realtors®, teams, brokers and agents
- @InmanNews – Real estate news source for agents with industry reports and technology updates
- @RETechCampus – Training and education for real estate industry professionals
This list will continue to evolve over time. If you follow other real estate or mortgage Twitter accounts that would be a quality addition to this list (and that don’t heavily self-promote), please message me or leave a comment below.
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.
– Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter