Pacaso adorns East Coast with new luxury home shares and technology

Technology-rooted and co-ownership driven, Pacaso continues to broaden its model for joint ownership of luxury vacation homes along the East Coast. Continue reading

Full-service homegenius to boost CMA IQ of LeadingRE brands

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) has added a new technology company to its list of recommended business solutions providers. Continue reading

Compass brings Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand on as board member

Allan Leinwand has also worked at Slack and Zynga, and will help guide Compass during a period of rapid growth. Continue reading

Real estate hiring keeps pace with strong US jobs growth

Real estate employers — a category that includes brokerages — added 6,100 jobs in April, a rate that matched national monthly jobs growth. Continue reading

Chris Reyes joins BHS as chief information and product officer

Reyes will work with Vincent D’Agostino, the firm’s chief engineering and technology officer, to oversee the company’s tech team, infrastructure, innovation and software development firm-wide. Continue reading

Financial tech giant strikes deal to acquire Black Knight

Intercontinental Exchange has agreed to acquire Black Knight, a mortgage-industry service provider, at a valuation of $13.1 billion, it was announced Wednesday. Continue reading

The Agency acquires Triplemint, raises $35M

The deal and funding come amid rapid expansion for Los Angeles-based The Agency. And the firm plans to use the new money to grow even more. Continue reading

Keller Williams debuts new diversity education program

A new educational program will give Keller Williams’ agents a diversity certification to help work with a more diverse pool of clients. Continue reading

Josh Albertson, who shepherded growth as Inman CEO, bids farewell 

In a Linkedin post on Friday, Albertson, who navigated the pandemic’s effect on editorial coverage and live events, struck an optimistic note while passing the torch to new CEO Emily Paquette. Continue reading

Former Inman New Kid, Courted.io, nets $6M funding round

The app’s purpose is for agents to empower each other through direct marketing of listings, recruiting, community building and referral networking. Continue reading