Resources

Broker Spotlight: Vanessa Bergmark, Red Oak Realty

Aug 22, 2024

Learn how this Bay Area broker and her 100 percent woman-owned brokerage create exceptional outcomes and provide award-winning service.

6 secrets to fostering work-life balance with your real estate team

Aug 22, 2024

Encouraging a culture that values balance for agents is an important part of recruiting and retaining top-tier talent, luxury consultant Chris Pollinger writes.

How to create steadiness and consistency in business and life

Aug 22, 2024

It's all about shifting your mindset, coaches Emily Bossert and Melanie Klein write. To create consistency, you need a plan for your business that defines who you are.

Teams Spotlight: Beau Blankenship, Blankenship Group

Aug 22, 2024

This former NFL football player has built an award-winning team through innovative marketing and community involvement.

Why real estate teams fail

Aug 22, 2024

Your team’s success is just a few strategic steps away, writes coach Verl Workman. Here's how to build a culture of productivity, engage in the right training and coaching, and watch your team soar to new heights.

Investors now certain Fed will cut in September. But by how much?

Aug 21, 2024

Falling mortgage rates have more homeowners interested in refinancing, but homebuyers are largely staying on the sidelines. Rates may now be poised for a bigger drop.

Howard Lorber still in stockholders’ good graces after annual meeting

Aug 21, 2024

The part-time CEO of Douglas Elliman was elected a director of the company alongside David K. Chene and Patrick J. Bartels during an annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday, much to the dismay of some disgruntled stockholders.

RE software company reAlpha Tech Corp hires new CFO

Aug 21, 2024

Publicly traded real estate software company reAlpha Tech Corp (AIRE) has hired a new chief financial officer. William Brent Miller will start his role immediately, taking the reins from Chief Operating Officer Michael J. Logozzo who's been reAlpha's interim CFO since July 12.

Thumbtack pins new product on task management for homeowners

Aug 21, 2024

Thumbtack for Real Estate is an agent-facing co-branded experience that lets licensed professionals deliver an intuitive workflow for task management, from moving company provisioning to room renovation.

Doma grows revenue, cuts Q2 losses on eve of going private again

Aug 21, 2024

Title tech provider expects $85 million merger with Dallas, Texas-based title insurance underwriter Title Resources Group to close later this year.

It will take time for falling rates to translate into sales: Fannie Mae

Aug 21, 2024

Affordability challenges will limit growth in home sales to 0.5 percent this year — to just 4.78 million — before surging to 5.19 million in 2025, according to the latest housing forecast from Fannie Mae economists.

Mortgage banks notch profit on loans for first time in 8 quarters

Aug 21, 2024

The average loan balance for first mortgages rose from $345,761 in the first quarter to $356,993 in the second, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.