Redfin’s head of industry relations moves to Realogy

In her new role, former Redfin Head of Industry Relations Caitlin McCrory will lead Realogy’s industry advocacy and strategic policy efforts. Continue reading

Toronto iBuyer raises $44M with help from Spencer Rascoff, Eric Wu

Properly is a tech-based real estate brokerage in Canada with a model similar to U.S. iBuyers like OpenDoor and Zillow Offers. Continue reading

Better rapidly scaling up real estate, title insurance businesses

Better’s real estate brokerage subsidiary has largely flown under the radar, but that’s about to change as it integrates Better Real Estate and its other businesses onto a single platform. Continue reading

Zillow, NAR formed ‘group boycott’ to enforce commission rule: REX

On Monday, REX alleged that the National Association of Realtors and Zillow use NAR’s segregation rule to hinder competitors who don’t comply with NAR’s commission rule. Continue reading

Agent/broker perspective: Short-term rental services — friend or foe?

Each month Anthony Askowitz explores a hypothetical real estate situation from both sides of the broker/agent dynamic. This time: An agent wants to know if the short-term rental trend is worth her time, energy and focus. What advice should her broker g… Continue reading

Leading indie brokerage in Massachusetts joins Compass

The Randall Family of Companies, which includes four residential and commercial real estate brokerages, has moved to Compass. The company has 35 offices throughout New England. Continue reading

Keller Williams debuts new ‘Expansion Network’ for growing teams

The project is meant to make the process of expanding a team into a new city more streamlined and efficient. It should also turn those teams into an asset for the existing Keller Williams personnel in the new city. Continue reading

‘The burnout is real’: Team leaders share how they’re fighting back

Team leaders at Sotheby’s and Keller Williams discussed steps their teams are taking to finish the summer strong at Inman Connect on Tuesday. Continue reading

Richard Ferrari named new CEO of Douglas Elliman New York

Former CEO Steven James departed in April for Berkshire Hathaway’s HomeServices of America. Continue reading