Luxury Connect: Tami Pardee on how to put luxury clients at ease

When Pardee is trying to establish a connection with someone, “I do a lot of mirroring. If they’re sitting a certain way, I’ll sit a certain way.” Continue reading

California Realtors rally for Prop 5 in face of growing backlash

Prop 5 will allow olde homeowners to keep old property taxes when buying a new home. Critics fear essential services will bare the brunt of lost revenues. Continue reading

Compass rolls out ‘Coming Soon’ pre-marketing blitz nationwide

A new marketing initiative by Compass that’s rolled out last week will allow agents to post listings days before they appear on the market. Continue reading

Four-ways and skinny dippers: agents recall Hollywood home showing horror stories

The high-stakes games of Los Angeles real estate apparently has some eyebrow-raising moments—but the local agents seem to be accustomed to taking it in stride, mostly. Continue reading

Rental platform Zumper raises $46M to build out its product, hire employees

The Series C funding round will help the San Francisco startup with its in-progress online service for connecting renters to landlords Continue reading

Reali releases AI tool to predict the winning bid on a home

Reali, the California-based, flat-fee tech-powered brokerage is giving its clients a leg up on other home buyers with a new predictive tool that estimates the probability of placing a winning bid on a home. Continue reading

Buy Tom Clancy’s majestic waterfront estate for $6.2M

An elegant Maryland estate now up for sale for $6.2 million has a studded history — for years, the best-selling author Tom Clancy called it home. Continue reading

Armed with $1.2B, Bungalo launches into crowded iBuyer market

A new, extremely well-funded online homeselling startup has entered the fray. It offers a platform that lets buyers search, tour, finance and close on a home and looks positioned to flip thousands of homes in the years ahead. Continue reading