Million dollar baby: Real estate’s biggest new hires and moves

Brown Harris Stevens, Coldwell Banker, and other industry brands made moves last week, adding multimillion-dollar brokers and team leaders to their ranks. Continue reading

Real CEO talks growth in hard times — and how everyone loses in real estate ‘wars’

In his last Inman Interview for 2025, Real CEO Tamir Poleg shares his thoughts on artificial intelligence, sustainable growth and why Zillow and Compass should end their feud “sooner than later.” Continue reading

Will Anywhere merger launch M&A arms race? It’s not yet clear: Intel

Competitor brokerages have been largely silent in recent weeks on plans to join forces in response to the Compass-Anywhere deal. But some do sense opportunities arising from the deal. And one big real estate player didn’t hold his tongue. Continue reading

Another brokerage just hit a major agent-count milestone

While everyone was talking about Compass-Anywhere this week, the fast-growing and tech-forward Real Brokerage passed 30,000 agents. Continue reading

Former Real Brokerage CFO sues, alleges pregnancy discrimination

Michelle Ressler was fired earlier this year and replaced with Ravi Jani. She now says company leadership suggested she couldn’t be both an effective executive and a mother. Continue reading

Former Real Brokerage CFO sues, alleges pregnancy discrimination

Michelle Ressler was fired earlier this year and replaced with Ravi Jani. She now says company leadership suggested she couldn’t be both an effective executive and a mother. Continue reading

The Real Brokerage adds agents, trims losses in ‘sluggish’ Q1 market

The cloud-based brokerage lifted agent count 11 percent between the end of December and March, according to quarterly earnings data released Thursday. Real now boasts over 27,000 agents. Continue reading

Real Brokerage fires Michelle Ressler, appoints Ravi Jani CFO

Since joining Real, Ravi Jani has had a big hand in driving the company’s financial strategy and growth. During his tenure, the company’s agent network has grown from 12,000 to over 27,000 agents. Continue reading

Srivatsaa steps down as Real president, opts for Board seat

Sharran Srivatsaa is stepping away from his role as President of The Real Brokerage to assume a seat on the company’s board of directors. The brokerage stated the move will become effective on June 1, 2025, pending corporate approvals. Continue reading

The Real Brokerage posts billion-dollar revenue benchmark in 2024

The Real Brokerage brought in more than 10,000 new agents in 2024 while surpassing a $1 billion in annual revenue, according to fourth-quarter and fiscal-year earnings Thursday. Continue reading