Real Estate News CEO group’s new emphasis on social responsibility prompts backlash from ex-Realogy CEOLashing out at Business Roundtable's new mission statement, Richard Smith said Friday that corporations' No. 1 job is "to create shareholder value — period."...Read MoreA recession is on the horizon: Keller Williams New York City CEOHousing won't be to blame, and the recession won't be anything like 2008 for the industry, according to Keller Williams New York City CEO Mark Chin....Read MoreWATCH: What you should know about short-term rentalsListen in as moderator Clelia Peters discusses the statistics and issues surrounding short-term rentals with Vacasa’s Senior Director of Real Estate Shaun Greer, AirDNA’s Founder and CEO Scott Shatford and Vrolio Founder and CEO Erica Muller onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas....Read MoreBeverly Hills real estate agent suspected of burglarizing the homes of Usher, Adam LambertKeller Williams Beverly Hills agent Jason Yaselli is accused of conspiring with a thief who posed as an agent to burglarize the homes of celebrities....Read More‘My Sharona’ is a real estate agentOn the 40th anniversary of The Knack's 1979 chart-topper, Sotheby's International Realty team leader Sharona Alperin opens up about her career and the story behind the song....Read MoreDesperate Housewife? This Douglas Elliman agent auditioned 4 times for ‘Real Housewives’ gigDouglas Elliman agent Taja Abitbol Cone was so interested in appearing on "The Real Housewives of New York" that she auditioned four times — and still didn't get the part....Read MoreNew-home sales dropped in July but rose year-over-year: CensusThe median sales prices of all new homes sold in July hovered at $312,800, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development....Read MoreBig swaths of the Bay Area saw home prices decline this yearA new report from Compass shows that after strong appreciation in 2017 and 2018 home prices in places such as Sonoma and Santa Clara counties have fallen....Read MoreWATCH: Why platforms are a critical part of the data conversationAt Inman Connect Las Vegas, Dave Gordon, executive vice president and CTO of Realogy Holdings, Corp.; Katie Ragusa, Tribus' vice president of product; and York Baur, CEO of MoxiWorks, took to the stage to discuss their differing visions of what the word "platform" means and the implications for how brokerages and their agents use data....Read MoreWATCH: How big data will change the business of real estateCommissions on transactions will decline as a percentage, but agents will be making more money because the number of transactions will go up as they become increasingly frictionless. ...Read More
