Remine CEO Frederick Townes resigns after 7 months

Frederick Townes, formerly chief product officer for Ready Education, joined Remine in April and came to the company following struggles over a string of controversies and public stumbles. Continue reading

Ocusell launches with goal to heal MLS, tech vendor relationships

Ocusell’s software uses a centralized hub model. It empowers brokerages and agents to create listing profiles using an intuitive, modernized content management system. Continue reading

A world without commission sharing? MLS leaders weigh in

Denee Evans, Art Carter and Errol Samuelson lay out a vision of the MLS as the ultimate real estate data source at the Council of Multiple Listing Services’ annual conference. Continue reading

California Association of Realtors offers Milestones as member perk

More than 217,000 real estate agents in California will now be able to access Milestones software that was in development for three years before surfacing earlier this summer. Continue reading

Marketing startup Collabra hires former Zillow, eXp Realty execs

Eric Bloomquist, Tara Clark and Cynthia Nowak all join the growing marketing company shortly after it launched a new platform for agents. The trio brings a ‘combined 60 years’ of experience. Continue reading

Zillow: Colorado ‘commingling’ ruling a win for agents, consumers

In a new Op-ed, Zillow Senior Director of Broker Operations Matt Hendricks says that Zillow strongly supports updating policies like the one announced by REcolorado because they empower consumers and provide a more accessible, transparent picture of wh… Continue reading

When will buyers quit canceling contracts? Not yet, apparently

More buyers have been backing out of deals than at any time since the early weeks of the pandemic. And in July, that share ticked up again, according to a new report from Redfin. Continue reading

What happens to buyers’ agents if the bombshell lawsuit explodes?

Multiple lawsuits are challenging the way agents get paid. Inman asked experts what that means, and how the future of real estate might evolve as a result of changes to the commission structure. Continue reading

RentSpree calls on MLSs to include rentals, saying it would help agents

The company says the action would minimize delays for renters, increase efficiency of filling rentals, help agents earn commissions and build their pipelines and generally standardize the rental process over time. Continue reading