Robert Toll, patriarch of luxury and Toll Brothers co-founder, dead at 81

Toll, who died Friday in New York following a struggle with Parkinson’s Disease, co-founded what would become one of the largest luxury home builders in America in 1967 with brother Bruce Toll. Continue reading

Maryland-based Keller Williams firm adds exec with luxury cred

Lesli Akers, a former president of KW Luxury Homes International, will serve as the strategic growth officer for Lucido Global, the company announced last week on social media. Continue reading

Tech-enhanced title provider Flueid announces $15M Series B raise

Series A investor Aquiline Technology Growth led the latest funding round following the closure of a new $365 million fund, Aquiline Technology Growth Fund II, back in May. Continue reading

It’s the end of an era as ‘father of the Zestimate’ retires from Zillow

Stan Humphries, most recently Zillow’s chief analytics officer, announced his retirement this month after 15 years with the portal. For better or worse, his work changed real estate forever. Continue reading

Zillow iBuyer program officially ends as last homes leave the market

A year after announcing it would abandon its iBuyer program, Zillow has offloaded the last of the homes it bought with Zillow Offers, marking the end of a major chapter in real estate history. Continue reading

The other real estate company named Rex just laid off 4% of its staff

The Texas-based firm does property management and provides a variety of tech platforms. The layoffs come amid widespread job losses in the real estate sector. Continue reading

United Real Estate expands reach with new Jacksonville acquisition

The deal brings 400 new agents into the network and will see the Jacksonville, Florida, brokerage operate under the new name United Real Estate Gallery and retain all current leadership. Continue reading

Collabra debuts market analytics and video tool, Market Spotlight

The tool, which is part of Collabra’s RElumio digital marketing platform, is designed to incorporate market data into listing videos with minimal effort — an industry 1st, the company says. Continue reading

Mortgage company Cornerstone Home Lending is now a bank

The acquisition and merger with Roscoe State Bank pave the way for the lender to provide new products, services and resources through advanced technologies. Continue reading