Opendoor CEO and president out as iBuyer shakes up exec team

Weeks after it reported losing nearly $1 billion in the third quarter, the leading iBuying company shook up its top executives. Founder Eric Wu was replaced as CEO by CFO Carrie Wheeler, and President Andrew Low Ah Kee has resigned. Continue reading

NYSE threatens to boot Offerpad over plummeting share price

Offerpad’s stock slipped below $1 per share in late October, positioning the iBuyer to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, which would make it more difficult to buy and sell shares while scaring off investors. Continue reading

Billions in losses, a brutal market and more from Q3 earnings season

A slowing market is taking a toll on big real estate companies, though not every firm is suffering equally. A look back on the past three dramatic weeks of third-quarter wins, losses and draws. Continue reading

It’s the disruption, stupid! Redfin Now and the end of iBuying as we know it

As Redfin winds down its operations, Opendoor and Offerpad are the last ones left for the most part — and they’re both struggling. Was iBuying a flash in the pan or is everyone simply looking in the wrong direction? Continue reading

Redfin sees losses soar in Q3 as it winds down iBuying program

The company earned $600.5 million in revenue during the third quarter, but also lost $90.2 million — up from a loss of just $18.9 million in the third quarter of 2021 — amid a worsening housing market. Continue reading

Redfin called ‘fundamentally flawed’ by analyst amid stock market havoc

Real estate companies including Compass, Offerpad and Opendoor saw share prices hit all-time lows Monday. The rout suggests investors may have deep concerns about the real estate industry. Continue reading

Opendoor lost nearly $1B in Q3 in ‘once-in-40-years market transition’

In total, Opendoor suffered a net loss of $928 million between July and September, according to an earnings report Thursday. That’s up from a loss of just $57 million during the third quarter of 2021. Continue reading

Opendoor lays off 18% of workforce ahead of Q3 earnings call this week

The cuts affect approximately 550 people, Opendoor CEO Eric Wu said in a blog post Wednesday, and come amid a worsening housing market that has forced layoffs across the real estate industry. Continue reading

CoStar sees revenue, profit jump in Q3 despite slowing housing market

In an earnings call Tuesday, the real estate giant pointed to its Apartments.com business as a particularly successful standout in an otherwise challenging market this summer. Continue reading