Commercial Real Estate

The luxury key for 2023? Maintain relationships and ‘be obsessed’

“We are really not in the real estate business…We’re in the relationship business,” said luxury broker Dolly Lenz at the final session of Inman Connect New York on Thursday.  

11 red flags that you’re getting off track in your real estate business

It is possible to tell when your real estate business is going off-course before it’s too late. By keeping your fingers on the pulse of your business, you can evaluate

AI now complete with built-in stereotyping

If you want to use the ChatGPT chatbot for marketing, you need to be aware of its limitations and potential drawbacks, writes broker Teresa Boardman. It may make more sense,

The No. 1 opportunity for listings this market expert sees in 2023

This is the market where opportunity abounds for the diligent, professional agent. Homeowners who have been unable to sell their homes need your expertise.  

Vishal Garg is back, with plan to save Better: The ‘One Day Mortgage’

Comparing himself to Henry Ford and Elon Musk, CEO says he’s reconfigured Better’s assembly line to crank out mortgages in a single day.  

Exp CEO Glenn Sanford touts cloud-based brokerage model at ICNY

A day after Compass CEO Robert Reffkin dismissed remote work as ‘the killer of culture’ at ICNY, Sanford argued on Wednesday that there’s equal merit to virtual and brick-and-mortar models.  

Homebuyer demand for mortgages up for second week in a row

Purchase loan requests rise 3 percent week over week as mortgage rates ease but remain down 39 percent from the same time a year ago.  

How fiscal prudence in good times can avert a hit to morale later

When the market emerges from this down period, savvy broker-owners will remain judicious with expenses, three top executives said at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.  

Tell us about your best day ever (in real estate): Pulse

From your first day on the job to your biggest listing, we want to hear about your best day ever in real estate.  

CoStar considering purchase of Realtor.com parent: Report

Acquiring Realtor.com would significantly advance CoStar’s push into residential real estate — and bring it into greater conflict with the industry’s existing power players.