Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While new social media platforms seem to pop up all the time, Facebook remains a tried-and-true platform for real estate agents to grow their business in a variety of ways. Joining and engaging with groups of fellow Realtors on Facebook should be a key tool in every agent’s toolbox. Join Lab Coat Agents 2.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Following this move, 150 agents are joining Real’s platform and strengthening its presence in ROVI’s areas. CEO Steve Rovithis founded the company to offer agents and clients alternative methods to “traditional franchise models.” Rovithis complimented Real for its focus on technology and education.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The digital brokerage platform announced on Monday the addition of Amerivest Realty , a Florida-based brokerage, adding 400 agents across Florida , Colorado , Minnesota and Wisconsin to Real’s platform. Amerivest was built on the foundation of empowering agents with the tools and technology to succeed,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Israeli startup eSelf AI has developed a technology that provides interactive AI real estate agents capable of answering questions and guiding prospective buyers through listings at any time. Porta da Frente Christies CEO Joo Clia told Fox Business that the firm has seen great results since live-testing the AI agent about a year ago.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

During the conversation, Velt and Elfman discuss the delicate art of balancing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) usage with developing client relationships. Tracey Velt: What overarching technology trends have you seen among real estate agents and brokers? How is MoxiWorks easing people into adopting a technology?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Given the massive changes experienced by the real estate industry in the past six months, it is no surprise that at least a handful of the startups feel that the real estate space is ripe for innovation, giving way to a proliferation of AI agent platforms. We only use it as a tool to make it more efficient for our human agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

The latest data through February 2025 shows agent mobility dropping across all tracked measures, signaling an unexpected dip as the real estate industry heads into its traditionally active recruiting season. As weve highlighted in recent months, the continued slowdown in agent movement is reflective of ongoing market uncertainty.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Instead, its continuing to add agents at an explosive rate. On its earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2024, the company disclosed that its agent count was 24,140 at the end of the year. Real credited its technology offerings and business model for the explosive growth in agents. It posted a net loss of $26.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

AgentCoach.AI , an AI-powered real estate coaching company, is launching a new training platform for real estate agents. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business. Productivity tools are also available to keep agents on track. said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Another thing that we’ve also done which also helps our agents, not just our affiliates is that weve taken a personality profile and turned it into a quiz with AI.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one. According to the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), 82% of buyers agents say that home staging makes it easier for a buyer to envision themselves living in a home. Why is home staging important? Buyers want to be able to see how a home will work for them.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Stone Point is no stranger to the real estate industry, as it also holds strategic investments in Lone Wolf Technologies , Homepoint , CoreLogic and Meridian. This is an exciting milestone for all Keller Williams agents and franchisees, Gary Keller, the co-founder and executive chairman of Keller Williams, said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast,” hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson are joined by Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman for a deep dive conversation that covers the role of technology in real estate and Zillow’s “ Super App.” That’s what technology does. We have a phrase at Zillow.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A majority of agents believe 2025 is going to be a great year for the housing market. Although agents are split on whether its going to be a buyers or a sellers market, 87% predict that demand will remain very strong over the next year. That will likely make it a busy year for real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

RealReports , a property data technology firm, has entered into a partnership with MLS Now , Ohio s largest MLS , to provide its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven real estate platform to more than 14,000 agents across Ohio and West Virginia. ” RealReports has rapidly expanded its footprint in the real estate technology sector.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Technologies, the umbrella company that includes the brokerage — will be used to develop the company’s AI platform known as S.MPLE. Through our best-in-class technology and creative approach and solutions, we are expanding at an unprecedented rate,” Serhant said in a statement. The investment — which is going to SERHANT.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

For example, changing agent commission guidelines and emerging lead contact regulations are keeping professionals up at night. Beyond that, technology continues to evolve, yet those solutions do little to streamline processes and deliver actual returns. Have a seat and buckle in. What does this look like? Isn’t that promising?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Fathom Realty rolled out two new agent commission plans in 2024, and the brokerage isnt done yet. The plan is designed to help agents close more business. To back the new plan, Fregenal cited a survey showing that almost 90% of agents want more from their parent brokerages, but he offered no details on whats to come.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

The duo explore the concept of servant leadership for business success, relying on learning for long-term success, balancing technology usage with relationship building and the trade group’s top priorities for 2025. Velt: For a lot of brokers, agents and team leaders, they’re comfortable and successful in what they do.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Technology is part of the story. Consumers purchase homes, but Compass touts its technology among prospective real estate agents. Because agents are the heart of the business. Technology is the lubricant that increases that flow. Technology is the lubricant that increases that flow.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Real ended 2023 with 13,650 agents and as of Wednesday the company reports that it has now reached 23,000 agents. “We A year or two ago, a large opportunity for us would be someone coming with 100 agents or maybe 150 agents. I think 2025 is going to be another major growth year for us,” Poleg said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“Our Pinergy in-house technology remains wickedly smart and at the leading edge of real estate innovation with the addition of safe, proven, and time-saving AI tools from Restb.ai is a Barcelona-based technology services company that offers image recognition tools with a 99% accuracy rate, according to the company.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Every experienced agent in his city was likeable or at least they could fake it convincingly enough to get by. Start where you are, but find your tribe As a new agent, where you work is almost as important as how well you work. Get it right, and you can build a sustainable career. Get it wrong, and well, theres always law school.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Miami -based Real on Tuesday announced the addition of Harvest Realty , an independent brokerage in Southern California with 550 agents. Real will also offer its virtual community platform to Harvest agents. Led by the husband-and-wife team of John Zhang and Christine Li, Harvest specializes in serving the Chinese community in SoCal.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Instead, they have been focused on other things such as helping agents navigate the post-pandemic housing boom and the commission lawsuits. With the business practice changes having been implemented a few months ago, MLS leaders believe it is time to return the focus on helping brokers and agents solve everyday pain points. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Together, we will improve the experience by connecting traditionally disparate steps of the search and financing process with leading technology that removes friction, reduces costs and increases value to American homebuyers. billion in equity. The deal is projected to boost Rockets adjusted earnings per share by late 2026.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Several JRE agents serve on local boards and nonprofits across the island. “Those who are looking to buy, sell, and rent homes onNantucketor elsewhere will also benefit from our combined local expertise and dynamic agent referral network throughout the Northeast,Florida, and the Carolinas.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Roof AI , an artificial intelligence -powered sales assistant that helps real estate and mortgage companies generate revenue across their business units, announced the integration of OpenAI ’s technology into its system, significantly boosting its capabilities. Michel Moubarak, vice president of growth at Roof AI, told HousingWire. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The latest data through January 2025 shows that while agent movement in January rose from Decembers lows following a typical seasonal pattern the rebound is notably weaker than in most prior years. Meanwhile, the count of active agents continues a modest decline but has not yet reached levels seen back in 2018.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

RealReports compiles data from more than 60 industry sources, offering agents detailed property reports that include permit history, climate risk , flood insurance costs, liens, zoning details, and other critical information. Zach Gorman, co-founder and CEO of RealReports, emphasized the role of AI in simplifying data analysis for agents.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The company announced that it has named Selim Freiha its chief financial officer, while Shrisha Radhakrishna assumes the title of chief technology and product officer. Radhakrishna is coming from LegalZoom, where he served for four years as chief technology officer and chief product officer. billion loss in 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Action plan: Position your team as a growth engine, providing agents with consistent leads and opportunities to succeed. Step 5: Leverage technology to streamline operations To scale effectively, you need systems that enhance efficiency and reduce manual work. The key is offering not just a job, but a path for professional growth.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

per month per user Contract required: Month-to-month Integrations: Popular CRM platforms, lead generation platforms, accounting software Dotloop is perfect for bringing agents, clients, and support teams together on every transaction. Your unique business needs will determine which transaction software is right for your business.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Potential homeowners should be able to handle this confusion in a world where technology and digital tools rule customer service. The lender offers innovative tools and technology to make the home buying process more accessible, transparent, and personalized. Fortunately, home buying doesn’t have to remain confusing for new buyers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Youve likely heard about real estate teams and how they can impact your career but what exactly are they, and why are so many agents joining or building teams? Our goal is to help educate you on what a real estate team is, how they work and the types of agents who thrive on teams. Joining a team is a very personal decision.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Real estate technology provider Constellation Real Estate Group announced on Wednesday that it is adding four new executives to its senior leadership team. “We have a strong portfolio of products that support consumers, agents , teams, brokerages and brands. He will be focused on developing the company’s product suite.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

It lowers the playing field, Matt ONeill , a retired Secret Service agent and the co-founder of 5OH Consulting , said. Previously, ONeill said cybercriminals would specialize in certain parts of the crime or in certain technologies. And the FBI issued a public service announcement over fraudsters usage of generative AI.

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