Former Real Housewife joins Douglas Elliman team

Former “Real Housewives of New York” star Kelly Bensimon is joining the brokerage, and Stephanie Garbarini has been named vice president of marketing. Continue reading

The top 5 takeaways from the real estate industry’s Q2 earnings

Zillow business shifts, Wall Street’s thoughts on profitability and a slow housing market were the biggest topics over the past two weeks. Continue reading

Failing forward: 6 tips for fostering a stronger team

Spyglass Realty owner and team leader Ryan Rodenbeck was sent reeling when his top producer quit. Less than two years after that wake-up call, the team won a citywide best workplace award. Here, Rodenbeck shares what he learned and how it enabled him t… Continue reading

‘Elder orphans’ more likely to move: Study

A wave of unmarried, childless elderly people are likely to shape the future of housing. These “solo agers” must make big decisions about the course of their lives without input from loved ones. That includes their housing situations. Continue reading

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate expands SoCal presence

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is expanding its Southern California presence with a merger and a new affiliation, giving it 13 California-affiliated brokerages and more than 1,500 agents in the state. Continue reading

Chance the Rapper gives RE/MAX a shoutout

Chance the Rapper’s latest track mentions a single mom who “called up the RE/MAX and opened her own site” The woman in question? The Grammy-winning artist’s mother-in-law, Janice Corley. Continue reading

WATCH: How to take your team’s branding to the next level

“Branding is evoking emotions and feelings from our customers, right? So it’s so important for us to stay very focused on the fact that those emotions and those feelings give us the opportunity in our business to grow more in-depth relationships.” Rene… Continue reading

After ‘ghost agent’ purge, Keller Williams’ agent count is growing

Following two straight quarters of North American agent count declines, KW added nearly 3,000 associates in the second quarter. Continue reading

WATCH: Rethinking your brokerage to maximize productivity

Onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers’ Craig McClelland and Hunter Rowe Real Estate owner Mike Regan discussed their efforts to build brokerages that “departmentalized” to free up staff members’ time and… Continue reading