Above: C.A.R. President Tamara Suminski, left, and Ethica AI Founder and CEO Judd Hoffman, right For a company with a shiny new AI product and an industry association seeking to have its agent members cut down on paperwork so they can more efficiently guide clients to buy and sell homes, it’s looking like a perfect…
The Spring issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine is now available, and not to be missed are several exclusive features, including an in-depth look at HomeSmart’s path for 2026 as the brokerage has overhauled its brand and taken strides to position itself as a leader in the industry ahead of market normalization. In addition, we…
The headlines about the real estate industry are everywhere. Compass acquired Anywhere Real Estate to create the largest real estate company by agent count. Zillow and Compass are locked in a Goliath-versus-Goliath legal battle over private listings. A wave of RESPA-related lawsuits alleges undisclosed referral kickbacks between real estate agents and mortgage companies. And then…
Above, REMAX CEO Erik Carlson, left, and company Co-Founder Dave Liniger. When REMAX Co-Founder Dave Liniger was introduced at the opening session of the company’s annual R4 global convention in Las Vegas late last month, the more than 4,200 attendees from over 55 countries had first been energized by actor/comedian Andrew Fung and REMAX CEO…
In the culmination of what was a busy year for Rocket Companies, after acquiring both Redfin and Mr. Cooper, the company detailed another large milestone in its recent earnings call with investors—a partnership with Compass. In its own recent earnings call, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin dropped the news that it had entered into a three-year…
Compass used its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call to unveil a sweeping three-year exclusive alliance with Rocket Companies that will push the brokerage’s private and coming-soon listings onto Redfin—a direct shot at the “Zillow ban” just weeks after a federal judge handed Compass a significant setback in its antitrust lawsuit against the portal. Under the deal,…
CoStar Group, the commercial/residential real estate heavyweight that has come under heavy fire from investors of late, announced in a call with investors Feb. 24 that revenue was up 19% to $3.2 billion in 2025, with CEO Andy Florance fielding questions on how the company would navigate an uncertain future while touting continued investments in…
As housing experienced some unprecedented levels of affordability and other challenges in recent years, some of the rules of buying and selling have seen a definite shift. As 2026 looks to be shaping up as the year of market stabilization, the question remains on many minds on how fast the rules may see a shift…
The post Have Market Challenges Permanently Changed the Balance in Housing? appeared first on RISMedia.
Plaintiffs in the largest buyer commission case (known as Batton) filed a motion to intervene Monday in a smaller commission case, Tuccori v. At World Properties, seeking to block preliminary approval of a proposed opt-in settlement by Anywhere Real Estate (a defendant in Batton) that they say would extinguish five years of homebuyer antitrust litigation…
Zillow is fighting back against the consolidated Taylor-Armstrong suit that accuses the home search giant of running a fraudulent scheme to steer homebuyers toward its own mortgage product. The listing giant filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated case on Feb. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.…
| Newer Posts | Older Posts |