Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
Keller Williams' expansion into Switzerland comes as part of a broader international push for the franchisor, and for the broader US real estate industry
Lesli Akers, a former president of KW Luxury Homes International, will serve as the strategic growth officer for Lucido Global, the company announced last week on social media
Series A investor Aquiline Technology Growth led the latest funding round following the closure of a new $365M fund, Aquiline Technology Growth Fund II, back in May
Stan Humphries, most recently Zillow's chief analytics officer, announced his retirement this month after 15 years with the portal. For better or worse, his work changed real estate forever
Catch up on the most-read stories of the week, as determined by Inman readers. Here's Inman Top 5 for Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2022
A year after announcing it would abandon its iBuyer program, Zillow has offloaded the last of the homes it bought with Zillow Offers, marking the end of a major chapter in real estate history
The Texas-based firm does property management and provides a variety of tech platforms. The layoffs come amid widespread job losses in the real estate sector
The deal brings 400 new agents into the network and will see the Jacksonville, Florida, brokerage operate under the new name United Real Estate Gallery and retain all current leadership
The tool, which is part of Collabra's RElumio digital marketing platform, is designed to incorporate market data into listing videos with minimal effort — an industry 1st, company says
The acquisition and merger with Roscoe State Bank pave the way for the lender to provide new products, services and resources through advanced technologies
Opinion
Billions of dollars have been invested to disrupt the mortgage process — which is the path to profitability for many real estate tech companies
Catch up on the most-read stories of the week, as determined by Inman readers. Here's Inman Top 5 for Sept. 23-29, 2022
The storm slammed into southwestern Florida with winds as high as 150 miles per hour. President Biden said it may prove to be the deadliest hurricane in the state's history
Once only available in California, the expansion will see the Opendoor Finance App available in Texas, Arizona and Georgia, promising consumers preapproval letters in 60 seconds or less
In the wake of Florida Realtors' support of anti-LGBTQ Gov. Ron DeSantis, the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance has called on NAR and RPAC to evaluate political candidates' credibility
Catch up on the most-read stories of the week, as determined by Inman readers. Here's Inman Top 5 for Sept. 16-22, 2022
Opinion
After outpacing the competition, market conditions have finally caught up with the iBuyer, forcing it to prove that its model still works — even in a downturn