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Description of Business and Nature of Operations

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Description of Business and Nature of Operations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 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. The Company operates as one operating and reporting segment.

 

On July 10, 2020, 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.

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.