Adana Leonard and Tommy Kanarellis — who's returning to Compass after a stint at Douglas Elliman — focus on luxury listings and join the brokerage amid fierce competition for top agents.

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Judge Thomas Zilly denied Zillow's motion for a protective order, saying CEO Rich Barton must complete three hours of questioning from REX's counsel about the company's "Project Bookshelf."

The chief real estate officer at OJO also believes teams will continue to get bigger, and that new agents will be willing to trade money for opportunity.

Inman asked chatbots and image generators to mimic human-made content, much of it from Inman's news coverage earlier this week. How many readers can see the difference?

The "State of Real Estate Marketing" report released on Friday by Luxury Presence and Sell It Like Serhant surveyed over 1,000 luxury real estate agents to gain insights into agents' plans for marketing in 2023 and best practices.

Are you a Kendall, Roman, Shiv or Connor? Are you a shark, a minnow, a beast or a black sheep who might win it all? Take the quiz to find out.

Already the norm for film sets and commercial spaces, fake books are becoming common fixtures in homes, but if you see one, you might never know.

The loan servicer spends "several hundred million dollars a year" on call center operations and expects $50 million in annual savings at the outset of a 'multiyear' artificial intelligence project.

The Texas agent, who specializes in new construction and routinely tops industry lists, sold more than 6,000 homes last year, setting a new record.

A report out Thursday shows that profit margins on home sales have fallen dramatically since their high points last year. In the first quarter of 2023, the profit margin on a median-priced U.S. home was 44.2 percent.

The non-QM lender has kept the doors open by slashing costs and repositioning its retail consumer direct channel, CashCall Mortgage, to be a mortgage broker.

Chandler-based Infinity & Associates Real Estate did more than a quarter of a billion in volume in each of the last two years, according to Keller Williams.

Formed by RentSpree, the "Rental Industry Leadership Board" includes heads of the California Regional MLS, Bright, Beaches and more amid a continued push for Realtors to focus on rentals.

Tim Carr, Steve High, Kim Bibb, Evan Corkett, Jon Flagg and the approximately 20 agents that make up Villa Real Estate will now work under the banner of Coldwell Banker Realty, the company said.

Flexibility, communication and more are necessary when you're balancing your day-to-day professional responsibilities with the home team.

KW, Rocket and Anywhere all landed spots on Forbes' latest list of best employers for diversity. The news comes amid an ongoing push for greater diversity in real estate.

Over her decades-long career in real estate, Sherry Chris was the rare executive who was smart, intuitive and always fun, Brad Inman writes. "Even in retirement, she will only be a call away."

Chris has been a leader at Anywhere for years, most recently as CEO of Anywhere Expansion Brands. She'll continue on with the firm in an advisory role, she told Inman exclusively.

In an unexpected twist, the Bronx neighborhood saw the median property value increase a stunning 149 percent year over year, bumping it into NYC's 50 priciest 'hoods for the first time in Q1 .