RE/MAX Select is walking away from realtor.com’s leads

RE/MAX Select, an East Coast real estate franchise with more than 200 agents, is severing its ties with realtor.com’s lead generation platform after 17 years over what it says has been a deterioration of that business service since realtor.com’s parent… Continue reading

Realtor.com lays off Arizona sales team, consolidates in California

The team in Scottsdale had been working on realtor.com’s lead generation and marketing products, which are geared toward real estate agents. Now, all those sales efforts at realtor.com will be consolidated into an office in Westlake Village, California… Continue reading

Industry veteran Russ Cofano to start team — on and off the court

A brush with death helped Russ Cofano decide to make a major career change. Now, he’ll work as a broker at Windermere Real Estate while fulfilling a dream to coach high school basketball. Continue reading

News Corp. falls short on revenue, touts ‘healthy growth’ in real estate services

News Corp., the parent company of Move’s realtor.com and Australia-based REA Group, beat analysts’ expectations Thursday, posting adjusted third quarter fiscal year 2019 earnings of 4 cents per share, compared to the consensus estimate of 1 cent per sh… Continue reading

Realtor.com operator Move Inc. latest to be hit with ADA lawsuit

A legally blind consumer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against News Corp. subsidiary and realtor.com operator Move Inc., alleging the company’s websites discriminate against people with visual disabilities. Continue reading

News Corp nails consensus with quarterly earnings growth of 21%

News Corp, the parent company of Move’s realtor.com and Australia-based REA Group, reported Thursday that its revenue grew to $2.63 billion during the final three months of 2018, representing a 21 percent year-over-year increase. Continue reading

Inman’s most-read stories of 2018

The past year has seen a wave of news about new technology, the struggles Realtors are facing in a changing market, lawsuits and even crime. Here are Inman’s 16 must-read posts from 2018. Continue reading

News Corp. appoints new president of global digital real estate

Fellows, who led Melbourne-based, News Corp-owned REA Group for four years, will now oversee all of the corporation’s digital real estate services including Move, Inc., and REA Group, which includes iProperty in Asia and PropTiger and Housing.com in In… Continue reading