How Elon Musk’s Starbase plans are influencing the Texas housing market

Agents in the southernmost tip of Texas, which is home to SpaceX’s rocket production facility and launch site, are seeing buyers and investors flock to formerly sleepy towns. Continue reading

Actor Rob Lowe buys not 1, not 2, but 3 Montecito mansions for $47M

After unloading their family home in 2019, Rob Lowe and his wife Sheryl Berkoff snapped up three Montecito mansions for a combined $47 million. Continue reading

With COVID vaccine now available, the big-city condo is back in style

While the early days of the pandemic saw an exodus from major urban areas, condos and new developments are now selling at record rates thanks in part to the vaccine. Continue reading

Ashley Tisdale sells Los Feliz house for $5.78M

Ashley Tisdale, the star behind several popular Disney Channel shows from the 2000s, has sold her Los Angeles house for a smidge under the $5.795 million asking price. Continue reading

Newly listed ‘vampire house’ features coffins, backyard cemetery

A decor of coffins, crosses and a backyard cemetery has made a seemingly inconspicuous house in Maryland go viral along with its agent. Continue reading

How to steer your brokerage through extreme markets

Operating a brokerage during extreme market fluctuations? You’ll need to develop a strategy — and that starts with supporting your agents, providing superior service and learning how to be flexible through it all. Continue reading

Looking for listings? How to build a real estate farm step-by-step

With inventory at all-time lows, the need to generate listings has never been more pressing. Whether you’ve never built a farm before or it’s been a while since you have, these steps will help you create and grow a thriving geographic real estate farm. Continue reading

‘Be Harry and Meghan’s neighbor’: Montecito’s royal marketing spin

While some agents are milking Montecito’s connection to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, others are treading carefully with a buyer pool unfazed by celebrity and looking for privacy. Continue reading

Woolworth Building penthouse returns to market at major discount

The Woolworth Building penthouse, available for sale since 2014 and marketed since 2017, has returned to the market with a $31 million discount. Continue reading

The Real Word: Could independent contractor status die?

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. In this edition of The Real Word, they’ll discuss the status of real estate agents as independent contractors, how to generate more listings and who’… Continue reading