The Real Word: Are you ready to get out of real estate?

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, Byron and Nicole take the quiz  to find out if they are retirement-ready. Continue reading

Zillow is partnering with homebuilders across the US

Zillow announced Thursday a new partnership with roughly a dozen homebuilders in Zillow Offers markets across the country. The new program will allow consumers to sell their existing home to Zillow but wait up eight months to close on the sale of their… Continue reading

IBM sues Zillow over multiple charges of patent infringement

IBM is suing real estate tech giant Zillow over seven charges of patent infringement related to a host of computer processes that Zillow uses to run its website. Continue reading

Coldwell Banker Bain expands by acquiring another CB franchisee

Coldwell Banker Bain acquired Coldwell Banker Morris Real Estate, giving the combined company four offices and more than 300 agents in Oregon. Continue reading

Compass’ head of comms to depart after 9 months

Jason Post, Compass’ vice president of communications, is leaving the well-funded, growing real estate brokerage to join Google, Post confirmed to Inman, Wednesday. Post took the helm in January 2019, after former head of communications Julie Binder le… Continue reading

NRT’s Coldwell Banker launches new home repair program

The new service pairs sellers using NRT’s Coldwell Banker agents with consultants and project managers from home repair portal HomeAdvisor. Continue reading

Allen Tate acquires vacation and investment property brokerage

The acquisition of Blowing Rock Investment Properties is Allen Tate’s first since joining Hanna Holdings, the parent company of Howard Hanna Real Estate. Continue reading

Compass launches new consumer search tools, says IPO ‘likely’

Robert Reffkin announced Monday that Compass has new, artificial intelligence-driven tools that will give consumers home recommendations and let them collaborate with their agents. Continue reading