Red Oak Realty taps former KW, Pacific Union leader as president

Nicole Aissa will oversee agent growth and development at Red Oak. She previously worked as an operating principal at Keller Williams. Continue reading

From Urban Compass to IPO: The history of Compass in 21 stories

As the real estate world waits to see how the brokerage’s initial public offering will unfold this week, take a look back at Compass’ decade-long road to success as covered by Inman. Continue reading

Compass hires long-time Amazon exec as new chief product officer

Before joining Compass, Greg Hart spent more than two decades overseeing an array of products at Amazon. Continue reading

Here’s why this $100M team leader jumped to Coldwell Banker

Joe Kehrig, who joined Compass after the Pacific Union acquisition last year, has seen an evolution at Coldwell Banker thanks to the leadership of Ryan Schneider and Ryan Gorman. Continue reading

Here’s why this $100M team leader jumped to Coldwell Banker

Joe Kehrig, who joined Compass after the Pacific Union acquisition last year, has seen an evolution at Coldwell Banker thanks to the leadership of Ryan Schneider and Ryan Gorman. Continue reading

Zephyr Real Estate affiliates with Corcoran to launch first franchise

Zephyr Real Estate — the largest indie in San Francisco and a top 100 brokerage in sales volume — and Oliver Luxury Real Estate are becoming Corcoran Global Living. Continue reading

Goodbye Climb, a unique brokerage lost to a cookie-cutter industry

Inman Columnist Troy Palmquist mourns the loss of Climb, an ambitious indie brokerage founded in San Francisco. Continue reading

Did Realogy just create a new industry standard for closing gifts?

The final 15 minutes of ICLV’s CEO Connect was supposed to be a broad discussion about the country’s biggest companies — Facebook, Amazon and Google — and whether they would ever substantially enter the real estate business. That was, until this mornin… Continue reading

Baird & Warner CEO: ‘The buyer should pay the buyer agent’

Steve Baird, the CEO of the 160-year-old Chicago-based brokerage, speaks exclusively to Inman about staying relevant in the face of competitive forces. Continue reading