Journalist. Strategist. SVP at @realestatenews.com (est. 2022). Detoured through tech + content marketing, then found my way home. Asking q's & sharing news!
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Compass has completed its acquisition of Anywhere. Join @jackmiller & @Swanepoel from @t3sixty with @REstephRS & @ajlatrace from @realestatenews as they break it down, TODAY, January 9 at 10a pacific/Noon central/1p eastern. Register: t360.zoom.us/webinar/registe… #RealEstate
Me and @ajlatrace from @realestatenews are unpacking today's huge news in real time with @jackmiller and Paul Hagey of @t3sixty. 🚨Join us now!
Compass is acquiring Anywhere — creating the world’s largest brokerage. What does this mean for agents & brokers and the real estate industry? Find out TODAY during our live analysis.
⏰ TODAY Sept. 22 1 p.m. PT | 4 p.m. ET
Register here: share.realestatenews.com/vnk…
Good morning, real estate world. This probably isn't the Monday you were expecting. Great hustle on this story @ajlatrace.
BREAKING: Compass has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire key rival Anywhere Real Estate. The merged companies will create by far the largest residential real estate brokerage in the world with 340,000 real estate professionals.
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We've heard a lot about private listings from the execs at Compass, Zillow and more ... but what about the agents on the front lines with consumers? @ajlatrace got folks to open up about the Compass 3-phase marketing strategy and "Private Exclusives." @realestatenews
Compass agents are voicing their opinions on private listings. Some said that they see value in starting off-market to test price, while others expressed concerns over trust, ethics and whether Compass' approach is at odds with a client's best interest.
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I wrote the first version of this story about the commissions appeal. @RENewsAndrea made it so much stronger. 💪Every day another reason to be glad she's on the @realestatenews team!
Appeals court rejects new evidence in Sitzer/Burnett case. NAR (@nardotrealtor) and others will need to clean up and resubmit their briefs. Law professor and appellant @TanyaMonestier called the ruling a “critical” win. #antitrust realestatenews.com/2025/09/1…
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Super excited to welcome @RENewsAndrea to @realestatenews. She joins our savvy team with an important interview. #RealEstate realestatenews.com/2025/08/2…
What @Compass told investors about the acquisition: "We're operating two great companies 'as is'."
@properties co-founders/co-CEOs Thad Wong & Michael Golden will keep handling the day-to-day
BREAKING NEWS 🚨 The $444 million deal brings the 8th-largest brokerage firm into the Compass fold and represents the brokerage giant’s first major move into the global market. @Compass share.realestatenews.com/2n7…
#realestatenews #realestate #compass #BreakingNews
🚨Some Sunday night excitement that could complicate this week’s expected approval of the NAR settlement: The Department of Justice says the deal is not an antitrust shield — and expresses concern over buyer agent agreements. Nice hustle @DaveRENews for @realestatenews
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If you are in the #realestate space, this is likely the story you need to read right now --from @realestatenews realestatenews.com/2024/11/1…
"Searing" is a nice word for the DANGER Report, which @swanepoel wrote a decade ago about the future of real estate -- aka our today. Wild how much of it has come to pass. (I'll cover that in my next stories for @realestatenews) realestatenews.com/2024/10/1…
This seems ... big. From my story for @realestatenews:
Alabama association leaders want #Realtors to have “greater flexibility” with their dues dollars. Without it, they say, NAR faces legal risk and could “lose these members forever.”
The Fed went bold with its rate cut! I know what this means because @DaveRENews broke it down so well for @realestatenews #mortgagerates 🤑🏡📉realestatenews.com/2024/09/1…
Writing up the story today for @realestatenews. It's a conversation you won't want to miss. #NAR #Realtors #commissions
Don’t miss this rare interview with Nykia Wright, the interim CEO of the National Association of Realtors, by our friends at Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered. With the August 17 deadline for major rules changes looming, what does she want people to know about #NAR, about her, about ways to make a difference? #realestatenews #Realtors #commissions
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Breaking: The exclusive from @realestatenews as @jwacksman takes over as @ZillowGroup CEO from @Rich_Barton realestatenews.com/2024/08/0… #realestate #RealEstateNews
I learned so much from the good folks at the @ARELLOHQ Legal Exchange today. And I stand with the optimistic realists who see true transparency on the horizon but understand the road may be a bit (or more than a bit) bumpy. #realestate @realestatenews
Thank you to our friend Steph Reid-Simons with @realestatenews for dropping by to let us know what’s on the horizon on a state and federal level. The team at Real Estate News is committed to delivering objective, impartial, and factual stories that are authentic, journalistically sound, and worth your time.
Get the scoop on the 1,000-page document that CoStar and Move are wrangling over. Nice work by @ajlatrace for @realestatenews.
NEW: The crux of the trade secrets case between Move Inc. and CoStar appears to be James Kaminsky's access of an editorial calendar for Realtor.com's News and Insights vertical, which lawyers discussed during a hearing this week.
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Great thread. How will the NAR settlement change the #homebuying (and selling) process? It’s complicated. And then some. #Realtors h/t @DaveRENews
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New from @DaveRENews: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said the board has not yet made any decisions about future meetings, but if inflation moves lower, a September rate cut "could be on the table."
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Stefan @swanepoel's sequel to his industry-challenging #DANGERreport is expected in early 2025 and will focus on the future. “The time is now for the industry to transform itself.” #OpportunityReport @realestatenews
