by | Aug 4, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
In his continued movement of expanding seller choice across real estate, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said he expects “more than 90% of MLSs to have rules that allow sellers to market both Private Exclusives and Coming Soons by the end of the year” during the company’s...
by | Aug 4, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Zillow has laid off 500 employees—about 7% of the portal’s 7,000 employees—in order to ensure a “disciplined cost structure” across the portal, according to an announcement by CEO Jeremy Wacksman today. In a blog post attributed to Wacksman, ahead of Wednesday’s Q2...
by Paige Brown | Aug 4, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Marketing, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. When a real estate agent takes a look at their calendar on any given day, there’s a good...
by | Aug 4, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Years after so-called iBuyers—companies that promised to quickly buy and flip homes using algorithms to make profits—were supposed to take the industry by storm, one of the (relative) new kids on the block is settled in for a longer voyage. During its Q2 2026 earnings...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 3, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
At the end of 2024, Mark Siwiec found himself confronting a problem most real estate agents would be happy to have: There was simply too much business. That year, Siwiec was considered (by at least a few reputable sources) the top agent in the six-county Rochester...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 3, 2026 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
What happens when technology fails at the worst possible moment? A contract deadline is approaching, but the printer freezes. An agent on the go can’t connect to the MLS right before a showing. Or their smartphone suddenly won’t take a photo. These may sound like...