Both Citibank and Compass are under fire this week in the news. Due to holdings violations, Citibank is facing a fine of $30 million from the OCC. And Compass’ new “coming soon” platform has The…
Is Amazon positioning itself to become America’s biggest real estate brokerage? Find out on today’s podcast – the return of State of the Market! After discussing how Amazon could overtake major brokerages within five years, Pat…
In March, we covered a lawsuit with the potential to kill Realtor associations and the MLS. This, of course, was the class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the NAR, several major MLSs, Keller Williams, RE/MAX, Realogy, and…
Realogy, parent company of Century 21 and Coldwell Banker among others, seems to have lost investors’ confidence. Disappointing first-quarter earnings caused Realogy shares to hit an all-time low last week, and experts aren’t expecting them…
President Trump addressed a crowd of real estate professionals last Friday at the NAR’s annual Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo. On today’s State of the Market podcast, we discuss pertinent parts of the president’s speech,…
The recent partnership between RE/MAX and Redfin has come to an abrupt end. On today’s podcast, we dissect the email RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos sent to associates regarding the company’s decision to pull the plug on…
It’s been a tough few weeks for eXp Realty. Late last month, a complaint citing dozens of violations in California raised some serious questions regarding the company’s supervision. And now, eXp Realty must find a new chief…
With its online home-buying program slated to start this month in Dallas, Keller Williams is officially jumping on the iBuyer bandwagon. Listen to today’s State of the Market podcast for details on “Keller Offers.” We…
After catching fire for launching self-guided tours, Zillow is back in the news this week for another controversial move: suing property-tech competitor Compass. Listen to this State of the Market podcast for details on the…
The number of companies pushing discount real estate services and iBuyer offers is growing. Will these companies edge out traditional agents? On today’s State of the Market podcast, we discuss this alarming trend and explain what…