Riding a strong year, Ryan Serhant says ‘America is open for business’

Ahead of his appearance at Inman Connect New York in January, the CEO shared his thoughts on what industry players should be focusing on, updates at SERHANT. and his optimistic view of 2025. Continue reading

The Agency’s Red Paper report shows luxury market thriving

Luxury clientele’s resiliency toward interest rates and a well-performing stock market were primary factors in the luxury market’s positive performance in 2024. Continue reading

James Dwiggins: Clear Cooperation opponents are prioritizing profits

Ahead of a debate on the CCP at Inman Connect New York, the CEO of NextHome says whether sellers agree to hold their listing off of the MLS depends on the agent’s influence. Continue reading

Compliance and off-market listings: The fiduciary duty at play

Regardless of the CCP’s future, fiduciary duty remains a constant in real estate practice, demanding an unwavering commitment from licensees, Summer Goralik writes. Continue reading

Repealing CCP will create ‘2-tiered’ housing market, NAHREP warns

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals is putting its muscle behind maintaining Clear Cooperation, a policy that requires brokers to submit a listing to their multiple listing services within one business day of marketing a prop… Continue reading

Mauricio Umansky: To be great, ‘you have to dare to be bad’

The Agency CEO this week predicted more change ahead for the real estate industry, said agents are angry, and argued in favor of raising the bar for obtaining a real estate license. Continue reading

What The Opportunity Report says about organized real estate

Carl Medford analyzes the new Opportunity Report to see what it means for organized real estate, state regulatory agencies and key stakeholders in the second part of his series. Continue reading

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin: Zillow will be the national MLS

Reffkin continued his campaign against the Clear Cooperation Policy at the National Association of Realtor’s annual NAR NXT conference during a “Future of the MLS” session Friday. Continue reading

‘Thank u, NXT:’ NAR steers clear of Clear Cooperation at its big event

A National Association of Realtors spokesperson told Inman that the trade organization is continuing to gather feedback on the pocket listing rule through “many channels.” Continue reading

EXp posts modest revenue gain, reaching $1.2B in 3rd quarter

The virtual brokerage grappled with losses as it paid out its settlement in antitrust commission lawsuits and increased agent losses in a bid to offload less productive agents from the platform. Continue reading