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Compass poaches entire 22-person Coldwell Banker team

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Los Angeles-based WSA Real Estate operates in the tony western half of Los Angeles. Team members are now decamping for Compass, which is not acquiring the entity itself. Continue reading →

Insurance startup Lemonade raises $300M funding round

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Lemonade, a tech-centric insurance startup that uses artificial intelligence, announced Thursday it had raised $300 million in a new round of funding. Continue reading →

The essential guide to Wall Street and real estate

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Wall Street and venture capitalists are pouring fortunes into everything from real estate tech companies to single-family rentals. Here’s what real estate pros should know from the top down. Continue reading →

SoftBank eyeing additional $15B for its Vision Fund: Report

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Softbank’s Vision Fund, the venture capital arm of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, is seeking to raise an additional $15 billion to invest in tech startups. Continue reading →

What agents should know about tech’s next IPO boom

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The San Francisco Bay Area could explode with new millionaires this year, as a number of the top Bay Area-based tech companies mull initial public offerings. But will this influx of new cash actually have an appreciable impact on the nation’s most expe… Continue reading →

How to protect your business in an evolving industry

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What should the individual agent do when confronted with the swirl of funding and iBuyer activity and talk of massive change within the industry? Continue reading →

Opendoor, Compass and their big investor are silent on Saudi Arabia controversy

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Nearly half of the Softbank Vision Fund’s $93 billion in total value is financed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the money controlled by the country’s ruling family — $45 billion. It recently committed the same sum to another mega tech fund th… Continue reading →