Creating a more robust teams structure, filtering out the industry noise and innovating the franchise model are all major challenges the brokerage will face in the coming year
Indie brokerage Front Porch Real Estate was founded in 2014 by former F.C. Tucker agent Jim Perry and has 190 agents
Howard Hanna had sought a preliminary injunction to prevent its former agents from violating noncompete, nonsolicitation and confidentiality agreements
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has expanded its footprint in Indiana by forming a partnership with a well-known regional player
The suit claims eXp tried to solicit franchisees whose contracts with RE/MAX weren't over yet, and that it misrepresented RE/MAX's commission splits, among other things
Compass versus Realogy. Keller Williams versus eXp. REX versus everyone. The real estate industry is full of big names and big feuds, and Inman's unpacking all of them
As Compass gears up for its first-ever earnings call on May 12, here's a review of the brokerage's first month as a publicly traded company — including acquisitions, lawsuits and stock market highs and lows
Former Compass agents Todd and Lisa Sheppard have filed a class-action suit against the brokerage for allegedly price-fixing and making unfair commission deductions
Jennifer Crouse and Michael Hornung claim Howard Hanna owes them tens of thousands of dollars for work they did before being recruited by Compass
The suit focuses on The Agency's new president, Rainy Hake Austin, and her contract with Compass, where she previously worked
In a new lawsuit, Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna alleges Compass aided and abetted 3 former Howard Hanna agents to breach non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions in the agents' contracts and steal the brokerage's trade secrets
The Berkshire Hathaway company had the most transaction sides in 2020, though Realogy Brokerage Group did the most volume. Several newer tech-focused companies also had good showings
There is one significant risk — an achilles heel — to portals: They don’t control their inventory
Data from Redfin shows that cities are making a comeback, and young white-collar workers are seizing low mortgage rates and work-from-home policies to move to affordable cities
Real estate professionals on Inman's Coast to Coast Facebook group page recently offered Brad Inman tips for 2021 ranging from playful to earnest. Here are the top 25