Money ‘Challenging’ real estate market forced layoffs of 18% of staff, Opendoor CEO says November 2, 2022November 2, 2022Bailey Schulz, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Challenging’ real estate market forced layoffs of 18% of staff, Opendoor CEO says Opendoor CEO Eric Wu said the company is cutting roughly 18% of its staff as rising interest rates plunge the U.S. housing market into turmoil.