Opendoor’s recently appointed CEO Kaz Nejatian used the firm’s third-quarter earnings call with investors and analysts to introduce himself and reintroduce the company he has been tasked with turning around. “I’m a computer nerd turned lawyer, turned founder, but I think of myself primarily as a pro

Two Maryland-based retail mortgage lenders struck an M&A deal this week as NFM Lending has agreed to acquire Homespire Mortgage, the companies confirmed on Friday. The financial terms were not disclosed. With the acquisition, Linthicum-based NFM will expand its presence along the East Coast, while H

The Real Brokerage and its former chief financial officer Michelle Ressler have reached a settlement agreement in the lawsuit Ressler filed in early June 2025. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the lawsuit claims that Real orchestrated Ressler’s termination unde

Picture this: a Realtor® walks into a new-home sales office, client in tow, ready to collaborate. The builder’s rep glances up from the desk, wary smile in place. Both sides want the same thing — a sold home — but the air crackles with tension. That moment, repeated across the country, defines one o