Meditation rooms & ‘show showers’: What luxury buyers want right now

Luxury real estate agent Ivan Estrada and luxury residential developer Tyler Jones explain how the pandemic has impacted buyers’ wish lists and must-haves at Inman Connect. Continue reading

The luxury home of the future is all about blurring boundaries

A deep integration with nature, more space and high-end smart home features are just some of the things luxury buyers will demand in their future homes. Continue reading

Pacaso, Avenue 8 discuss how luxury brokerages are changing

At Inman Luxury Connect in Las Vegas, executives from Pacaso and Avenue 8 discussed the changing models in luxury real estate sales, agreeing that customer experience remains key — despite buyers’ changing goals. Continue reading

‘I want to be your second agent’: Top Realtors dish on when to walk away

Aaron Kirman of Compass and Tami Pardee of Pardee Properties offered a master class on how to navigate clients back to something resembling reality during Luxury Connect in Las Vegas on Monday. Continue reading

JPAR taps Realogy executive as president, operations chief

Laura O’Connor has been named president and chief operating officer at JPAR. She previously served as a vice president at Realogy. Continue reading

OJO exec Chris Heller joins robotic letter writing startup’s board

Audience.co mounts a real pen on a robot to create notes that appear to be written by a human hand. The company says this increases their effectiveness for lead generation. Continue reading

‘History repeats itself:’ Ryan Serhant warns of an impending luxury slump

Jade Mills, Ryan Serhant, Gary Gold and Mauricio Umansky told a Luxury Connect crowd how to prepare themselves and clients for a possible downturn. Continue reading

Meet the first responder Mattel modeled a Barbie after

Dr. Audrey Sue Cruz is one of six health care workers Mattel reached out to during a time of global pandemic and intense discrimination against Asian Americans. Continue reading

Zillow’s iBuyer misstep will soon be ‘a distant memory’: Mike DelPrete

Within the context of long-term industry disruption, Zillow’s loss may simply be an embarrassing detour on its inexorable march to transform real estate. Continue reading