Palm Beach, Malibu clinch biggest luxury beach sales of 2022 (so far)

Palm Beach, Malibu and the Hamptons drew luxury homebuyers seeking more tranquil post-pandemic lifestyles, according to an Inman analysis of the top 10 beach transactions since October 2021. Continue reading

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen buys another Malibu pad for $44.5M

Months after buying a separate home down the street for $177 million, Marc Andreessen and wife Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen have purchased a second Escondido Beach home. Continue reading

$177M Malibu home sale sets new California record

The sale of fashion mogul Serge Azria’s 7-acre property in Malibu, California, for $177 million, has set a new record in the golden state. The buyer was venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Continue reading

Pocket listings are still around, but the off-market landscape is evolving

Two years after the National Association of Realtors approved the Clear Cooperation Policy, pocket listings haven’t disappeared. But they remain hotly debated, and demand for off-market housing is as strong as ever. Continue reading

How the luxury housing market became invincible in 2021

Luxury real estate agents reported having record years, and high-end properties have grown to become a larger and larger share of the overall market this year. Continue reading

Keller Williams on how COVID changed luxury

Thanks to the pandemic, luxury consumers are increasingly living in vacation-oriented communities, moving west and gravitating to water, according to Brady Sandahl at Keller Williams Mega Camp. Join us all week long for Inman’s Deep Dive on KW. Continue reading

RentSpree teams up with LA-based multiple listing service

Fresh off a successful funding round, the rental software startup announced Thursday that it’s teaming up with TheMLS, a Los Angeles-based multiple listing service provider. The partnership should give more than 16,000 Southern California agents easy a… Continue reading

As California rolls out short-term rental regulations, investors look elsewhere

“I’ve seen some investors change their plans because of these new regulations,” David Lukan, a Compass agent in Los Angeles, told Inman. Continue reading

The Agency founder talks expansion, corrects the rumor mill

Mauricio Umansky says the agent count at his Southern California boutique brokerage is actually way up. Continue reading