Compass Supports Local Charities Via Its Charitable Trust Foundation Co-founded by Richard Stearns, who is considered one of the leading real estate agents on L.A.’s westside, Compass Charitable Trust Foundation benefits from its ongoing Compass Cares program in which a portion of each commission earned on the sale of every home goes to the fund. […]
REAL Trends Represents Alain Pinel Realtors in Sale to Compass Compass’ Bay Area footprint doubles with the addition of top brokerage Alain Pinel Realtors. New York City-based real estate tech company Compass announced the acquisition of Alain Pinel Realtors, a leading real estate brokerage based in California’s Silicon Valley.
Valuations: Valuing Small- to Medium-Sized Brokerages It’s no secret that the housing bull market is in the rearview mirror — years of sharply rising home prices driven by a lack of inventory already created affordability issues. When you factor in rising interest rates and economic fears driven by tanking stock markets and political turmoil, the […]
Recruiting: How One Agent Recruited 50 Agents Her First Year as a Manager Baltimore Broker Nakia Evans talks about how teaching makes all the difference. Nakia Evans
Leadership and Industry Changes: Many Questions With Few Answers Real estate is moving at the speed of light. What do these changes mean to you? The year started with some big surprises at the top of the real estate leadership ladder. Nick Bailey stepped down at CENTURY 21; John Davis stepped down from Keller Williams […]
Tech Veteran Joins ERA Real Estate ERA Real Estate announced that Mukesh Vardhan has been named Vice President of Product Management, a newly created position. Vardhan brings nearly two decades of experience in product development and management, having previously worked for tech giants eBay and Apple.
Nine Percent Drop in January’s Real Estate Showing Activity Sluggishness portends slower spring showing and sales activity in key markets across U.S. If January is any indication, home sellers are bracing themselves for a tenuous start to 2019, as the first month of the year saw a 9 percent drop across the U.S. in year-over-year […]
Become a Category of One: Maximize Your Referrals It’s still all about the relationship. Why do sales associates spend billions of dollars buying leads and chasing strangers? The research is clear. Buyers and sellers prefer to work with someone they know, like, and trust. That’s why, according to REAL Trends 2018 Consumer Study, some 92 […]
The Other Side of Real Estate: The Key to Making Successful Tech Decisions It’s amazing how simple some concepts appear but how complicated they are in practice. Here are some observations on how decision making at the brokerage level can improve. Who’s the decision maker? Ultimately, the broker-owner is the final decision maker at 99 […]
Website Accessibility Lawsuits Soared in 2018 What are you doing to make your website more accessible? You better do something, or you may have to face a lawsuit. Thanks to a 2017 decision by the Department of Justice (DOJ), legal challenges over website accessibility for disabled individuals are a rising threat to companies with an […]
