Opinion
Without recalibrating how market power is measured, Sean Frank writes, future consolidations will clear regulatory review while transforming competitive market conditions
The luxury broker also said a fixed-rate 50-year mortgage would provide 'massive value' to consumers, and expressed exasperation over the volume of industry litigation today
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HomeSmart founder and CEO Matt Widdows talks about the seismic shifts reshaping the industry — Compass-Anywhere, Zillow’s ChatGPT app, private listing networks, consolidation chaos, AI
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The Compass-Anywhere deal will change real estate, but in chaos, there’s opportunity, The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky writes. Success in this new era will depend on these 3 things
How can a boutique brokerage avoid being eclipsed by an industry behemoth? Dezireh Eyn suggests leaning into transparency as a differentiator
As the logistics of the merger unfold, members of the real estate community continue to share their thoughts on the deal
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Darryl Davis writes that agents should use this time to contest assumptions, sharpen their business model and wait for the actual outcomes from the pending merger
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On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson from the Industry Relations podcast debate what this game-changing merger really means
Compass just announced plans to buy rival Anywhere. But Compass also has a long track record of buying brokerages — and the most recent deal may offer hints about the future
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If MLSs shift to meet the challenges of a new market, they'll secure their place at the center of the homebuying process, Amit Kulkarni writes