Who’s the real Real Trends 500 winner? Depends on who you ask

In a statement to Inman, NRT CEO Ryan Gorman declined to address the slide to number two and instead focused on NRT retaining the top spot in sales volume. Continue reading

Charlie Sheen keeps cutting the price of his mansion

Charlie Sheen has slashed the price of his California estate to $7.99 million — the fifth price drop since listing it last year — proving that even celebrities sometimes struggle to sell their homes. Continue reading

Home prices continued to grow at sluggish pace in January

The price of an average home in the U.S. rose 4.3 percent year-over-year in January, falling from 4.7 percent in December, according to Case-Shiller. Continue reading

WATCH: What are platforms, and why should you care?

Are broker platforms augmenting or replacing existing MLS platforms? What is the impact to industry participants? Explore why this topic is the new buzzword of the industry and what the future looks like. Continue reading

WATCH: Doubling down on diversity

Learn how to implement diversity as a business strategy in your business from Realogy’s Tanya Narvaez-Reu, NAGLREP’s David Siroty, Keller Williams’ David Acosta and Char Luxury Real Estate’s Randy Char onstage at Inman Connect New York.  Continue reading

How Curaytor is solving the Instagram marketing puzzle

Real estate sales and marketing platform Curaytor announced Wednesday, via Instagram, that customers are now able to integrate the popular picture-based social medium into their marketing plans. Curaytor will only communicate via The Gram for the next … Continue reading

Coldwell Banker CEO slams rivals for ‘headline grabbing,’ ‘puffery’

Coldwell Banker CEO Charlie Young criticized rivals Tuesday for trying to morph into technology businesses, saying they’re known mostly for “puffery.” Continue reading

WATCH: Getting transparent about top teams’ finances

What do the models look like for the teams with the highest profit margins? Vija Williams, KW’s Matt Fetick Real Estate Team’s Matt Fetick and Halstead’s Louise Phillips Forbes get real about their financial IQ onstage at Inman Connect New York.  Continue reading

Keller Williams-owned company sues Real Estate Webmasters, HomeAway

SmarterAgent, a mobile platform that allows agents and brokers to create websites and customized search apps, is suing HomeAway and Real Estate Webmasters for patent infringement, claiming the two companies are infringing on a patent related to locatio… Continue reading