After two and a half days of deliberations following a month-long trial in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, jurors on March 9 convicted luxury real estate brokers and brothers Alon and Oren Alexander, both 38, and Tal Alexander, 39, on all 10 counts of sex trafficking, inducing women to travel for…
In a class-action lawsuit focused on Zillow’s mortgage referral and fee structures, plaintiffs just added a bevy of new accusations, citing a handful of “confidential witnesses”—current and former loan officers and agents who worked with the company—who claim Zillow sought to hide the fact it was funneling customers to its mortgage business. Alleging violations of…
Above: Walther Vasquez Johnson, an agent with Sterling, Virginia’s J&C Real Estate Solutions, is RISMedia’s 2025 Rookie of the Year winner. Photos by AJ Canaria. Behind many a successful real estate agent is the story of what might have been. A fork in the road that could have resulted in a very different outcome. In…