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Description of Business and Nature of Operations

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Description of Business and Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Description of Business and Nature of Operations  
Description of Business and Nature of Operations

Note 1. Description of Business and Nature of Operations

Fathom Holdings Inc. (“Fathom Holdings,” and collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”) is a cloud-based, technology-driven platform-as-a-service company, working with agents, to help individuals purchase and sell residential properties primarily in the South, Atlantic, Southwest and Western parts of the United States. The Company has operations located in multiple states nationwide. The Company is engaged by its customers to assist with buying, selling, or leasing property. In exchange for its services, the Company is compensated by commission income earned upon closing of the sale of a property or execution of a lease. Typically, within the brokerage industry, all brokers involved in a sale are compensated based on commission rates negotiated in a listing agreement. Agents on the “buy” and “sell” sides of each transaction share the total commission identified in the listing agreement. The Company may provide services to the buyer, seller, or both parties to a transaction. When the Company provides services to the seller in a transaction, it recognizes revenue for its portion of the commission, which is calculated as the sales price multiplied by the commission rate less the commission separately distributed to the buyer’s agent, or the “sell” side portion of the commission. When the Company provides services to the buyer in a transaction, the Company recognizes revenue in an amount equal to the sales price for the property multiplied by the commission rate for the “buy” side of the transaction. In instances in which the Company represents both the buyer and the seller in a transaction, it recognizes the full commission on the transaction.

On July 10, 2020, in connection with its anticipated IPO, the Company approved a 4.71352‑for-one reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse stock split. All fractional shares as a result of the reverse stock split were rounded up to a full share. The par value and other terms of the common stock were not affected by the reverse stock split.

On August 4, 2020, the Company completed its initial public offering (the "IPO") of its common stock, which resulted in the issuance and sale of 3,430,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.00 per share, generating net proceeds of $31.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and other offering costs.

All share and per share amounts, including stock options, have been retroactively adjusted in these financial statements for all periods presented to reflect the 4.71352‑for-one reverse stock split. Furthermore, exercise prices of stock options have been retroactively adjusted in these financial statements for all periods presented to reflect the 4.71352‑for-one reverse stock split.

On November 24, 2020, the Company completed its acquisition of Verus Title Inc. (“Verus”). Verus partners with real estate brokerage firms and lender institutions to offer title and settlement solutions, as well as insurance premium services, associated with real estate transactions. Verus operates as a technology enabled title agency offering a client-focused approach to real estate transactions in South, Atlantic and Northeast parts of the United States.

Historically, management has not made operating decisions nor assessed performance based on geographic locations. Rather, the chief operating decision maker makes operating decisions and assesses performance based on the services of identified operating segments. While management does consider real estate and brokerage services and affiliated services (e.g. title insurance) to be identified operating segments, the profits and losses and assets of the affiliated services segment are not material. The Company aggregates the identified operating segments for reporting purposes.