Although Compass has yet to choose a location for its flagship Houston office — it is deciding between The Galleria, River Oaks, and Upper Kirby — homebuyers are now able to browse more than 43,000 Houston listings on Compass’ site. Continue reading
The U.K.-based flat-fee brokerage Purplebricks has unveiled its brand new logo — the company name inside an open purple square. Continue reading
Eight of the Bay Area’s top real estate brokerages are partnering to share buyer data with the help of real estate tech startup RealScout. Continue reading
C.A.R. is collecting donations that it plans to distribute to members who have lost their homes or other property in the state’s ongoing wildfires. Continue reading
Jason Bateman, head of Redfin Mortgage, told Inman the company anticipates that 10 percent of its November closings will ultimately be all-digital, with that number growing as more customers learn of the option. Continue reading
California communities devastated by ongoing wildfires will recover. But in the meantime, they may be in for more pain as the destruction cascades across local markets. Continue reading
Dean Aguilar, the CEO behind a San Diego real estate team, is starting a new remote-working, 100 percent commission model brokerage in the city. Continue reading
The company — which provides associates with equity and also keeps costs low without any official bricks-and-mortar offices, instead gathering agents and brokers in its game-like, online virtual 3D environment eXp World — also reported a gross profit o… Continue reading
Since Zillow rolled out updates to its Premier Agent program in April, agent advertiser churn has been an issue, according to Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff. Continue reading
That’s the highest rate of consumers using an agent since the report’s inception in 2001 (when 81 percent of consumers used an agent) and a 5 percentage point increase from the last REAL Trends consumer study in 2014 (85 percent). Continue reading