How Offerpad execs plan to pivot from seller’s to buyer’s market

Executives at the iBuying pioneer see tremendous opportunity if they can negotiate today’s challenging “in-between” phase where buyers and sellers are on the fence. Continue reading

Opendoor in 2023: The iBuying king and a business model in turmoil

Opendoor faces a fight for survival after “an abrupt strategy pivot” sent Opendoor into 2023 “without a proven business model.” Here are the five biggest challenges facing the king of a troubled business model. Continue reading

After a near 90% fall, analytics firm sees Opendoor shares rising to $6

A financial firm recently set a $6 price target for Opendoor stock. That price would be substantially higher than what shares are currently fetching. Continue reading

Anywhere lays off more workers, announces end of RealSure iBuyer

The company has slashed its workforce by 11 percent since last June, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The moves come following months of housing market declines. Continue reading

The biggest mortgage, lending and housing finance stories of 2022

The industry dodged a meltdown, but skyrocketing mortgage rates fueled a rush to “right size” and helped crown a new leader in mortgage lending. Continue reading

2022 by the numbers: The dirty data that drove a weird year in real estate

To better illustrate how capricious the real estate industry was in 2022, Inman searched high and low for rogue data points that drove the housing market and best reflected this year’s wild tumble. Continue reading

Real estate in 2022: When the #@!$ finally hit the fan

Soaring mortgage rates, slagging sales, thousands and thousands of layoffs: The past 12 months have offered a jarring reminder that what goes up must come down. Continue reading

Expect more high-profile executive shakeups — and golden parachutes

This month, Coldwell Banker CEO M. Ryan Gorman and Opendoor CEO Eric Wu relinquished their chief executive posts. Inman founder Brad Inman envisions a cold winter ahead. Continue reading

Opendoor faces ‘existential’ crisis as iBuying fights for survival

The company recently reported a nearly billion-dollar loss and has now dramatically rearranged its executive lineup as the cash-buying sector contends with a slowing market. Continue reading