Isaac Lustgarten leaves Official for The Corcoran Group

The luxury broker is the latest to leave embattled Official in the wake of multiple lawsuits alleging the Alexanders committed rape and sexual assault. Lustgarten has closed more than $250 million in career sales. Continue reading

Florida’s biggest insurer hands off 600k policies as new storm comes

The Florida Legislature-created Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has been so overwhelmed with new insurance policies in recent years that regulators have approved proposals for private insurers to take over more than 600,000 of those policies. Continue reading

With AI, real estate is now a ‘game of attention,’ Serhant says

AI has changed the nature of competition within the industry, Serhant said at the CNBC Evolve AI Opportunity Summit, making relationship skills even more important. Continue reading

Elliman’s Stephen Kotler says the election is only a ‘little ripple’

The brokerage exec shared details about his day-to-day at Elliman, thoughts on current industry challenges and how, despite popular opinion, an election year typically has very little impact on the market. Continue reading

8 years later, ‘Thousand Dollar Listing’ unveils new episodes

After navigating an identity crisis and multiple potential deals with production companies that fell through, Noah Kaplan and his team have finally wrapped editing seven new episodes and are releasing one episode per week on YouTube. Continue reading

Now a Texas license holder, Tracy Tutor has entered her cowboy era

The Tracy Tutor Team founder told Inman about her recent transition into Texas, market challenges and her thoughts on hot-button industry issues like the Clear Cooperation policy. Continue reading

How you can help victims of Hurricane Helene

Communities are just beginning a long road to recovery. Reference this list of resources to learn where to donate money or supplies or sign up to volunteer. Continue reading

Is Spelling Manor the next mansion to be hit by scammers?

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt is reportedly interested in the $137.5 million home, but the property can’t be sold until a bizarre claim to the deed allegedly involving a web of Donald Trump, Steven Mnuchin, Erika Girardi’s ex-husband and m… Continue reading

Helene death toll surpasses 100; communities face tough rebuild

Some of the areas worst hit by the storm were in more remote western North Carolina mountain towns, like Asheville, where more than 40 people died, and where communities were cut off from cell and internet services, as well as water and power. Continue reading

The Agency launches Aclara Lending mortgage brokerage

The national brokerage is making its start in Southern California and has been created through a partnership with mortgage service provider Barrett Financial Group, The Agency has informed Inman. Continue reading