Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate expands SoCal presence

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is expanding its Southern California presence with a merger and a new affiliation, giving it 13 California-affiliated brokerages and more than 1,500 agents in the state. Continue reading

WATCH: How to take your team’s branding to the next level

“Branding is evoking emotions and feelings from our customers, right? So it’s so important for us to stay very focused on the fact that those emotions and those feelings give us the opportunity in our business to grow more in-depth relationships.” Rene… Continue reading

After ‘ghost agent’ purge, Keller Williams’ agent count is growing

Following two straight quarters of North American agent count declines, KW added nearly 3,000 associates in the second quarter. Continue reading

WATCH: Rethinking your brokerage to maximize productivity

Onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers’ Craig McClelland and Hunter Rowe Real Estate owner Mike Regan discussed their efforts to build brokerages that “departmentalized” to free up staff members’ time and… Continue reading

WATCH: The systems and tools top recruiters love

Automation, automation, automation — oh, and taking the time to call your agents and remind them that you value them. These are the keys to mastering recruiting, productivity and retention — at least as three panelists explained it at the Inman Connect… Continue reading

Dear Marketing Mastermind: How do I balance privacy and social media marketing?

In this monthly advice column, the Marketing Mastermind, regular Inman columnist Christy Murdock Edgar, answers three burning questions. This month’s topic: privacy matters. Where is the line between maintaining your privacy while also keeping an authe… Continue reading

Animated Kingston Lane CEO Sharran Srivatsaa introduces ‘The Machine’

Kingston Lane’s The Machine is a new marketing automation platform for agents to win more appointments. Continue reading

WATCH: A surge in first-time homebuyers is coming

Real estate veterans Dolly Lenz and Patrick Stone discuss how first-time buyers will impact the market and why they are “cautiously optimistic” about the year ahead onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas. 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

5 things to know before you buy property at a real estate auction

Real estate brokers and experts outline what a buyer should know before purchasing a property at an auction house. Continue reading