Ryan Serhant, why brokerages should lead with leads, not splits

A series of sudden macroeconomic shocks are making the long-term market picture harder to predict for financial services. Credit: via Shutterstock. For financial firms and the people who invest in them, 2026 has been an unaccommodating year. The war between America and Iran has pushed up the price of oil and, with it, inflation. Deposit…

A new pricing model for seller leads The differentiator is how agents pay. Rather than surrendering a commission slice on closed deals, Zillow’s model charges agents up to 40% of their commission on referred leads, while KBB Homes operates on a subscription. Agents pay a monthly fee to capture 25%, 50%, or 100% of incoming seller…

A pair of Astoria developers has filed plans to build 402 housing units in the World’s Borough. Dominick Acquista and Lorenzo Devardo, under the shell corporation Across the River Realty Development, filed plans to replace three industrial buildings at 31-29 Vernon Boulevard in Astoria, Queens, with a 20-story residential tower, according to city records. The…

US prosecutors say Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, jailed in New York, used coded calls to relatives in Iraq to pass messages linked to a suspected RAF Fairford attack plot. The unsealed indictment outlines alleged communications with Iran-backed operatives and provides new detail on the September detentions near the airbase used by the US Air…

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Qfin Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: QFIN) between March 18, 2026 and August 25, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important November 30, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline. So what: If you purchased Qfin securities…