June in America is LGBTQ Pride Month, with parades and celebrations across the country commemorating the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – a series of gay rights demonstrations in 1969 that were met with police force and gave birth to the LGBTQ move… Continue reading
Just in time for Pride Month, the annual June celebration of LGBTQ rights in the U.S., three major real estate brokerages – Compass, eXp Realty and Redfin— all confirmed to Inman this week for the first time that they support the Equality Act, a propos… Continue reading
IBuyer expert and real estate analyst Mike DelPrete explains how market incumbents are stepping up their game to adapt to a shifting business landscape ahead of Inman Connect Las Vegas on July 22-26. Continue reading
Improvements to Apple Maps should be especially handy for agents who like to use voice commands with their iPhones, as those phones default to Apple’s proprietary mapping technology rather than that of a competitor such as Google. Continue reading
Here are 10 questions from our new agent sales training that address different aspects of the closing process — let’s see how well you do. Continue reading
Is Compass worth $4.4 billion, and is it being valued as a traditional brokerage or a technology company? Mike DelPrete takes a look at the company’s valuation, revenue, transaction volume, agent count and profitability. Continue reading
NRT CEO Ryan Gorman is heads down, using big data to figure out how to get out from under commercial leases, reducing the biggest expense of most broker-owners: office space provided to house weak agents. They are also shedding more and more poor perfo… Continue reading
Other than that narrow exception that agents make for first-time homebuyers, agents don’t think of clients as having specialized needs that require customized solutions. Instead, agents provide a cookie-cutter approach to standardized service with the … Continue reading
NFX splits its investments equally between business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies, but said that out of 3,000 firms seeking money this year it will ultimately only fund 0.5 percent. Continue reading
Long-time rivals Zillow and Redfin have finally made peace — over one issue at least — and struck a deal that allows the former to directly host the latter’s listings in four U.S. cities. Continue reading