Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The family-owned brokerage firm announced the completion of two acquisitions on Wednesday. The merger combines the strengths of both companies, allowing us to better support agents, buyers, and sellers in the Dayton area while enhancing our leadership in the market.” The financial terms of the deals are not being disclosed.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? To answer that, we’ll take a deep dive into the differences between the many types of real estate professionals, including a real estate agent and a real estate broker. Summary What is a real estate agent? What does a real estate agent do?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In this weeks episode of the RealTrending podcast , host Tracey Velt sits down with Portside Real Estate Group CEO Dava Davin to discuss the importance of buyer consultations, brokerage leadership styles and ancillary solutions for brokerage growth in 2025. Velt: What would be your best practices for the buyer consultation?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The duo explore the current state of mergers and acquisitions, team-based brokerage models, commission compression, and growth opportunities for agents and brokers. What we’ve seen mainly is the activity is now at the local level between local brokerage companies. Why can teams make it work so much better than a brokerage?

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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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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Growing dissatisfaction among real estate agents , concerns over declining commissions , and shifting views on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are among findings in Redfin’s 2025 Industry Survey. Declining satisfaction, economic worries Agent morale has dropped 5% since last year, with just 21.2% saw a positive impact.

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Understanding that real estate housing markets are hyperlocal, the RealTrends Verified City Rankings represent the newest evolution of RealTrends agent and team rankings. This year’s inaugural rankings feature agents and teams from 50 cities across the U.S., Find out which agents and teams ranked highest in your city here.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

RE/MAX frequently touts the experience and productivity of its agents, 135 of which made the 2024 RealTrends Verified + Tom Ferry The Thousand more than any other brokerage. In 2025, however, the real estate franchisor is looking to welcome in and foster the next generation of top agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Compass is certainly known for luxury property sales , but the nation’s top brokerage based on sales volume is looking to offer even more support to agents working on these types of deals. On Tuesday, the firm launched Compass Resort, a network for agents in vacation-home markets and clients searching for second homes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

It offered an innovative take on the agent compensation model and got a headstart on Zillow in the portal wars. They still have to bear the cost of those agents, despite production not being there in a terrible housing market.” Since the first quarter of 2021, Redfins agent count has fallen by 22.5%. It shows in the data.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

While many brokerage leaders experiment with reimagined commission models and marginal tweaks, The Real Brokerage is playing a different game altogether. Only three years ago, The Real Brokerage was ranked for the first time on the RealTrends Verified Brokerage Rankings. Were going deep into pure tech innovation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is especially true when various MLSs, brokerages and agents are taking their own approaches to dealing with the business practice changes. As Sharran Srivatsaa , the president of The Real Brokerage , sees it, there are two primary agent camps right now. It is actually forcing agents to improve their communication.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Alabama governor Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that ensures homebuyers only have to sign a buyer brokerage agreement prior to submitting an offer on a property and not before touring a home with an agent. Ivey signed the bill into law on Tuesday after it passed the state Senate earlier this month.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

What has changed for real estate brokerages since then? 31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. While many, like Kelly, consider the new practices a positive for agents and consumers, implementing them was no small task.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

She went from a brand new agent in 2020 to running her wildly successful boutique brokerage with Side in less than four years. No cold calling, no door knocking just (patiently) educating new and move-up buyers with quick-hit educational TikTok videos. Most agents dont bother. Kina Desantis did. Sound familiar?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The majority of homebuyers are still expecting sellers to cover their agent’s compensation, according to The Real Brokerage ’s August 2024 agent survey. 15, recording the responses of roughly 300 agents across North America. 15, recording the responses of roughly 300 agents across North America. 30 and Sept.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Kelman said Redfin is doing this because it believes that all buyers should be able to see all listings. Kelman notes, however, that this would differ from the coming soon listings idea supported by some brokerages , which would limit access to just agents and potentially only to the agents in the brokerage the listing belongs to.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Leading real estate brokerage William Raveis is making another game-changing acquisition before the new year. This week, the firm announced the acquisition of Nantucket, Massachussetts -based brokerage Jordan Real Estate (JRE). Co-owners Gloria Grimshaw and David Callahan acquired the brokerage from founder Lucille Jordan in 2007.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It was based on the premise that buyer brokers were using commission rates posted on the [ multiple listing service ] to steer buyers to properties that provided higher levels of compensation. … The settlement makes sense — but only on paper. Additionally, Monestier’s objection also claims that agents are still engaging in steering.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In 2011, he founded the innovative brokerage The Agency RE, and he recently launched a real estate agent trade group that aims to serve as an alternative to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). JA: With agent commissions poised to drop, a recent study showed that many brokerages would not be profitable at lower rates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

These off-market listings not only harm sellers, but they limit exposure to potential buyers, possibly deepening inequities that have long existed in real estate. Nearly three-quarters of Hispanic and Black sellers reported that their agent recommended using a private listing network, compared to only 24% of white sellers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

“Most of the confusion we are seeing is from agents who don’t understand what has happened and even broker-owners who don’t understand changes have occurred.” Living up to its legacy Keller Williams is a franchise known for its agent education efforts. In the days immediately following Aug.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

The new office, located in Newport Beach, California, includes 11 agents who joined from other brokerages , and it will be led by Christi Carrillo. Carrillo, who most recently worked at a Newport Beach boutique brokerage, said she views the expansion as an opportunity to tap a broader network of referrals.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. Stubbornly high interest rates, low levels of inventory and elevated home prices are putting a strain on the often-limited budgets of first-time buyers. It is no secret that many first-time homebuyers are struggling.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

However, a growing number of brokerages now use office exclusives as a core business strategy, aiming to generate interest before transitioning a listing to the public MLS, the report states. In March, Compass began giving agents at all brokerages access to Coming Soon, which houses its exclusive listings.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Real Brokerage has expanded its footprint into the Richmond, Virginia , area. Nicole Reed Real Estate & Associates is joining Real, bringing an eight-agent team that serves not only Richmond but the Virginia markets of Fredericksburg, Charlottesville and Hampton Roads, in addition to Atlanta.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs will soon release a circular that “bridges the gap” on an agency law that prohibits a VA buyer from paying their real estate agent compensation, a VA official announced on Tuesday. NAR has also advocated for the VA to change its rule around buyer broker compensation.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

They also explore the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement , agent training deficiencies and more. Dwiggins: Since we started the company back in 2014, we were always looking to try and be a little bit different from the rest of the industry, in the sense of it wasn’t about having tons of agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Haag, in communication with NWMLS employees, said that real estate brokerage firms in Washington state, as members of NWMLS, have agreed to share all property listings with the entire brokerage community and the public for more than 40 years. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules. They dont, he said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Real estate companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve agent productivity, which they believe will be even more necessary due to changes to their commission structure — mainly on the buyer’s side. In June, the company launched a real estate assistantt, KWIQ , that is powered by generative AI.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

On Friday, the brokerage notified the court that it was voluntarily dismissing Wasatch Front Regional MLS , which does business as UtahRealEstate.com , from the suit. As a flat-fee brokerage, Homie charged sellers a flat fee to list their property on the MLS. Homie Technologies’ bombshell antitrust lawsuit has one fewer defendant.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a panel of real estate leaders gathered to discuss the future of the MLS at the National Association of Realtors ‘ NXT conference in Boston, Errol Samuelson , Zillow ‘s chief industry development officer, found himself and his company in a bit different standing than usual with the audience of several hundred agents and brokers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The family-run brokerage firm recorded some legal w ins and losses , developed new tools for agents and clients , and navigated one of the slowest years for home sales in nearly three decades. Hanna said this led the company to revamp some of its agent education. It created a buyer representation certificate for agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A month after launching its new Private Exclusive Listings (PX) feature, agent-driven offer, negotiation and collaboration platform Final Offer has acquired Private Collection , a source of listing information for off-market properties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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