Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
The Baltimore homeowner succumbed to cancer before she could celebrate a landmark appraisal bias win. She's part of a long legacy of Black homeowners who've died while fighting for their rights
Since Friday, real estate agents have been arguing on the video sharing platform that the recent commission suit settlement is likely to hurt both homebuyers and the agents who represent them
James Dwiggins, Strategic Officer Keith Robinson and Ed Zorn, the California Regional MLS general counsel, tackled NAR's settlement in an exclusive livestream Friday. Watch it on demand
The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance launched an anti-LGBTQ bill tracker on Thursday as part of the Alliance's plan to make NAR and its lobbying arm, RPAC, stop funding anti-LGBTQ legislators
Fathom posted a $24M annual loss during a Q4 and 2023 earnings call Thursday afternoon, with executives saying the brokerage's transaction volume dropped less than the industry overall
After a 'transformational year,' CEO Max Simkoff says Doma is well positioned to help lenders take advantage of the Biden administration's push to reduce closing costs for mortgage borrowers
The San Diego-based lender has completed 5 acquisitions in the past 18 months in pursuit of market share, unfazed by a 21% drop in mortgage originations and a $39.1M 2023 net loss
As mortgage rates soared last year, loanDepot slashed $693M in annual expenses but saw loan origination volume plunge by 58% from the year before, to $22.7B, as refinancings evaporated
The acquisition will help OJO launch Lever by Movoto, which the company describes as an all-in-one technology platform for individual agents
Harney founded Keeping Current Matters in 2007 to help agents and homeowners prepare to navigate the coming financial crisis
Two consumers filed the class-action suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Unlike similar cases, the latest seeks to represent buyers and sellers — and only names Baird & Warner as a defendant
The ongoing portal war has now sparked a new alliance that'll see Zillow's rental listings show up on Realtor.com's site
In the wake of legal settlements in 2 of the largest commission lawsuits, RE/MAX and Anywhere illuminated their paths forward to investors in Q4 earnings calls. Intel reads the tea leaves
Integrations helped the income and employment data provider grow its mortgage customer base and attract backing from Rockefeller Asset Management’s Fintech Innovation Fund
Compass has recruited New York-based brokers Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon. Meanwhile, eXp added Calgary-based Sahil Chhabra and his team to its ranks
The companies' integrated technology will streamline the process to make Opendoor cash offers available to eXp's tens of thousands of agents
The iBuyer expects to sell between 750 and 850 homes during Q1 2024, generate $245M to $285M in revenue and achieve positive adjusted EBITDA earnings later this year