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Rocket Companies Hires Former Meta Executive as New CEO at Redfin

Rocket Companies Hires Former Meta Executive as New CEO at Redfin

by Phil Hall | Aug 31, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) has reached outside of the real estate industry to hire tech executive Alessio Sanfilippo as CEO of Redfin, effective today. He succeeds Glenn Kelman, who stepped down in January six months after Rocket acquired the Seattle brokerage for...
More Homes Are Hitting the Market. Fewer Buyers Are Stepping Up

More Homes Are Hitting the Market. Fewer Buyers Are Stepping Up

by John G. Stevens | Aug 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The late-summer housing market is giving buyers something they have spent much of the past several years waiting for: leverage. Whether enough buyers can afford to use it is another question. New listings rose 0.4% from the previous week during the four weeks ending...
FTC Reaches Settlement in Antitrust Complaint Against Zillow and Redfin

FTC Reaches Settlement in Antitrust Complaint Against Zillow and Redfin

by Phil Hall | Aug 24, 2026 | Industry Updates, News/Current Events, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a settlement to resolve its antitrust litigation against Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) and Redfin, a division of Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), over their $100 million rental housing agreement. Last October, the FTC and...
Home Purchase Cancellations at Highest Level in Nearly 3 Years

Home Purchase Cancellations at Highest Level in Nearly 3 Years

by Phil Hall | Aug 21, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A new data report from Redfin has found 14% of home sale agreements that went under contract in July were cancelled, up 13.7% from June. Last month’s cancellations marked the highest share in nearly three years on a seasonally adjusted basis. Redfin noted the deals...
Redfin Listings Now Include Local Childcare Information

Redfin Listings Now Include Local Childcare Information

by Phil Hall | Aug 17, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Redfin has partnership with Winnie, a marketplace for childcare and early education, enables the brokerage to add local childcare information to every for-sale home listing on its platform. According to the Seattle-based company, platform users can view daycare and...
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