What down market? Payrolls are just fine in the brokerage world

Home transactions may be down, but you wouldn’t know it from most brokerage payrolls. Real estate hiring churned along in July, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading

California dreamin’: The nightmare situations luxury agents deal with

From the seller who wanted to display a room full of snakes during a home showing to the renter who was an insurance scammer, the clients luxury agents deal with in California can be a handful. Continue reading

$2B Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty broker partners with Side

San Clemente, California’s top broker, Doug Echelberger, and his team of seven agents has moved to Side, where it will operate as Inhabit Real Estate, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Continue reading

To win this summer, homebuyers in California are turning every stone

With some of the highest home prices in the nation, California buyers and sellers are having an abnormally difficult time managing higher mortgage rates, agents in the Golden State told Inman. Continue reading

11 lessons I learned selling over $500M in real estate

Over nearly three decades, these are the lessons that Jimmy Burgess has put into practice to grow. Put them to work for your business. Continue reading

Fewer transactions result in falling profits for eXp World Holdings in Q2

EXp’s revenue fell 13 percent from the second quarter of 2022 to $1.2 billion, and its gross profit decreased 10 percent to $96.5 million, according to an earnings call Thursday afternoon. Continue reading

Did the US dodge a recession? As outlook softens, analysts reassess

A rising tide of economists are backing away from early forecasts that the U.S. is very likely to enter a recession later this year or by the first quarter of 2024. But some still see dark clouds ahead. Continue reading

How a controversial TikTok spurred investor pushback: The Download

When a TikToker claimed that an entire neighborhood was up for sale, the portfolio listing sparked a debate over displacement and institutional investment. Continue reading

Stop sexual harassment lip service. You’ve shown us who you R

If, as an industry leader, you only care about female agents’ production, and not their safety, think about what that makes you. We already know who you are. Continue reading