With new FTC chair, expect greater scrutiny on the real estate industry

Lina Khan’s appointment at the Federal Trade Commission last week appears to indicate the Biden administration plans to take an aggressive approach to antitrust regulation. Continue reading

Insight Partners, Stone Point finalize CoreLogic acquisition

Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners completed their acquisition of CoreLogic for $5.9 billion Friday. The company received offers from several other firms including CoStar Group. Continue reading

The Inman Handbook on real estate’s biggest rivalries

Compass versus Realogy. Keller Williams versus eXp. REX versus everyone. The real estate industry is full of big names and big feuds, and Inman’s unpacking all of them. Continue reading

CoStar unlikely to dethrone Zillow in portal wars: DelPrete

Attempting to directly compete with market-leading real estate portals is an incredibly difficult proposition — with success unlikely. The smart challengers understand this game and how it’s played, not trying to overtake the leaders, but instead build… Continue reading

Costar revenue jumps 17% with help from new addition Homesnap

The company raked in $458 million during the first quarter of the year. It also said that Homesnap, which is bought in 2020, performed well. Continue reading

CoStar to acquire listing site Homes.com

The $156 million purchase should help the company continue its push into the world of residential real estate. Continue reading

RE/MAX exec on shifting market: ‘Have a savings account’

Chief Customer Officer Nick Bailey also warned agents that there are no “get rich quick schemes” in real estate at the company’s R4 event. Continue reading

CoStar agrees to buy imperiled rental search firm RentPath for $588M

After failing to restructure $650 million in debt, RentPath has placed itself on the auction block with commercial real estate data behemoth CoStar Group as the front runner. Continue reading

Proptech funding shows no signs of slowing down

The U.S. real estate technology sector nabbed $1.9 billion in growth equity capital in 2019, according to a new study from GCA Advisors. Continue reading