Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
The week's top real estate industry stories, plus Inman's top stories from 2018
Agents will now be awarded a set dollar amount of shares when they hit certain goals, and the company will repurchase shares from those who want to cash out
Opinion
What the industry can expect in the year ahead
Discount and tech-first real estate brokerages grew while legacy brands tried to keep up with the disruption
The year was marked by big-name brokerage acquisitions and real estate companies boosting their tech offerings
This year may go down as the year many Americans first heard of iBuying
Together, Steve Lipkin and Carol Audette's teams will combine for nearly $120M in sales volume in 2018
Keller Williams, Facebook, lawsuits and housing trends dominated the news
The mid-Atlantic brokerage named best U.S. real estate company by Juwai.com, a Chinese listings website
The week's top real estate industry stories, plus a preview of some of Inman Connect New York's speakers
Opinion
Agent insights from the 2019 Swanepoel Trends Report
Texas-based Legacy Housing Corp. sold 4 million shares at $12 to raise funds for expansion into southern states
Aaron Cole lost his entire downpayment to scammers, but a deal with his title company will allow him and and his family to move into their new home just in time for Christmas
The company will launch in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., in 2019, becoming the first of its kind to target the East Coast. Could New Hampshire be next?
Kerry McGovern will be RE/MAX's new VP of communications, and Jerry Modes will be SVP of information technology
The Tamaron Association allegedly refused an elderly couple the right to buy a condo after learning they planned to live there with their grown daughter, who is also disabled
Real estate agents in Hawthorne, California, weigh in on how the newly unveiled Boring Company transit system will impact the housing market