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

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Jul 16, 2025, 16:45 ET


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

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.

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.

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 , along with the announcement of the 2025 recipient of the Nate Ellis Award for giving back to the residential real estate community.

The 2025 Award finalists are:

Innovator of the Year (individual or individuals)

  • Kenya Burrell Van-Wormer & Katherine Winston,
  • Damian Eales,
  • Andy Florance,
  • Josh Jensen,
  • Shayan Hamidi,
  • Stella Han & Carlos Trevino,
  • Varun Krishna,
  • Terrence Nickelson,
  • Ryan Serhant,
  • Joe Skousen,

Company of the Year

  • CoStar Group
  • Rechat
  • Rocket Companies

Agent or Team

  • ,
  • Jimmy Burgess,
  • , Keller Williams
  • Will Grimes,
  • Daniel Heider,
  • Kenny Klaus,
  • Tiffany McQuaid, SERHANT. Southwest Florida
  • Keegan Siegfried,

Brokerage

  • The Real Brokerage
  • SERHANT.

Marketing or Branding Campaign

  • Rebranding/Introducing: Intelligence Beyond Bounds,
  • "Everything you need. All under one roof" campaign,
  • Family Reunion 2025,
  • "Joy of Home" global campaign,
  • "Let America Build" campaign, Realtor.com
  • "Never Become a Former New Yorker" campaign,
  • "Perfect Strangers" commercial,
  • "The Perfect Setting" global campaign, The Agency
  • Post-NAR settlement marketing and branding campaign,
  • 30 Day Listing Challenge,

Use of Video

  • Launch Video
  • The Haskell Group
  • Sotheby's Video Studio
  • Michele Sullivan,

Lead Servicing Solution

Marketing Solution

  • Rayse
  • Rechat

Client Experience Solution

  • Goby Homes
  • Rayse

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • 's AI agent, Betsyâ„¢
  • (by Inside Real Estate)
  • Rechat
  • Zillow/

Industry Podcast

  • Glennda Baker and Tyler Whitman
  • , James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson
  • , Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson
  • , Dave Jones
  • , Katie Lance
  • , Greg Robertson
  • Motivational Monday,
  • , Luxury Presence
  • , Lone Wolf Technologies

MLS, Association or Industry Organization

  • , Anywhere

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

  • Honoree announced at Inman Connect San Diego

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

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

Questions about Inman's real estate awards programs should be directed to [email protected].

About 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.

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