The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has given its support to several strategies proposed last week by the Biden administration to address the need to expand affordable housing opportunities. NAR specifically praised the proposal for a new Department of the...
Sotheby’s International Realty has expanded into California’s Central Valley with the addition of Valley Sotheby’s International Realty. Headquartered in Modesto, Valley Sotheby’s International Realty will serve the communities of Stanislaus,...
Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) has announced the appointment of hotel industry executive Jim Alderman as head of residential development. Alderman was previously a principal with Alderman Advisory, a consulting firm that he confounded. Earlier in his career, he was CEO of...
The YouTube star MrBeast has mixed homebuilding and philanthropy with his newly released video “I Built 100 Homes And Gave Them Away!” MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has become YouTube’s most popular star thanks to a video series featuring outrageous...
Proper Rate, a Chicago-based retail mortgage company, announced the appointment of Chris Knapp as president. Proper Rate is joint venture between the mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate and the brokerage firm @properties. Knapp was part of Guaranteed Rate for nearly 11...
The New York City-based law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Thomas Henry to co-chair its U.S. real estate practice. Henry was previously co-managing partner and co-chair of the real estate department at Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s New York City office. In...