Biden overturns rule that stifled immigrant housing access

The Department of Homeland Security announced it wouldn’t follow the 2019 amendment to the Public Charge Rule, which helps determine citizenship eligibility based on financial neediness. Continue reading

Meet all the agents of the ‘Selling Sunset’ spinoff ‘Selling the OC’

For those who haven’t tuned into the Netflix series, which debuted Aug. 24, here’s the lowdown on who’s who — and some astonishing facts you won’t learn from the show. Continue reading

Compass co-founding agent in Bay Area jumps to Christie’s Sereno

Phil Chen, a founding member of Compass’s Mid Peninsula office, has joined Christie’s International Real Estate Sereno in Burlingame in San Mateo County. Continue reading

No retailer captured the dream of ‘home’ quite like Bed Bath & Beyond

The home goods retailer was not only a store that had everything a person might want for a home, but it symbolized the very American dream of homeownership. Today it’s fighting for survival. Continue reading

Ken Griffin revealed as buyer of record $107M Miami sale

One week after the record sale of businesswoman and philanthropist Adrienne Arsht’s 4-acre waterfront Coconut Grove estate, hedge funder Ken Griffin has emerged as the buyer. Continue reading

Opendoor’s buyer agent commission advantage: DelPrete

Opendoor is deftly turning its super-skimpy buyer commissions into a competitive advantage to optimize its business model. Mike DelPrete looks at the data and explains what it means for the industry. Continue reading

Elite agents, Colorado ‘commingling,’ Realtor.com layoffs: Inman’s Top 5 stories of the week Sept. 2-8, 2022

Catch up on the most-read stories of the week, as determined by Inman readers. Here’s Inman Top 5 for Sept. 2-8, 2022. Continue reading

Real estate broker drops NAR listing attribution suit to avoid sanctions

Antitrust case filed by Arizona broker Grady Hillis is now dead. The National Association of Realtors insisted the lawsuit was “frivolous,” “meritless” and “recklessly thrown together.” Continue reading