The Agency says ‘hola’ to Mallorca

The franchise marks The Agency’s 50th overall and follows the brokerage’s previous European launches in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Lisbon, Portugal. Continue reading

The Agency headed to Decentraland with launch of first metaverse office

The Agency Turks and Caicos’ new office will be headquartered in Decentraland and developed in partnership with investment company MREIT. It marks the first metaverse office for The Agency. Continue reading

Mark Cuban thinks metaverse real estate is ‘the dumbest’ thing ever

The billionaire investor and NBA franchise owner thinks buying virtual plots of land in a crypto-fueled metaverse is dumb. Like “super, meta, immaculately dumb.” Continue reading

How the earliest metaverse agents are weathering the crypto crash

Buying and selling land in the metaverse doesn’t require a middle-man. But an early group of agents has jumped into the volatile market. Where are they now? Continue reading

From NFTs to IPOs: The top real estate investment stories of 2021

Proptech’s banner year, a couple long-awaited IPOs, surging rent growth and more — here’s all the hot Property Portfolio news that hit the press in 2021. Continue reading

Digital yachts and $2.4M virtual plots: Power brokers to sell the metaverse

Oren and Tal Alexander, two of Douglas Elliman’s top luxury agents, are extending their reach into the metaverse of virtual real estate. Continue reading

Plot of land trades hands for record-breaking $2.4M. Oh, and it’s virtual

The 6,000-square-foot tract of digital real estate will someday be home to a fashion outpost and event venue — in virtual reality, at least. Continue reading

Real estate investor scoops up land in virtual world for nearly $1M

Republic Realm bought 259 units of land in Decentraland, a crypto-based virtual world. At the time it was purchased, it was worth $913,228. Continue reading