Windermere Real Estate Expands Lucy Wood’s Role Windermere Real Estate, one of the nation’s largest privately held real estate companies, has elevated Lucy Wood, a third-generation member of its founding family, to regional director for Western Washington and Oregon. The appointment positions Wood at the helm of the nearly $40 billion organization’s largest operating region,…
Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. For years, real estate social media has been dominated by a single aesthetic: flawless. Agents feel immense pressure to maintain a perfectly curated instagram grid filled with pristine,…
Realtor.com® has announced the launch of RealAssist™ AI, a conversational home-search experience built with Google’s Gemini and Google Cloud that aims to transform how consumers navigate the homebuying journey. Currently available in beta to a select group users across desktop, mobile web and the Realtor.com® app, RealAssist AI enables buyers to search for homes using…
Lofty has announced the launch of its new Client Transaction Portal, designed to give homebuyers and sellers real-time visibility into their transactions while allowing agents to maintain control over their internal workflows. Delivered through the Closely app and integrated directly within Lofty Transactions, the company stated that the new portal enables agents to share transaction…
eXp explains reincorporation from Delaware to Texas The company provided RISMedia with the following statement following the successful vote: “With nearly 90% of our outstanding shares voting at this meeting and over 68% of votes cast in favor of redomestication, we believe the result is a genuine and powerful expression of stockholder sentiment. The Board…
Lofty has announced a new native integration with Canva designed to help real estate agents streamline marketing workflows and reduce content distribution bottlenecks. Now available through the Canva App Marketplace, the integration allows agents to pull live listing photos, property details and agent profile information directly into Canva designs, then export completed assets back into…
Compass takes majority stake in Peerage Compass International Holdings (CIH) has assumed a controlling stake in Peerage USA Holdings LLC, a firm that invests in and supports multiple Sotheby’s International Realty franchises, as part of a debt-restructuring transaction. The maneuver involves taking 51% of the common equity in a parent company tied to certain Sotheby’s…
Keller Williams names Abrams chief industry and strategy officer Keller Williams Realty, the world’s largest real estate franchise by agent count, announced that Jason Abrams has been named chief industry and strategy officer. In his expanded role, Abrams will lead the company’s global learning strategy and enterprise-wide initiatives that further strengthen the company’s position as…
Lofty announced the launch of Homeowner Agent, a new AI operating system that aims to help agents monitor leads within an existing database, understand selling intent and automatically nurture their clients with personalized market and property insights. The goal is to eliminate guesswork to ensure agents stay top of mind with their database. Designed for…
Real estate agents know that time is money, yet they would sacrifice both for technology that saves them mental energy instead, according to a new report. According to Zillow’s 2026 Agent Trends Survey, ease of use is agents’ top priority when choosing new tech tools, above both cost and time savings. Despite agents reporting they…
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