$130M Coldwell Banker team jumps to Keller Williams

The move by The Laugesen Team in California follows a string of high-profile defections from Coldwell Banker NRT earlier this month. Continue reading

Business model wars: How will consumers choose?

Homebuyers and sellers have a plethora of options when it comes to buying and selling homes. There are more business models in the U.S. brokerage business than ever before. What do they care about most? Continue reading

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchise, top indie merge to form Houston behemoth

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene and Heritage Texas Properties will be among top 50 brokerages in the country. Continue reading

WATCH: How to develop your brand’s point of view

Jessica Swesey, partner and chief marketer at 1000watt, took the Inman Connect Las Vegas audience through a set of exercises that challenged the crowd to think deeply about what makes their brands unique. Continue reading

Chinese real estate giant Juwai strikes deals with North American firms

Juwai.com, a massive real estate portal that is a kind of Zillow-for-China, has struck up a series of partnerships to market properties from high-profile North American companies. Continue reading

WATCH: An indie’s guide to growth and expansion

What resources are required to open more offices nationwide? Find out from broker-owner Kendall Butler and Kendrick Realty’s Dan Sundberg onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas Continue reading

KW releases ‘app store’ for agent tech tools

Keller Williams announced Monday it is releasing KW Marketplace, its proprietary “app store” into the general KW Labs community, allowing agents to start using the platform in its testing phase. Continue reading

Daydreaming of a better way to manage transactions?

Let’s say you had a simple tool in the palm of your hand. Something that fixed all that ails your transaction management today, whether you were an agent, administrator, or broker. Imagine that! You could pick up the kids from school on time. Watch a m… Continue reading

Why (and how) to quit managing time and start managing choices

A real estate sales career doesn’t fit nicely into a 5-day a week, 9-to-5 schedule. After all, real estate agents are entrepreneurs whose living depends on making the most of their time, regardless of what time (or day) it might be. Continue reading

Inman News quiz: Think you’re on top of the week’s biggest stories?

Take Inman’s real estate news quiz to demonstrate how strong your talking points and cocktail banter are this week. Continue reading