Current RE News

Despite the latest technology disrupting real estate, people of color and minorities still face discrimination when it comes to homebuying, according to a new study by the University of California, Berkeley.

A landlord who refused to rent to an African American woman after texting her a flurry of racial slurs, including the N-word, has been charged with discrimination.

iGuide, a virtual home tour experience platform, has announced an updated version of its Viewer product, which creates and publishes interactive floor plans and 3D tours to help market listings.

A Dallas real estate agent who traveled to Mexico to take advantage of cut-rate plastic surgery has brain damage and is on life support after a botched nose job.

Whether this is your first Inman Connect New York event or the latest of several, there’s one question that attendees always ask: “What shouldn’t I miss?"

If you’re seeking an expert on how a high-net-worth consumer thinks, then David Friedman, co-founder of WealthQuotient, is your guy.

Kristen Ankerbrandt, formerly a principal at The Carlyle Group, has been named chief financial officer at Compass, ending an eight-month search.

A recent crackdown by the Arizona Department of Real Estate has caused two online companies to pull out of the state, raising questions for others in the industry.

Compass hired away four of the top executives — and two co-founders — from the apartment search and review startup VeryApt, to bring its tech development team to more than 150 employees and to bring the company closer to its ultimate goal of building a comprehensive end-to-end real estate platform.

No matter how hard real estate agents might attempt to dodge transaction issues, Murphy's law sometimes wins — and it’s still the agent’s responsibility to make sure the transaction closes, regardless of what precipitated the problem.