Above, from left, Mike Hickman, Marki Lemons-Ryhal, Richard Haggerty, Emmett Laffey and Steve Morris, RISMedia’s 2026 Newsmakers Hall of Fame Success in real estate is often measured in quarterly growth and transaction volume, but a legacy is measured by the ability to build something that outlasts the market cycles. RISMedia’s 2026 Newsmakers Hall of Fame…

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Forbes Global Properties has announced its San Diego and La Jolla, California-based network member, Willis Allen Real Estate has relocated its Rancho Santa Fe, California office to the Flecha House compound, a local historic landmark, in advance of the firm’s 75th year serving the Rancho Santa Fe community.  “Since 1914, Willis Allen Real Estate has…

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For decades, the MLS was built on professional cooperation to serve buyers and sellers. Today, expansive IDX syndication exposes seller data far beyond its original intent. The question is no longer about transparency, but about balance. Are we protecting property owners, or unintentionally creating leverage and stigma through public data exposure? There was a time…

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Above, REMAX CEO Erik Carlson, left, and company Co-Founder Dave Liniger. When REMAX Co-Founder Dave Liniger was introduced at the opening session of the company’s annual R4 global convention in Las Vegas late last month, the more than 4,200 attendees from over 55 countries had first been energized by actor/comedian Andrew Fung and REMAX CEO…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. After defeat in Zillow injunction, Compass wants judge to distinguish MLS power In two major legal battles over private listings, Compass is seemingly seeking to draw a distinction between listing service market power…

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Maverix Advisory Group has announced the appointment of Jeff Corbett as executive advisor of Growth & Strategy. Corbett joins Jeff Kennedy, Kevin Van Eck and Drew Kennedy, adding to the firm’s advisory capabilities across its core verticals: PropTech, FinTech, and brokerage.  Corbett brings 25+ years of experience within the real estate and lending ecosystem, according…

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HomeServices of America has announced a visual rebrand—including a new logo and website—for the company to better reflect consumers’ need for clarity, connection and confidence in the new reality of real estate. Under the leadership team of President and CEO Chris Kelly, HomeServices of America stated it has evolved from a quiet holding company into…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. Michelle Bowman, a governor at the Federal Reserve and the Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision, told the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, February 26 that she intends to announce an update to the Basel…

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In the culmination of what was a busy year for Rocket Companies, after acquiring both Redfin and Mr. Cooper, the company detailed another large milestone in its recent earnings call with investors—a partnership with Compass. In its own recent earnings call, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin dropped the news that it had entered into a three-year…

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Compass used its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call to unveil a sweeping three-year exclusive alliance with Rocket Companies that will push the brokerage’s private and coming-soon listings onto Redfin—a direct shot at the “Zillow ban” just weeks after a federal judge handed Compass a significant setback in its antitrust lawsuit against the portal. Under the deal,…

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