DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION [Abstract]

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1.      DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “eXp”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on July 30, 2008. Through various operating subsidiaries, the Company primarily operates a cloud-based real estate brokerage operating throughout the United States, and most of the Canadian provinces. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company began operations in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Australia.  The Company focuses on a number of cloud-based technologies in order to grow an international brokerage without the burden of physical bricks and mortar or redundant staffing costs.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and are expressed in U.S. dollars. The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.