Startup homebuilder Welcome Homes hires Compass executive

With the hire of Benjie Burford, Welcome Homes is poised to grow its personnel by 500 percent and expand into multiple markets by next year. Continue reading

Real estate fundraising plunges to lowest level since 2013

The amount of capital raised by real estate private equity funds shrunk from $35 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018 to $18 billion in 2019. Continue reading

WATCH: Why the best founder is probably a woman

Companies founded by women get about 2.2 percent of venture capitalist dollars. That number jumps up to about 15 percent when you add a male co-founder to the equation. So why aren’t women founding more and getting more investments? Nisha Dua, partner … Continue reading

Are iBuyers going to ruin everything for agents?

With venture capitalists practically throwing money at real estate companies, what’s to stop the lone agent or indie brokerage out there from being steamrolled by the big fellas? Find out here. Continue reading