Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate goes capped, taking on KW

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate’s franchise business is moving to a capped fee model, where franchisees pay a royalty fee capped at a set amount per annual agent sales. It’s the only Realogy franchise business that will be operating outside the 6 … Continue reading

The Real Word: Homeownership poised to rise, but renters have doubts

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, as the population ages, homeownership is likely to rise. Will people living longer plus more millennials buying homes create the perfect s… Continue reading

CoreLogic’s top lawyer is quitting in the middle of a Justice Dept. inquiry

Alyson Austin, a spokesperson for CoreLogic, confirmed to Inman that Arnold Pinkston would be leaving the company and explained that he had received a job offer from a large medical device manufacturer in Orange County, California.  Continue reading

Notarize has facilitated more than $1B in online closings since 2017

It took about 18 months to hit $1 billion, but the company expects to hit a second billion in just 4 weeks, Notarize CEO Pat Kinsel told Inman. Continue reading

Metaprop is raising $100M real estate tech fund

This will be the third fund for the venture capital firm, which previously has invested in technology related to everything from AI to property management and appraisals. Continue reading

KW franchise in Missouri fined for dozens of licensing violations

Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield, a Missouri-based Keller Wiliams franchise, was fined $10,000 and its associate broker Rebecca Reich Rose was placed on a two-year probation period for numerous instances of unlicensed real estate activity and other … Continue reading

Engel & Völkers launches new mega website for consumers, agents

The site is specific to the Americas region and has a suite of agent tools including CRM tech, lead management, a business dashboard and more. Continue reading

Owners of Frank Lloyd Wright home are trying to tear it down

The new owners, Jean Jingnan Yang and Justin Jun Lu of Riverwoods, Illinois, bought the 106-year-old property for $550,000 on May 9. Continue reading