Meet Me at the AI-Insurance-Startup Café

New Yorkers jonesing to drink coffee as they refinance their mortgages have long enjoyed the corporate charm of bank-owned cafés including the Santander Work Cafe in Williamsburg (“Where a Bank becomes your Community”) and the More »

CoStar Focuses on Apartments.com Success as Q2 Proves Profitable

After announcing that it would be scaling back its investment in Homes.com this past January, CoStar Group appears to be thriving as of Q2 as it beefs up investments in other segments of its business, such as Apartments.com.  Andy Florance—CEO of CoStar—touted the success of the portal during the co

ONE Sotheby’s adds $10B luxury broker Julian Johnston

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has added luxury real estate advisor Julian Johnston, bringing more than $10 billion in career sales and more than $400 million in active listing inventory to the brokerage. Johnston, who specializes in Miami Beach waterfront and ultra-luxury estate properties, joi

Mortgage Applications Drop Off This Week

Despite near annual highs of the 30-year average mortgage rate, home-purchase application activity had been holding steady or even modestly increasing in recent weeks, attributed to the rise in home inventory. That trajectory flipped this week with a dip in mortgage applications as rates hit another