Live from Mega Camp: Gary Keller urges agents to get vaccinated

Gary Keller argued during his company’s Mega Camp event on Tuesday that the way to deal with the delta variant and other pandemic-related issues is to increase the number of people who have vaccines. Dig into more of Inman’s Deep Dive on Keller William… Continue reading

New, deeper mortgage relationships boost Blend’s Q2 revenue

The San Francisco-based cloud banking software developer reported second quarter revenue of $32.1 million, up 46 percent from a year ago. Continue reading

Keller Williams Pres. Marc King on a hot market, iBuying and that IPO

Marc King believes price appreciation will have to slow compared to what has happened over the past year. But he’s confident that real estate agents will survive today’s period of disruption. Continue reading

Agent who marketed her business at Capitol riot pleads guilty in deal

Jenna Ryan, the Texas real estate agent who live-streamed the insurrection in January, pleaded guilty this week to an illegal demonstration charge. Continue reading

RE/MAX and eXp Realty settle their recruitment lawsuit

RE/MAX had sued eXp Realty earlier this year over claims the latter company improperly solicited RE/MAX franchisees, and that it misrepresented RE/MAX’s commission splits. Continue reading

MTV ‘Cribs,’ once king of real estate TV, returns to the air

“Cribs” was huge during its first run two decades ago, but in the time since, social media and other content creators have radically changed the world. Continue reading

The Real Word: Is Zillow’s ShowingTime deal fraught with competition issues?

In this edition of The Real Word, Bryon and Nicole discuss whether Zillow is potentially becoming a monopoly and go over a list of things to do before selling a home — plus real estate tips from Kim Kardashian.
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Flueid awarded patent on title insurance decisioning platform

Flueid Decision is multi-tenant and agnostic, meaning “it’s not owned or managed by any one underwriter, title agent, lender, servicer or service provider and is not focused on any one component of the real estate lifecycle.”  Continue reading

Keller Williams hires former eXp, Zillow exec to oversee iBuying

Raymond “RJ” Jones will spearhead both Keller Offers, the company’s iBuying program, and Keller Manage, a soon-to-launch program that’ll provide home maintenance services. Continue reading