Nominations for 2026 Inman Innovator Awards are now open, May 18 - June 26th. Real estate is evolving. Who's leading the way? Nominate them today.
Inman Innovators include entrepreneurs pushing the old ways aside, data scientists discovering new ways to examine behavior, marketers reimagining how to showcase properties, teams reinventing how to communicate with clients, companies building advanced technologies and brokerages and teams creating groundbreaking business models.
2025 Inman Innovator Awards
Innovator of the Year (individual or individuals)
Winners: Kenya Burrell Van-Wormer & Katherine Winston, Equity Angels
Damian Eales, Realtor.com
Andy Florance, CoStar
Josh Jensen, Inspectify
Shayan Hamidi, Rechat
Stella Han & Carlos Trevino, Fractional
Varun Krishna, Rocket Companies
Terrence Nickelson, Goby Homes
Ryan Serhant, SERHANT
Joe Skousen, Inside Real Estate
Company of the Year
Winner: Rechat
Anyone
CoStar Group
Elite Real Estate Systems
LPT Holdings
PLACE
The Real Brokerage
Rayse
Rocket Companies
Zillow
Most Innovative Agent or Team
Winner: Kenny Klaus, the Klaus Team
The Ashton Real Estate Group, RE/MAX Advantage
Jimmy Burgess, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Caine Luxury Team, Keller Williams
Will Grimes, Aperture Global
The Haskell Group
Daniel Heider, The Heider Team
Tiffany McQuaid, SERHANT.
Keegan Siegfried, Paramount Home Group
Most Innovative Brokerage
Winner: SERHANT.
The Agency
@properties Christie’s International Real Estate
Ensemble
eXp
NextHome
The Real Brokerage
Sotheby’s International Realty
Windermere
Most Innovative Marketing or Branding Campaign
Winner: “Never Become a Former New Yorker” campaign, StreetEasy
Rebranding/Introducing: Intelligence Beyond Bounds, Cotality
“Everything you need. All under one roof” campaign, William Raveis
Family Reunion 2025, Keller Williams
“Joy of Home” global campaign, Century 21 Real Estate
“Let America Build” campaign, Realtor.com
“Perfect Strangers” commercial, Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors
“The Perfect Setting” global campaign, The Agency
Post-NAR settlement marketing and branding campaign, Stellar MLS
30 Day Listing Challenge, Fello
Most Innovative Use of Video
Winner: Aperture Global Launch Video
The Haskell Group
OnTrack Agent
Sotheby’s Video Studio
Michele Sullivan, MS Luxury Homes
Most Innovative Lead Servicing Solution
Winner: Lone Wolf Relationships
BoldTrail
Happy Grasshopper
Lofty
PropStream
Percy
Realeflow
Most Innovative Marketing Solution
Winner: Giraffe360
CallAction
MAXA Designs
Rayse
RealForce
Rechat
Most Innovative Client Experience Solution
Winner: Compass One
Anyone
Goby Homes
HouseAmp
ListedKit
Notable
Rayse
Most Innovative Use of AI
Winner: HappyCO
Better.com’s AI agent, Betsy™
Cloze
Eden
Entrata
Epique Realty
ListAssist (by Inside Real Estate)
Lundy
Matterport
MaverickRE
Rechat
Shay
Zillow/Follow Up Boss
Most Innovative Industry Podcast
Winner: Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson
Glitter and Gay, Glennda Baker and Tyler
Industry Relations, Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson
InsideABODE, Dave Jones
The Katie Lance Podcast, Katie Lance
Listing Bits, Greg Robertson
Motivational Monday, LPT Realty
The Presence Podcast, Luxury Presence
Proptech Pulse Podcast, Lone Wolf Technologies
Most Innovative Organization/MLS
Winner: NWMLS
Austin Board of Realtors/UnlockMLS
Broker Public Portal
Bright MLS
Houston Association of Realtors
The MLS
MetroTex Association of REALTORS
Stellar MLS
What Moves Her, Anywhere
The Nate Ellis Award (for giving back to the community)
Bob Hale, Houston Association of REALTORS
