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Connect the Speakers: Robert Reffkin on Compass’ big bets for 2019

When it comes to making big bets on the future, Compass has been practicing its strategy since the company was founded, expanding from market to market and using its proprietary technology tools and investor backing to entice some of the best agents in the country to join the Compass brand. So who better to speak […]

Single-family rent climbed in November — but at a slower clip

Rental rates are still climbing – but a bit more slowly than in previous months. Nationwide, the cost of renting a single-family home grew by 2.9 percent, to an average of $1,455, in November, according to the latest data from CoreLogic released Tuesday. By contrast, rent prices had grown by 3 percent the previous month, 3.2 […]

Here are Swanepoel’s most powerful and influential people in real estate

Ron Peltier, the CEO of HomeServices of America is the most powerful and influential person in real estate according to sixth annual Swanepoel Power 200 (SP200), published by T3 Sixty. Peltier beat out other top executives from Keller Williams, RE/MAX, Zillow, Realogy and others to take the top spot. Source: click here

Tracy McLaughlin leaves Compass for The Agency

Tracy McLaughlin has joined the The Agency, leaving Compass four months after it acquired her former brokerage, Pacific Union International. Source: click here

IHOP heir selling house for $7.25M

That’s a lot of pancakes. Nathan Finkel, the son of International House of Pancakes founder Abe Finkel, has put his extravagant Florida mansion on the market for $7.25 million. Courtesy of Miami MLS The estate, located at 5550 Hancock Road in Florida’s Southwest Ranches, is a 21,656-square-foot marvel of ostentatious architecture. The current owners, Nathan and […]

Is OwnersRE.com the agent-free answer for commission-phobic sellers?

Formally launched this month after a three-month soft release, the company charges owners $250 for use of the platform, which includes a website and productivity dashboard for the home. Source: click here

This home has 16 bathrooms. Is that too much?

A luxury mansion in New York’s Long Island has a unique feature — with 16 bathrooms, the house has nearly as many toilets as bedrooms. Courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty The 15 Lohan Court house, which boasts 11,000 square feet, 10 bedrooms and 17 acres along Long Island’s Peconic Bay, was recently listed by Sotheby’s International […]

Black29 Group acquires real estate training company

Black29 Group, the parent of real estate marketing and training companies such as Goodfellow Coaching, Artifakt Digital, and Pro R.E.A. Staffing, has announced a new real estate company under its wing. The Canadian real estate group has acquired Kathleen Metcalf Team Coaching & Training, named for a former agent who launched the company to provide training […]

Connect the Speakers: Marc Brackett on emotional intelligence and real estate

You’ve probably heard of the concept of emotional intelligence before — but if you’ve brushed it off as a fluffy, unnecessary skill that can’t possibly be relevant to your life in real estate, then you’re sorely mistaken. Marc Brackett, PhD, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, has made emotional intelligence part of […]

Redfin is expanding to Canada

Redfin will be expanding its brokerage services and listing database to Toronto and Vancouver by March 2019, the tech-powered, low-fee brokerage announced on Monday. “Our goal is to make buying and selling Canadian homes more affordable, with Redfin agents who always put customers first,” Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said in a statement. “We believe Canadians […]

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