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Ex-Zillow president: iBuyer business will be a ‘two-horse race’

By Patrick Kearns | February 26, 2020 - 7:45 pm |February 26, 2020 Uncategorized

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IBuyers not named Zillow or Opendoor and are in trouble and they don’t know it yet, Greg Schwartz said Wednesday at the RE/MAX R4 convention in Las Vegas. Continue reading →

Media entrepreneur joins Compass board

By Jim Dalrymple II | February 26, 2020 - 2:00 pm |February 26, 2020 Uncategorized

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Pamela Thomas-Graham currently runs her own media company and has past experience at Credit Suisse, Liz Claiborne and NBCUniversal. Continue reading →

Meet the New Guard: Mueller, Team, Wilson

By Inman | February 24, 2020 - 9:00 am |February 24, 2020 Uncategorized

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The New Guard will be honored at Inman Disconnect March 30-April 1, 2020. Here now, three new inductees worthy of the distinction. Continue reading →

SoftBank Vision Fund lost $2.1B in Q3 as profits continue to plummet

By Patrick Kearns | February 12, 2020 - 9:35 pm |February 12, 2020 Uncategorized

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The Japanese conglomerate and backer of Compass and Opendoor, is scaling back plans for its second Vision Fund. Continue reading →

After a tumultuous 2019, WeWork has a new CEO

By Patrick Kearns | February 4, 2020 - 4:21 pm |February 4, 2020 Uncategorized

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Sandeep Mathrani, previously the CEO of Brookfield Properties’ retail group, has deep ties to the real estate industry. Continue reading →

WATCH: Compass likely to avoid WeWork’s fate: Venture capitalists

By Inman | February 4, 2020 - 3:59 pm |February 4, 2020 Uncategorized

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Compass and WeWork both took massive amounts of cash from SoftBank, but experts say the two companies are actually quite different. Continue reading →

Compass likely to avoid WeWork’s fate: Venture capitalists

By Jim Dalrymple II | January 31, 2020 - 3:54 pm |January 31, 2020 Uncategorized

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Compass and WeWork both took massive amounts of cash from Softbank, but experts say the two companies are actually quite different. Continue reading →

Compass shuffles support staff, anticipates dozens of layoffs

By Patrick Kearns | January 27, 2020 - 8:46 pm |January 27, 2020 Uncategorized

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A Compass source told Inman the company still has no current plans for an IPO, although it’s not off the table. Continue reading →

Side CEO talks venture capital, iBuyer growth and the need for innovation

By Jim Dalrymple II | January 24, 2020 - 9:00 am |January 24, 2020 Uncategorized

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Guy Gal founded his company in 2017 and plans to take it national in the coming years. He also believes the real estate industry is primed for more innovation. Continue reading →

3 real estate companies were among the top equity raisers of 2019

By Patrick Kearns | January 9, 2020 - 6:22 pm |January 9, 2020 Uncategorized

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Opendoor, Vacasa and Compass all raised at least $300M in 2019 and were among the top 11 companies in terms of equity raises in 2019. Continue reading →