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cover of episode Rapid Response: Why real estate matters more than ever, with Compass founder & CEO Robert Reffkin

Rapid Response: Why real estate matters more than ever, with Compass founder & CEO Robert Reffkin

2021/5/20
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"We may not be able to survive this," remarked Robert Reffkin, founder and CEO of real estate platform Compass, after pandemic lockdown rules essentially outlawed U.S. home selling. Yet today the housing market is booming, and Compass has successfully IPO'ed. Reffkin shares how he kept his team together, why he stayed optimistic, and what businesses lucky enough to have benefited from Covid times owe their communities. He also shares insights on housing prices – after correctly predicting last year that summer 2020 would be the most successful in the history of the real estate market – and on the future of big cities. It’s a house tour worth taking.

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