ARA expands advocacy, hires John Blount to lead lobbying
The American Real Estate Association (ARA) announced Friday that John Blount will serve as the Mauricio Umansky and Jason Haber-founded trade group’s chief lobbyist. Blount spent years as chief lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), directing the association’s advocacy shop. He he
Wyoming MLSs object to NAR settlement data sharing notice
MLS in Wyoming have some thoughts to share on Judge Stephen Bough’s recent authorization of the Gibson and Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit plaintiffs to send a notice to all of the MLSs that opted into the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement, reminding them of the
Zillow layoff details show severance terms and senior roles cut
It has been over a week since Zillow laid off over 500 employees, representing roughly 7% of its staff, in what the company has called an “organizational restructuring” effort, and the posts of impacted employees keep coming on LinkedIn, reflecting the volume of people impacted. In an email sent to
Side CEO says independents are the future, launches SideOS
While much of the housing industry is focused on the current wave of consolidation consuming the space, real estate brokerage Side is placing its bet on local and regional independent brokerages being the future of the industry. “The prevailing narrative in the industry today is that there are goin