Speakers at a panel, "Take It From Us: Advice from Luxury Professionals Who Have Seen It All" went through a variety of market ups and downs and shared crucial advice with Luxury Connect attendees.

The new suite of APIs automatically opens orders, tracks transaction status, exchanges documents and provides custom reporting features and notifications.

The complaint alleges negligence and breach of fiduciary duty after an unknown third party impersonated the brokerage's title company and sent the buyers fraudulent wiring instructions.

The increase, while unusually high by normal standards, marked the second month of deceleration as the market shifts away from the cheap mortgage environment brought about by COVID.

Regulators with the Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused the iBuyer of "cheating" and "tricking" consumers. Opendoor disagrees with the allegations but has agreed to settle the case.

Interest-free home equity advances to Knock Home Swap clients can be used to buy down mortgage rate or make a bigger down payment.

The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning author of “A Strange Loop” has a new apartment in Manhattan — and “I don’t have to share it with anyone.”

Homes in New York state take an average of 130 days to both get an offer and then close a deal. That's longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to a new study from online bank Tangerine.ca.

The house in Dover, New Hampshire, appears ordinary from the initial exterior shots until the listing photos take the viewer inside and reveal what appears to be an extreme hoarding situation.

Over the last few years, the company created a robust set of tools to help agents and consumers navigate the rental market. Recently expanding its offerings, here are some of the key features.

Newly launched from New York City, Rubik marries deep-data analysis with a digital acquisition and transaction solution to assist institutional buyers in their enterprise-scale efforts to secure more- and higher-performing residential rental homes.

A new product for paying off high-interest credit card debt will be offered to millions of users of Rocket's personal finance app, Truebill.

Despite significant roadblocks, there are still plenty of places you can retire affordably and satisfyingly across the country. Here's the list compiled by a new report from Realtor.com.

JPAR® – Real Estate, America’s #1 fastest-growing, 100% commission brokerage, is pleased to announce Chris Sears was recognized by his peers at the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals’ “Battle of the Brokers”.

“NAHREP is an incredible organization and I am honored to be recognized by my peers,” said Chris Sears, Co-Founder, The Sears Group. “A focus on diversity and culture is important to our success as we continue to grow our business,” said Sears.

The Sears Group is co-managed with Jennifer Sears, the managing partner, and together they continue to achieve impressive growth through the expansion of their organization from 40 agents to 330 agents in just three (3) years.

The Battle of the Brokers event featured a competition among its six brokerages where participants were asked a series of questions and their responses were voted on by the crowd in attendance.  The participants had two minutes to respond and brokers were eliminated after each round.  Content topics included:

Round 1: ToolsRound 2: EducationRound 3: Diversity/CultureRound 4: Marketing/BrandingRound 5: Retention/RecruitingRound 6: Commission Splits

“Chris Sears and The Sears Group provide an excellent example of how the JPAR® brand’s emphasis on culture drives positive business results,” said Mark Johnson, President, and CEO, JPAR – Real Estate. 

This August, it's Agent Tech Month at Inman. Stay tuned for a deep dive into the tech platforms and products that are built to make your life (and business) better.

Falling sales are driving inventory growth, bit it will take more than a year at the current rate for listings levels to get back to normal, according to Black Knight's latest monthly Mortgage Monitor Report.

The 1980s were a decade of success, excess and flashy expenditures of money in almost all areas of society. Conspicuous consumption was admired and something homeowners aspired to and eagerly sought.

Real estate companies and associations have spent bazillions on technology that no one wants to use or that quickly becomes obsolete, writes broker Teresa Boardman. Here's what would make it better and more user-friendly.

If you do not currently have a database, it is time to start, writes Carl Medford. To ignore your CRM is to leave a significant opportunity untapped.

The most critical step you must take to experience success doing Facebook Live deserves the most attention: Just do it! Brian McKenna offers a step-by-step process for getting up to speed with this valuable marketing tool.