Compass and Opendoor CEOs won’t attend controversial Saudi tech conference this month

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin wasn’t invited. Opendoor CEO Eric Wu was, but won’t attend this year’s Future Investment Initiative event. Continue reading

Opendoor appoints new batch of executives, board members

The new leaders — none of whom have backgrounds in real estate — have previous experience working at Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and in the venture capital industry. Continue reading

The Agency founder talks expansion, corrects the rumor mill

Mauricio Umansky says the agent count at his Southern California boutique brokerage is actually way up. Continue reading

‘Listing Impossible’ star Aaron Kirman on breaking into luxury

Kirman rose from humble origins to become a top-producing agent and reality TV star. He did it by taking a ‘curated’ and ‘calculated’ approach. Continue reading

Avi Dorfman’s $200M lawsuit against Compass moves forward

Dorfman claims he was supposed to be a founding member of the rapidly growing brokerage, which today is valued at more than $6 billion. Continue reading

National Association of Realtors mulls MLS pocket listing policy

The new policy is a response to limited-exposure and ‘coming soon’ marketing practices, and would require agents to share exclusive listings with MLS members. Continue reading

National Association of Realtors mulls MLS pocket listing policy

The new policy is a response to limited-exposure and ‘coming soon’ marketing practices, and would require agents to share exclusive listings with MLS members. Continue reading