Side hires Zillow veteran Stephen Capezza to serve as president

Capezza joins Side during a period that has proven challenging for the broader real estate industry and “is the exact right person to help guide Side through the next phase of our growth,” the company said. Continue reading

CIBM Bank out to double mortgage originations with new hires

The Illinois-based bank is adding 30 new mortgage loan officers and expanding into Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. Continue reading

Glenn Sanford steps in as eXp Realty CEO; Jason Gesing takes on new role

Sanford will helm the company’s brokerage while Gesing, who had served as its chief executive officer, will shift into an expanded role as chief industry relations officer for eXp World Holdings. Continue reading

Corcoran Reverie lures Florida’s Cindy Cole from Keller Williams

Cole will help Corcoran Reverie grow its luxury real estate footprint in Destin, Florida, and ranks among the top one-half of 1 percent of real estate agents by sales volume, according to a report. Continue reading

Inman’s 2022 Person of the Year: The Howard Hanna family

Three generations of Hannas have grown the family business from a small mom-and-pop brokerage into a juggernaut with 15,000 agents and 400 offices. Continue reading

Mortgage finance veteran Nick Smith joins Voxtur’s board

The mortgage data analytics provider that is pioneering attorney title opinion letters had previously expanded digital asset capabilities with a $101 million Blue Water acquisition. Continue reading

2022 by the numbers: The dirty data that drove a weird year in real estate

To better illustrate how capricious the real estate industry was in 2022, Inman searched high and low for rogue data points that drove the housing market and best reflected this year’s wild tumble. Continue reading

Stewart targets institutional investors with BCHH acquisition

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania-based BCHH provides national title and settlement services to mortgage servicers, real estate investors, asset management companies and government entities. Continue reading

Real estate in 2022: When the #@!$ finally hit the fan

Soaring mortgage rates, slagging sales, thousands and thousands of layoffs: The past 12 months have offered a jarring reminder that what goes up must come down. Continue reading

Outdated MLS policy hides thousands of homes for sale

Where MLSs ban commingling, brokerage websites either can’t display non-MLS listings or must hide this inventory behind filters and log-in walls. Redfin’s Joe Rath offers an argument in favor of allowing brokerages to display all of the options. Continue reading