The real estate industry is at a breaking point, and Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales isn’t holding back.
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On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, tune in for a blunt conversation with Eales on the state of housing in America, the war over listing data and what he believes is the most critical fight of our time: affordable homeownership.
Highlights
In this candid conversation about where the industry is headed, and why the stakes have never been higher, Eales unpacks:
- The housing affordability crisis, why we’re running out of first-time buyers, and what needs to happen — federally and locally — to solve housing affordability
- How political inaction and NIMBYism are making the crisis worse
- Why private listing networks could spark the next wave of fair housing lawsuits
- The real reason some portals are misleading consumers and investors
- Why MLSs are under attack — and what it means for agents
- Why it’s time to double down on transparency, cooperation and consumer trust
- Eales’ take on CoStar, Homes.com, and flawed audience metrics
- How the new Realtor.com+ platform is reshaping agent-client collaboration
Eales pulls no punches on the need for transparency, cooperation and getting back to the true mission: serving buyers and sellers.
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James Dwiggins is the Co-CEO of NextHome, Inc. and co-host of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered.
Keith Robinson is the Co-CEO of NextHome, Inc. and co-host of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered.
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