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

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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 →

Compass must cut faster and deeper to break even in 2023: DelPrete

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Compass continued to burn cash in the latest quarter but also demonstrated a reduction in operating expenses as the company aims to break even in 2023, Mike DelPrete writes. With a historically high cash burn, Compass needs to cut faster and deeper tha… Continue reading →

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

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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 →

Compass adds agents as revenue falls, losses rise in Q3

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The company reported earnings Thursday for the first time since announcing the end of cash and stock-based recruiting incentives. Despite the move, the company added 335 agents. Continue reading →

Real estate companies are about to tell us just how bad the downturn is

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Many of the industry’s big companies are about to report their third-quarter earnings. The reports will offer the first in-depth look at how firms coped with a rapidly cooling market. Continue reading →

How a strong culture is getting Compass through tough times

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On the last day of the Compass REtreat, Compass President of Customer Success Danielle Wilkie sat down with Inman to talk about how a strong culture is key to the company’s 2023 strategy. Continue reading →

Compass taps Cushman executive as chief financial officer at pivotal time

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Kalani Reelitz joins the brokerage at a time of significant transition, and as it tries to achieve positive cash flow next year. Continue reading →

Robert Reffkin gets real at Compass REtreat: ‘Hope is not a strategy’

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At his company’s annual REtreat in Atlanta, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin used his keynote to give an honest and intimate review of his company’s post-IPO performance and cast a vision for the future. Continue reading →

4 things to watch as Compass’ annual conference unfolds this week

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Compass became the largest company of its kind in the U.S. this year, but is holding its annual gathering as the real estate industry navigates uniquely troubled waters. Continue reading →

The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky on what’s hurting brokerages the most

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At Inman Connect, Brad Inman and Mauricio Umansky, founder of luxury brokerage The Agency discussed what’s happening in the market now and how it’s impacting brokers and their agents. Continue reading →