The age of streaming real estate is here

Zillow’s recent pivot from a traditional agent ad model to it’s all-in instant offer business model reminds me of Netflix’s gutsy decision in 2007 to move into streaming and away from its profitable DVD-by-mail model. Continue reading

The Inman Weekender: RE/MAX Select nixes realtor.com’s leads

Need something to occupy your spare moments this weekend? Find out what not to miss at ICLV, check out our ‘Back to Basics’ series, and catch up on this week’s top news. Continue reading

Engel & Völkers continues rapid expansion with Oklahoma office

The international franchisor added a new US location in Oklahoma City just weeks after opening in Brooklyn, New York, and Napa, California. Continue reading

Jigglar launches creative marketing for teams

Real estate teams looking for a better way to manage their marketing can turn to Jigglar, which now enables multi-person access and branding standards enforcement. Continue reading

NRT’s CEO downplays disruption, teases new transaction tools

Ryan Gorman spoke with Inman by phone to discuss some of the challenges this company is facing head-on this year and his now-infamous letter raising concerns about competitor Compass. Continue reading

Flat-fee brokerage Redefy initiates new private securities offering

Publicly-traded flat-fee brokerage Redefy announced on Wednesday a new private securities offering of up to $6 million to fuel anticipated growth.  Continue reading

RE/MAX co-founder buys more than $3M of company stock

RE/MAX revealed Wednesday that co-founder and former CEO Dave Liniger has just purchased 122,911 shares in the company. Continue reading

RE/MAX Select is walking away from realtor.com’s leads

RE/MAX Select, an East Coast real estate franchise with more than 200 agents, is severing its ties with realtor.com’s lead generation platform after 17 years over what it says has been a deterioration of that business service since realtor.com’s parent… Continue reading

EXp Realty heads overseas, expanding to the UK and Australia

EXp Realty announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding brokerage operations to the United Kingdom and Australia, the virtual cloud brokerage’s third and fourth countries after the U.S. and Canada.  Continue reading