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

Vacation rental giant Vacasa to go public with $4.5B valuation

The rental management giant is merging with TPG Pace Solutions in a bid to go public via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Continue reading

Keller Williams’ president on tech, the future of real estate and that IPO

Keller Williams President Marc King knows the real estate industry is experiencing disruption, but he believes consumers will continue turning to agents as their trusted fiduciaries. Continue reading

Connecting with Keller Williams’ CEO: On inventory and an IPO

Ahead of next week’s Inman Connect, KW CEO Carl Liebert hinted at Keller Williams’ progress toward a stock market debut and talked about how the pandemic will change the industry. Continue reading

Doma adds Wells Fargo as a client as it prepares to go public

Doma offers “instant underwriting” of title insurance for mortgage refinancing, along with remote and digital closing and escrow services for all types of mortgages. Continue reading

The catch-22 behind Compass’ path to profitability

Leading industry analysts shared with Inman their evaluations of Compass’ earnings and how the path to profitability could impact agents. Continue reading

Compass readies for first earnings report after a turbulent month

As Compass gears up for its first-ever earnings call on May 12, here’s a review of the brokerage’s first month as a publicly traded company — including acquisitions, lawsuits and stock market highs and lows. Continue reading

Nation’s fifth largest mortgage insurer joins the IPO craze

Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corp. will rebrand as Enact in a partial IPO that values the company at $3.6 billion and paves the way for a future spin-off. Continue reading