by RealtyBizNews | Mar 3, 2021 | Brokerage, Compass, Featured News, IPO filing, IPO listing, public listing, Real Estate News, Real Estate Technology
Spurred on by a booming housing market, the technology-powered real estate brokerage Compass said Monday that it’s planning to go public via an initial public offering later this year. Compass was founded in 2012 and has attracted thousands of agents due to its...
by RealtyBizNews | Feb 26, 2021 | Featured News, Goldman Sachs, Home Buying, interviews, Jian Wei Gan, mortgage guarantee, Prop Tech, RBBN, RBBN shares, real estate industry, Real Estate News, Real Estate Tech, Ribbon Home, sales tools, Shaival Shah, startups
In 2017 entrepreneurs Jian Wei Gan, Shaival Shah acted on a shared vision and created a truly unique startup called Ribbon Home. Today, their idea to make homeownership more achievable is a bristling success. This week RealtyBiz talked with Shaival Shah about the...
by RealtyBizNews | Feb 19, 2021 | building costs, Featured News, lumber costs, lumber prices, lumber tariffs, new home prices, Real Estate News, US Real Estate
Lumber prices hit another record high last week, with the price having risen now by more than 170% in the last 10 months, according to a report by the National Association of Home Builders. That’s bad news for buyers, as home builders have responded by increasing the...
by RealtyBizNews | Feb 17, 2021 | bidding wars, Featured News, home prices, limited inventory, Real Estate News, US Real Estate
Home buyers in the U.S. are facing increasingly fierce bidding wars, but even as prices rise and competition heats up, they’re not giving in. A new survey by the National Association of Home Builders last week found that around 40% of prospective home buyers have been...
by RealtyBizNews | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured News, immunization, policies, Real Estate News, return to work, US Real Estate, vaccination
Real estate brokers, associations and business executives are divided over whether they should require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to work, according to a survey by the business and technology consultancy West Monroe. The survey,...
by RealtyBizNews | Jan 25, 2021 | bidding wars, desperate tactics, enticements, Featured News, Real Estate News, US Real Estate
Home buyers across the U.S. are finding themselves in bidding wars due to a reduced supply of homes on the market, and some are resorting to desperate measures to ensure their bids are accepted. But sometimes they take things too far, professionals say. An article in...