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

The retirement conversation that instantly elevates your authority

Agents who confidently address retirement planning don’t just sell homes, Jeff Sibel writes. They become the trusted authority in their market. Continue reading

Referrals you never see coming: The lesson every agent needs

You’re never speaking to just one person. You’re speaking to their entire unseen network, Jeff Sibel writes. Real estate rewards long-term relationships more than short-term commissions. 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

Real partners with MAXA Designs on agent marketing platform

The co-branded marketing platform directly integrates with MLS property data and automatically delivers print and digital listing campaigns to agents via the firm’s AI-powered concierge, Leo CoPilot. Continue reading

Real estate beats Wall Street: How agents become wealth advisors

For decades, Wall Street has promoted stocks as the primary means of achieving retirement wealth. But the truth is, “average” stock returns rarely play out for everyday investors, says CFP and agent Jeff Sibel. Continue reading

Inman announces the 2025 Class of AI Award winners

The 2025 Inman AI Awards honor companies and individuals leveraging artificial intelligence to revolutionize the real estate industry. Continue reading

Howard Hanna expands into NYC with purchase of Elegran

Howard Hanna announced on Thursday that it would enter the New York City market after acquiring Elegran Real Estate, as one of the nation’s largest brokerages continues its expansion path amid the industry’s larger consolidation trend. Continue reading

Why Flyhomes is quitting the real estate brokerage business

The cash offer pioneer is pivoting to a national rollout of its “Buy Before You Sell” bridge financing program. 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