Renters’ leases going up in smoke as legislators crack down on cigarettes

Low-income renters are being unjustly evicted as landlords fail to correctly implement HUD’s smoke-free policy, according to a Washington Post report. Continue reading

Redfin blows away expectations, posts $233M in revenue

The company’s revenue jumped a whopping 88 percent year-over-year during the final 3 months of 2019. Here’s some key stats worth paying attention to. Continue reading

Ben Kinney, Chris Suarez launch new brand-agnostic platform

Place Inc. will handle a variety of business tasks for teams, which will be able to keep their existing branding and remain in their brokerages. Continue reading

CoStar agrees to buy imperiled rental search firm RentPath for $588M

After failing to restructure $650 million in debt, RentPath has placed itself on the auction block with commercial real estate data behemoth CoStar Group as the front runner. Continue reading

WATCH: How to boost your team’s productivity and happiness

Berman and Pollinger co-founder Chris Pollinger shared how to build a dynamic team by focusing on agents’ strengths at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading

WATCH: How to boost your team’s productivity and happiness

Berman and Pollinger co-founder Chris Pollinger shared how to build a dynamic team by focusing on agents’ strengths at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading

Proptechs Firepoint and Realvolve merge

The newly formed proptech company — yet to be named — was in the works for about a year, a bond that formed over shared philosophies. Dave Crumby, Realvolve, will serve as CEO and Gabe Cordova, Firepoint, as president.  Continue reading