Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
Opinion
This week, Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss Zillow’s shareholder letter, Compass acquisitions and direct mail strategies that work
After the FTC spiked CoStar's attempted acquisition of RentPath, Redfin stepped in to buy the embattled operator of rental marketplaces
Rates have been rising since January, though one economist expects further increases to be 'more muted' in the coming months
The iBuyer platform is now live in a total of 12 US markets
A rapid expansion from Los Angeles into San Diego, Santa Barbara and markets inland puts Knock well ahead of its '21 in 21' available markets goal
The online mortgage company this week has had both its best day ever on the stock market, as well as its worst day
The Bay Area-based Watson-Marshall Group is jumping ship from Compass, while the Margaretich Team on the California-Nevada border is leaving RE/MAX
Keller said the company will begin a '66-day challenge of locking down stabilization' of its core technology platform, including its customer relationship management tool Command
The company will merge with Capitol Investment Corp. V. Such mergers have become an increasingly popular option for companies that want to begin selling shares
New Valley Ventures from Vector Group aims to invest in startups focused on supporting a 'rapid transformation of the real estate industry for the benefit of the agent'
Top Producer offers a customer relationship manager, as well as a suite of other tools. The company had been a subsidiary of Move Inc. before Constellation picked it up this week
A 35-plus-year vet of the real estate industry, Ken Jenny was a trusted adviser to many and unafraid to speak his mind about industry issues
Compass' S-1 filing includes details on acquisitions dating back to the headline-grabbing 2018 purchase of Pacific Union International
As the world worked from home in 2020, the parent company of the virtual cloud-based brokerage saw revenue grow 84%
'I started Compass because of my mom, Ruth,' the CEO of the soon-to-be-public firm wrote in an SEC filing
The company also posted a net loss of $270.2M in 2020, according to the filing
CoStar CEO Andy Florance believes the CoreLogic board will deem its offer 'superior' to a winning joint bid by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners within 48 hours