Facebook wants to turn your video meetings into virtual reality

Facebook just launched a virtual-reality service that allows people to hold virtual work meetings as avatars, and agents can use it as a tool to connect with buyers, sellers and colleagues. Continue reading

What COVID surge? Agents carry on as cases, vaccine mandates rise

COVID-19 cases are on the rise, and brokerages are cracking down with vaccine mandates, but agents don’t believe it will disrupt the market like it did during last year’s peak. Continue reading

3 moments that made Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman

From juggling 100 cases a day as an attorney to switching careers and being promoted from agent to manager, Bess Freedman shared with Inman the three moments that paved her path to success. Continue reading

NYC agents to Dottie Herman: We’re not afraid to walk in the city

Douglas Elliman’s CEO told Fox News that the rising crime rate is threatening NYC’s real estate rebound, but agents who spoke with Inman on Thursday largely disagreed. Continue reading

Demand for luxury Hamptons real estate eclipses its pandemic peak

Sales of single-family homes in the Hamptons have soared 39.4 percent year over year while the total dollar value of home sales increased 90.9 percent to $2.1 billion during the same period. Continue reading

Brown Harris Stevens’ agent platform ‘couldn’t have come at a better time’

The long-standing, NYC-based urban luxury independent Brown Harris Stevens has developed an agent productivity solution called MAIA. It rests on a Salesforce backbone. Continue reading

Announcing the first round of speakers for Inman Connect New York

These dynamic leaders won’t hold back when they take the stage at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading

EXp Realty is expanding to New York City

James Hynes will serve as the managing broker of eXp Realty’s Brooklyn operations. Hynes has been with eXp Realty for more than two years in Rochester, New York. Continue reading

Brown Harris Stevens isn’t for sale — but rumors persist

In a letter to the company’s more than 1,000 agents, CEO Bess Freedman and President Hall Willkie emphatically say the company is not for sale, and accuse an unnamed brokerage of spreading rumors to support unethical recruitment tactics. Continue reading