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With East Coast merger, United Real Estate adds 1,000 agents

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Five years ago, Pearson Smith Realty had only 17 agents. It has since grown to conduct $4.1 billion annually in real estate transactions. Continue reading →

Over 1,000 tenants could lose homes over landlord’s unpaid water bill

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Tenants in four Indianapolis low-income apartment buildings thought their rent covered utilities. They’ll lose water and potentially homes if their landlord doesn’t pay a $1.7 million bill by October. Continue reading →

Flyhomes lays off 20% of workforce, cites rising interest rates

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The layoffs come after a rapid expansion into new markets including Texas, Colorado and Idaho following a $150 million Series C funding round. Continue reading →

5 neighborhoods at once? Zillow rolls out new app feature

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Zillow app users can now focus their results to several key locations — from multiple cities all the way down to desired neighborhoods. Continue reading →

Fredrik Eklund and Thomas Ma announce new agent social app

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REAL is like a mashup of WhatsApp, Instagram and Zillow for agents and consumers, Eklund said, but at “lightning speed.” Continue reading →

@properties CEO Thad Wong says he’s ‘looking forward to a downturn’

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Ahead of Inman Connect Las Vegas, the leader of the Chicago-based brokerage said he’s better positioned than Redfin and Compass to grow into a changing market. Continue reading →

Vanguard Properties promotes industry leader to executive role

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Nina Dosanjh has worked in real estate for 12 years. She acts as treasurer for the San Francisco Association of Realtors and was named among Inman’s Real Estate Influencers of 2017. Continue reading →

The international buyer pool dropped to a new low last year

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Foreign buyers, either noncitizens living in the U.S. or those with permanent homes outside the country, scooped up 98,600 existing homes between April 2021 and March 2022, NAR reports. Continue reading →

What instantly differentiates a luxury agent? Pulse

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This week, we want to know: How can you tell when someone is a luxury agent? Is it their marketing, price point or ZIP code? Continue reading →