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The deal is valued at around $444 million, with $150 million in cash and $294 million in equity. If finalized, it would merge the nation’s No. 1 brokerage by sales volume with the No. 8 largest brokerage. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Compass is buying Christie’s International Real Estate and @properties at…

Prospective homeowners enter the housing market with two questions: Where do I begin? How much home can I afford? Once the process starts, nearly half of home buyers report shedding tears at some point. Potential homeowners should be able to handle this confusion in a world where technology and digital tools rule customer service. Fortunately, home buying doesn’t have to remain confusing for new buyers.  Zillow Home Loans — the platform’s affiliate mortgage lender — pushes the future of financing. The lender offers innovative tools and technology to make the home buying process more accessible, transparent, and personalized. Offering access…

Find out how New York City associate broker Bruce Henderson puts his background in design, marketing and show biz to work for his real estate clients. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. “I  probably care too much about advocating for my clients and new developments, but can you ever really care too much…

This week Intel explores the financial data behind three real estate companies that thrilled investors amid a stagnant market that stymied the competition: Compass, Zillow and The Real Brokerage. This report is available exclusively to subscribers of Inman Intel, the data and research arm of Inman offering deep insights and market intelligence on the business of residential real estate and proptech. Subscribe today. When real estate revenues are on an upswing, almost everyone gets to report rosy numbers. But in a down market, the companies that are able to grow market share while controlling costs truly begin to stand out — and…

Fitch Ratings announced Monday that it has revised its outlook for the mortgage origination and servicing sector in 2025 from “deteriorating” to “improving,” reflecting forecasts of lower mortgage rates. The credit rating agency sees higher origination volumes and gain-on-sale margins on the mortgage production front, leading to improved profitability for lenders. In regard to servicing portfolios, recapture opportunities through refinances may help offset losses with mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) amortizations and write-downs.  The outlook is based on Fannie Mae’s forecast of $2.1 trillion in total originations for 2025, a 28% increase from this year.  “Fitch expects rates to decline in…

Led by Camber Creek with Left Lane Capital, the funding will further develop the S.MPLE platform while scaling SERHANT.’s brokerage, edtech, content creation and media production services. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. New York City-based holding company SERHANT. Technologies has raised $45 million in its debut equity funding round, which was led by venture capital firm…

Despite being the beneficiaries of historic increases in home-price appreciation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, older baby boomers — many of whom are approaching the age of 80 in 2025 — are now finding themselves challenged by a dearth of housing inventory that can best accommodate living in later life. This is according to a recent story published by Business Insider, which characterizes the dynamic as partially of the generation’s own making. Baby boomers are now “beginning to suffer from their own housing woes: a severe shortage of accessible and affordable retirement homes,” which are compounded by “the rising…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Ready to take on real estate’s next era with confidence? Join us at Inman Connect New York this Jan. 22-24, 2025. At Inman Connect, real estate’s most motivated professionals come together with the brightest minds and innovators to tackle major challenges facing our industry. Together we are navigating industry changes to…

It can be tricky talking about the national housing market when different parts of the country have very different market dynamics. Nationally, home prices will finish 2024 with an increase of about 5% over the previous year, despite historically low home sales and that there are 27% more homes unsold on the market than there were last year at this time.  When tracking housing inventory in 2024 and 2025, we noticed one big macroeconomic trend dividing the U.S. into two separate markets. What is that trend? It’s migration. Not immigration. We are talking about migration — Americans moving across the…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Ready to take on real estate’s next era with confidence? Join us at Inman Connect New York this Jan. 22-24, 2025. Register now to start 2025 off on the right foot. You’ll come away feeling inspired, motivated and empowered to step confidently into the future of real estate.  Begin your growth…