Corcoran Sawyer Smith enters Pennsylvania with new acquisition

With the acquisition of Weidel Real Estate, the Corcoran Group franchisee is adding approximately 180 agents and seven new offices to its ranks, as well as moving into Pennsylvania. Continue reading

49% of agents sold either 1 home or none at all in the past year: CFA

Agent “glut” means part-timers are now the majority, leading to “widespread incompetence and pressure to maintain high commission rates,” according to the Consumer Federation of America. Continue reading

Brad Inman: ‘Unsung hero of real estate’ is the small broker-owner

More than 80 percent of real estate agents work for small brokerages with fewer than 25 agents, and the average is seven, Brad Inman writes. But their might was on full display in 2023. Continue reading

Meet Inman’s 2023 ‘Person of the Year’: The Small Broker-Owner

Small brokers may not get as much attention as the big guys, but they make up the majority of the real estate industry’s firms and manage to win David-and-Goliath struggles every day. Continue reading

Robert Reffkin relinquishes stock unit awards for $7M cash bonus

An SEC filing showed the Compass CEO is letting go of $25 million in performance-based restricted stock unit awards in exchange for something a bit more tangible. His salary is also going up to $900,000. Continue reading

What the biggest names in real estate really thought of 2023

Fourteen of the real estate industry’s biggest leaders shared their thoughts on rising mortgage rates, slowing sales, antitrust suits, National Association of Realtors drama, and several other headline-making stories along with their hopes for the new … Continue reading

And the biggest news of 2023 is … Inman’s top 10 stories of the year

Because we’re sure you remember these stories all too well, we’ll just get to it without further ado. Here are the top news stories of 2023, ranked by readership. Continue reading

How well do you remember 2023’s biggest real estate stories?

Scandals, lawsuits, technology and more dominated the headlines in what turned out to be one of real estate’s most eventful years in recent memory. Continue reading

5 things your broker is too nice to tell you, but you need to hear

You may not want to hear the truth, writes Jimmy Burgess, but you need to hear it if you want to make big improvements in your performance. Here are the five things you need to get real about. Continue reading