Above, a screenshot from one of Homes.com’s new ads featuring Dan Levy of “Schitt’s Creek” fame and SNL’s Heidi Gardner. During one of America’s most enduring traditions, Super Bowl Sunday, Homes.com plans to make history, regardless of who takes home the championship trophy. Through four commercials reaching some 113 million viewers, the rapidly ascending real…
Above: Team leader, coach and author, Andy Allen, at RISMedia’s 37th Annual CEO & Leadership Exchange; Photos by AJ Canaria As anyone who’s achieved a modicum of success in residential real estate can tell you, getting there involves a lot of blood, sweat and tears: demanding clients, demoralizing cold calls, heartbreaking deal-breakers, nail-biting negotiations…all before…
Above: Walther Vasquez Johnson, an agent with Sterling, Virginia’s J&C Real Estate Solutions, is RISMedia’s 2025 Rookie of the Year winner. Photos by AJ Canaria. Behind many a successful real estate agent is the story of what might have been. A fork in the road that could have resulted in a very different outcome. In…
Above: Rick Haase and Marco Fregenal Despite legal changes that came about due to the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors® et al. lawsuit settlement, commissions remain central to the real estate industry, driving $1.5 trillion in annual transactions and shaping how professionals earn and brokerages attract highly productive agents, brokerages and teams. With increased…
Photos by AJ Canaria As steward to several of residential real estate’s most storied brands, Sue Yannaccone has a unique vantage point, one that is both diverse and expansive. Despite the size and scope of her purview, however, there’s a common theme that connects it all: innovation. “We’ve been around for a long time, but…
Above: John Featherston, left, and Chris Kelly. Photo by AJ Canaria. After spending 18 years at HomeServices of America in a variety of leadership roles, Chris Kelly ascended to the CEO spot in April when Gino Blefari stepped down after a storied career. During a one-on-one conversation with RISMedia Founder & CEO John Featherston during…
Remember 1995? If you were of a certain age in the mid-’90s, you’ll recall what it was like when the internet barreled onto the scene, omnipresent and rapidly changing every facet of our personal and business lives—whether we wanted it to or not. Whether you lived through the early days of the internet’s sea change…
Above, from left, RISMedia Founder & CEO John Featherston; Donny Samson, CEO, Samson Properties, Keller Williams Capital Properties President Kymber Lovett-Menkiti; Christina Pappas, president, The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties; and Jason Carrier, president, CENTURY 21 New Millennium. While in nearby meeting rooms real estate leaders debated an array of issues looming large over residential…
The numbers tell the story of residential real estate’s tumultuous year in 2024. Faced with an unprecedented combination of circumstances—from the nearly $1B paid out to settle the Burnett lawsuit to the August 17 mandated rule changes to stubborn inflation, escalating home prices and sparse inventory—it should come as no surprise that the results of…
Above (from left to right): National Association of REALTORSⓇ President Kevin Sears and Anthony Lamacchia at Lamacchia’s recent Crush It in Real Estate event in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Anthony Lamacchia, real estate professionals will look back on 2023 and 2024 and say, “That wasn’t easy.” But those days are over, he adds. “Folks, I’m…
Don’t let Heather Stenson’s youthful persona fool you. What she may lack in years of experience she more than makes up for in dedication to her craft and commitment to her clients. And as RISMedia’s 2024 Real Estate Rookie of the Year winner, she now has the accolades to prove it. Designed to honor new-agent…
A market favorable to buyers doesn’t mean buyers will take advantage of it, or that every facet of the market is tilted heavily toward homebuyers. Read more.
