Inman Celebrates Visionaries Across the Real Estate Industry by Announcing the 2025 Inman Innovators Award Finalists

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 16, 2025

Now in its 28th year, Inman's flagship award unveils the finalists for Inman Innovators recognizing creativity across the real estate industry.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Inman, real estate's leading news source for agents, brokers, executives and technology leaders, proudly announces the finalists of the 2025 Inman Innovators Award, celebrating the people and companies whose innovations are bringing us all forward into the future.

Whether redefining client communication, revolutionizing property showcasing, applying new technologies, or building innovative business models, the 2025 Inman Innovators Award finalists each serve as a testament to those professionals shaping the future of real estate.

The Inman Innovators Awards are the most highly anticipated honors in the entire real estate ecosystem. For over two decades, these prestigious awards have honored companies and individuals who relentlessly turn transformative ideas into reality and elevated standards for the industry as a whole.

Following an open call for nominations from around the industry, the finalists for each category were selected by the Inman editorial team. The winners in 12 categories will be celebrated later this month at Inman Connect San Diego, along with the announcement of the 2025 recipient of the Nate Ellis Award for giving back to the residential real estate community.

The 2025 Inman Innovators Award finalists are:

Innovator of the Year (individual or individuals)

Kenya Burrell Van-Wormer & Katherine Winston, Equity Angels
Damian Eales, Realtor.com
Andy Florance, CoStar
Josh Jensen, Inspectify
Shayan Hamidi, Rechat
Stella Han & Carlos Trevino, Fractional
Varun Krishna, Rocket Companies
Terrence Nickelson, Goby Homes
Ryan Serhant, SERHANT.
Joe Skousen, Inside Real Estate

Company of the Year

Agent or Team

The Ashton Real Estate Group, RE/MAX Advantage
Jimmy Burgess, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Caine Luxury Team, Keller Williams
Will Grimes, Aperture Global
The Haskell Group
Daniel Heider, The Heider Team
Kenny Klaus, The Klaus Team
Tiffany McQuaid, SERHANT. Southwest Florida
Keegan Siegfried, Paramount Home Group

Brokerage

The Agency
@properties Christie's International Real Estate
Ensemble
eXp
NextHome
The Real Brokerage
SERHANT.
Sotheby's International Realty
Windermere

Marketing or Branding Campaign

Rebranding/Introducing: Intelligence Beyond Bounds, Cotality
"Everything you need. All under one roof" campaign, William Raveis
Family Reunion 2025, Keller Williams
"Joy of Home" global campaign, Century 21 Real Estate
"Let America Build" campaign, Realtor.com
"Never Become a Former New Yorker" campaign, StreetEasy
"Perfect Strangers" commercial, Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors
"The Perfect Setting" global campaign, The Agency
Post-NAR settlement marketing and branding campaign, Stellar MLS
30 Day Listing Challenge, Fello

Use of Video

Aperture Global Launch Video
The Haskell Group
OnTrack Agent
Sotheby's Video Studio
Michele Sullivan, MS Luxury Homes

Lead Servicing Solution

Marketing Solution

Client Experience Solution

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Better.com's AI agent, Betsy™
Cloze
Eden
Entrata
Epique Realty
HappyCO
ListAssist (by Inside Real Estate)
Lundy
Matterport
MaverickRE
Rechat
Shay
Zillow/Follow Up Boss

Industry Podcast

Glitter and Gay, Glennda Baker and Tyler Whitman
Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson
Industry Relations, Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson
InsideABODE, Dave Jones
The Katie Lance Podcast, Katie Lance
Listing Bits, Greg Robertson
Motivational Monday, LPT Realty
The Presence Podcast, Luxury Presence
Proptech Pulse Podcast, Lone Wolf Technologies

MLS, Association or Industry Organization

The Nate Ellis Award (for giving back to the community)

Honoree announced at Inman Connect San Diego

The winners will be celebrated at Inman Connect San Diego, July 30 - August 1, 2025 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront as well as winners of Inman's Golden I Award, the highest distinction in luxury real estate, at Inman Luxury Connect. Tickets to both events are on sale now.

Information on Inman's full slate of real estate industry awards can be found at inman.com/awards.

Questions about Inman's real estate awards programs should be directed to awards@inman.com.

About Inman Awards

Inman Awards recognizes outstanding accomplishments across the residential real estate industry with eight distinctive categories. Each award shines a spotlight on the companies and individuals at the forefront of the real estate industry, as well as in specialties including mortgage and finance, marketing, proptech, leadership, and AI.

About Inman

Inman is the leading news source for real estate agents, brokers, executives and technology leaders who gain useful advice on the industry's top stories, trends and developments that help them grow their businesses and stay ahead of the competition. With an audience of over one million professionals, Inman's pages and stages are where the industry goes to find the most innovative ideas and new business models, through our website, newsletters, events, awards, education, research, and subscriptions.

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