Real estate people love to extol the limitless potential of a career in the business. Michele Harrington’s story makes the hype a reality. While Harrington’s path from U.S. Marine to CEO of Southern California’s iconic FirstTeam Real Estate was anything but predictable, there was one constant that fueled her momentum every step of the way:…
As if eXp World Holdings, which includes eXp Realty, hadn’t made enough big news with its acquisition of NextHome on May 7, the company held a shareholder vote May 8 seeking to reincorporate from Delaware to Texas. The result, which followed a week delay, was announced as approved May 12 and formally filed with the…
Celebrities need houses, too! If you’re an agent or broker in the luxury space, highlighting that a property was once owned by a movie star or musician can make a listing extra attractive; it tells a story about the property’s quality and offers luxury buyers a chance to get closer to Hollywood glitz and glam.…
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Broker Public Portal (BPP) and Realtors Property Resource® (RPR®) have announced a new collaboration that will bring RPR’s Realtors Valuation Model® (RVM®) to Cribio, BPP’s consumer home search platform, for participating MLSs and associations that choose to enable the feature. The collaboration connects two industry-backed platforms focused on delivering accurate property data, transparency and consumer…
The high-profile, industry-shaking battle between mega-brokerage Compass and dominant portal Zillow is back in the courtroom, as Zillow is asking a court to block a major MLS from cutting off its listing feed, claiming that Compass is engaging in an “illegal conspiracy” to promote its private listing and undermine Zillow. The 52-page lawsuit, which Zillow…
Above: CRMLS CEO Art Carter Back in 2020, the Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP)—compelling agents to submit properties to the MLS within one day of public marketing—recieved immediate pushback. But the headlines mostly centered on the reactions of ostensible outsiders, including listing startups that filed lawsuits and antitrust law enforcement that flagged the policy as potentially…
Inflation shot up once again in April as energy prices continue to see large jolts both monthly and yearly, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists warn the country may now be facing an “inflation contagion,” with the path ahead murkier than before. The Consumer Price Index’s (CPI) all items…
Lending giant UWM Holdings Corporation (UWM) has cranked up the pressure on Two Harbors Investment Corporation (TWO), raising its acquisition bid to $12.50 per share in an attempt to derail a competing deal with CrossCountry Mortgage and push the Two Harbors board back to the negotiating table. In an open letter to Two Harbors stockholders,…
Above, Howard “Hoby” Hanna IV I have spent my career in this industry watching the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) do what it was designed to do: create a level playing field where brokers of every size, every model and every strategy can compete on merit. The MLS made that possible. It is the reason a…
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Above: HomeServices of America CEO Chris Kelly at RISMedia’s CEO & Leadership Exchange Event in 2025. Minnesota-based brokerage giant HomeServices of America and Texas-based franchisor Keller Williams has announced they are joining a “listing data interface” that will replace MLS entry with a “controlled, brokerage-level environment,” while still promising full support and compliance with local…
A new report from data provider Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) shows U.S. home prices rose to their strongest single-month gain in nearly two years. The May ICE Mortgage Monitor analysis found prices rose 0.32% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis and while modest on the surface, that pace translates to a 3.9% seasonally adjusted…
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