The top 5 takeaways from the real estate industry’s Q2 earnings

Zillow business shifts, Wall Street’s thoughts on profitability and a slow housing market were the biggest topics over the past two weeks. Continue reading

Stop crying ‘clickbait’! Why you have to get past the headlines

News and info flies at us 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Sure, we skim through a lot of information. But do we really need to burn our energy providing thoughts on an article where we’ve only read the headline? Continue reading

Another top California agent jumps from Coldwell Banker to Compass

Ginger Glass, the nation’s 71st-ranked real estate agent in sales volume according to Real Trends, is making the move from Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Southern California to Compass. Glass is the second high-profile departure from the own-sid… Continue reading

Realogy posts net profit despite 5% revenue decline in Q2

The company fell in line with revenue expectations and an earnings-per-share target of $0.83, as projected by financial analysis firm Zacks. Continue reading

Redfin CEO: Amazon-Realogy partnership not a ‘serious move into the real estate market’

Glenn Kelman suggested in the earnings call Thursday that few people turn to Amazon for “soft services.” He also revealed that he’d like to be able to sell 10 percent of the homes listed with Redfin to unrepresented buyers Continue reading

United Real Estate accused of removing thousands of agent websites

Former franchise owners allege in lawsuit that by removing the websites the company’s customer relationship management software was rendered useless. Continue reading

Does Amazon’s partnership with Realogy spell doomsday for agents?

Industry reaction to Amazon entering the real estate world through a partnership with Realogy was swift and strong, but it might not be as big of a deal as it’s made out to be. Continue reading

Realogy launches Agent X, its new Alexa-based voice assistant

Fresh off the news of its deal with Amazon, Realogy launched Agent X, a voice-based digital assistant that operates on the retail giant’s Alexa platform. Continue reading