The week's top real estate industry stories, plus getting back to basics
NAR's affordability index notched its highest score since February 2018, according to data released Friday
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Also on ‘The Racket’ this week, a lawsuit over automated text message campaigns, and 50 Cent’s house is finally sold
Softbank led the new round of funding, which will let the techie insurance provider expand its reach beyond the US
Leaders gathered this week for the annual invitation-only conference, where they charted the course of the future of real estate
The techie brokerage is now in 42 states, D.C., and Toronto, Canada
Oliver spent the segment calling out private equity funds that purchase the land where mobile homes sit
Real estate leaders at Inman's Disconnect event agreed that lower-producing agents will likely drop out in the future
Keller Williams President Josh Team and Compass CEO Robert Reffkin are inspired by one of their biggest rivals
CEO Robert Reffkin said he wants his agents to have the best technology — and he's willing to buy it if necessary
The well-funded iBuyer's new Agent Partner Program will send sellers who don't meet its cash-offer criteria to outside agents, putting it more in line with Zillow Offers
Dawn Lyon served as an adviser to the real estate giant
The changes come as more indie brokerages are investing heavily in technology
Robert Flaxman and Bruce Isackson, real estate development execs, are both pleading guilty for their roles in the highly publicized scheme
Steve Murray is taking aim at T3 Sixty's list, but T3 Sixty is fighting back, saying it offers a 'more thorough, complete analysis'
The peer-to-peer investment platform also added more loan instruments to its Automated Investing product