Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.
Ayoub Rabah, who has served as president of Coldwell Banker Realty in the Central West region since 2018, was recently promoted to the role of regional president, Midwest.
Mark Willis served as Keller Williams CEO from 2005 to 2015.
The incoming executive has held similar roles at BlueLinx Corp. and Extended Stay America.
The hire follows the December 2022 firing of the homebuilder’s senior vice president for field operations, who had been tapped to become COO on Jan. 1.
Former executive manager of sales Mike Reddell will remain at Douglas Elliman as a sales agent.
“The future is bright for Texas real estate, as Texas Realtors continue to be the voice of private property owners and Texas real estate.”
Sue Yannaccone, CEO of Anywhere Brands, will lead the brokerage as M. Ryan Gorman moves to a strategic-advisor role.
The new chief executive previously served as CEO of the Women’s Council of Realtors®.
The Atlanta-based homebuilding giant will replace the outgoing executive with its senior vice president for field operations.
Compass has announced a new CFO: Kalani Reelitz, the former CFO and COO of Cushman & Wakefield Americas. He will be based out of Chicago.
Jenny Sepulveda has been chosen to lead Guaranteed Rate’s combined business development, training and coaching division.
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. has named Grady Ligon as its new chief information officer. Ligon brings 20-plus years of experience to the position, as well as his proven track record for integrating technology to enhance business growth.
The residential-brokerage franchisor announced a host of company-wide steps it is taking to grow its business.
Raman Muralidharan, Anand Cavale and Arun Tripathi are joining Guaranteed Rate as part of an effort to significantly expand the company’s offering of financial products.
Doris Jacobs and her daughters Teffy Jacobs and Kim Jacobs Calloway will join Douglas Elliman and be based in the brokerage’s Dallas office.
Langner will lead the effort to drive development at the company, which uses AI technology to accelerate the loan origination process, and expand Gateless’s customer base.