Nest Seekers expands to Mexico as demand from US skyrockets

The luxury brokerage has added offices in Cabo San Lucas, Riviera Maya and Mexico City as demand for real estate in the accessible and affordable country skyrockets. Continue reading

Fredrik Eklund’s REAL Messenger to go public via Nova Vision SPAC

The transaction will have a pre-money enterprise value of approximate $150 million at closing, according to an announcement Tuesday. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023. Continue reading

The Agency launches 3 Canadian offices in March

The offices across Toronto West, Fort McMurray and Ontario’s York region raise The Agency’s number of Canadian offices to 16 and its total number of global locations to 79. Continue reading

Altman Brothers Team signs new contract with Douglas Elliman

The team closed the priciest sale in Orange County last year with a $55 million property in Crystal Cove and was named the No. 1 large team nationwide in the 2023 Ellie Awards. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Continue reading

At Bespoke Real Estate, racial slurs were part of the job, new suit claims

Jarret Willis, a Black agent who worked at the Hamptons-based luxury brokerage, was smeared by epithets, including “Jafar” in reference to the “Aladdin” Disney movie, a white colleague claims. Continue reading

Kamini Lane named president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty

Lane’s appointment comes after M. Ryan Gorman’s abrupt ouster as CEO in December. The brand also announced that Liz Gehringer would take on an expanded role as president and CEO of Anywhere Franchise Brands, the company exclusively told Inman. Continue reading

‘All strapped in’: Luxury clients face whiplash as banking fallout unfolds

The sudden change in the global banking landscape has left luxury real estate clients hanging out “in the parking lot,” Kofi Nartey said, as they wait to see where the remaining chips will fall. Continue reading

Redfin Premier expands nationally to more than 100 new markets

Redfin Premier, which matches luxury homebuyers and sellers with a Redfin Premier agent and marketing tools specific to the luxury brand, is launching in every market the brokerage operates. Continue reading

The best of Engel & Völkers’ EVX: ‘Ninja drops’ and ‘witness’ collection

Topics across Engel & Völkers’ two-day EVX conference included international markets, increasing leads and listings, social media strategies, brand credibility and much more. Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Brown Harris Stevens partners with Cloze on CRM

Within six weeks, the companies exceeded their adoption target, largely as a result of an internal marketing campaign whereby agents who were early adopters of the program made recommendations to other agents based on experience, BHS exclusively told I… Continue reading