2022 game plan: 20+ buyer and seller facts to inform your business

What’s critical to buyers and sellers now, and what’s changed over the past year? If you’re in the throes of strategizing for next year, here are a few key demographics, trends and takeaways — plucked from NAR’s 2021 buyer and seller research — broken … Continue reading

Koch family unloads Montana ranch to Rupert Murdoch for $200M

Murdoch and wife, Jerry Murdoch, bought the 340,000-acre working Montana ranch from Matador Cattle Co., a subsidiary of Koch Industries, the Wall Street Journal reported. Continue reading

Seller’s market is here to stay — but with fewer luxury buyers in 2022

“There will be more luxury sellers in 2022 than in 2021, and while there will be fewer actual luxury buyers, it is still a seller’s market,” the president of Luxury Portfolio International predicts. Continue reading

Pacaso shares now available for luxury home in Santa Barbara

Pacaso acquires luxury second homes under an LLC, then sells that LLC in shares, using an in-house developed app to coordinate usage, order maintenance when needed and generally oversee aspects of ownership. Continue reading

WATCH: Top female leaders on not waiting for permission

Tune in as top women leaders get real about some of the most challenging issues facing women working toward leadership roles in real estate today. Watch their full conversation here. Continue reading

10 tips for a fierce listing presentation from ‘Million Dollar Listing LA’ stars

David Parnes and James Harris put together their top tips for creating a listing presentation that will wow potential sellers and manage their expectations once they make the smart decision and choose you.   Continue reading

How do male luxury agents stay svelte? Hint: Don’t rule out Spanx

Luxury agents will tell you there’s an expectation to maintain an appearance that evokes a particular lifestyle. Will Spanx for male agents be the next step? Continue reading

WATCH: ‘Selling Sunset’ stars on the celebritization of real estate

Does the celebritization of real estate agents doom the traditional brokerage model? Tune in as “Selling Sunset” stars and The Oppenheim Group’s Jason and Brett Oppenheim and Mary Fitzgerald explore the power of the agent today during this panel at Inm… Continue reading

It takes LeBron James 16 hours of work to afford a home. Conor McGregor can buy 1 in half the time

Multimillion-dollar salaried athletes like Stephen Curry and Tiger Woods can save up enough money for the average-priced American home within a few hours, a new study shows. Continue reading

Want to effectively prospect the affluent? Adopt these 5 habits

In this series, WealthQuotient co-founder David Friedman shares the five keystones for effectively prospecting the affluent, distilled from over a decade of advising global leaders in luxury. Here, we’re tying together all five habits with action steps… Continue reading