New agent guide to leveraging non-contingent offers in a hot market

Investor Zain Jaffer offers tips for conducting due diligence and presenting a competitive offer that’s unencumbered by contingencies. Continue reading

5 snack-sized 2025 predictions from a luxury real estate expert

Wondering what this year will hold for the real estate market? Luxury real estate expert Beau Blankenship shares predictions for real estate investors and the luxury landscape in 2025. Continue reading

Take your mark, get ready, fence! to generate business in 2025

Broker Annette DeCicco offers lessons learned from her father, a hall-of-fame fencing coach, that can be your roadmap to generating more leads in 2025 and beyond. Continue reading

Bluesky or Threads? Go where your vibe thrives

Social media is shifting, Jessi Healey breaks down the differences between Threads and Bluesky to help you find the platform that fits your style and goals. Continue reading

Realty Texas app update includes buyer representation experience

Realty Texas, a four-office Lone Star State independent, has taken matters into its own hands when it comes to helping agents present buyer representation agreements. Continue reading

Robert Reffkin predicts the end of Clear Cooperation in 2025

The Compass CEO, long a critic of the polarizing NAR rule, believes that the real estate industry as a whole will finally come around to his view in the near future. Continue reading

Manufactured homebuilder’s lender draws regulatory scrutiny

Vanderbilt Mortgage, which also does business as Silverton Mortgage, is accused by CFPB of approving loans that it should have known borrowers couldn’t repay Continue reading

Corcoran Group veteran Julie Pham joins Compass

After 20 years with Corcoran, veteran broker Julie Pham has moved to Compass. Pham, alongside former Corcoran agent Angela Remigio, also started a namesake team focused on new development and international buyers. Continue reading

‘Breaking Bad’ house on sale for $4M; owner is ‘done’ with fans

Joanne Quintana, the current homeowner, lived in the home with her family when filming began and was excited for the production. However, what started as a novelty eventually became overwhelming. The situation escalated when a package addressed to “Wal… Continue reading

New York City real estate mogul Jacob Chetrit dies

Alongside his brother Juda, Jacob led the Chetrit Organization, which owned notable properties, including a 366,000-square-foot building at 1 Whitehall Street in New York’s Financial District. The duo also had major prospects underway in Pompano Beach … Continue reading