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

APRIL 2, 2025

has introduced “Elevate,” a new program aimed at increasing real estate agent productivity through marketing, lead generation , transaction support and coaching. According to the company, the initiative is designed to allow agents to close more transactions while improving Fathoms gross profits and margins.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

However, in what Kelman says is an effort to preserve a sellers ability to control how their property is marketed, Redfin is also asking MLSs to create a coming-soon designation for listings that precludes search sites from showing how long a home has been for sale and at what prices.

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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. Luckily, she had the time to (patiently) walk us through the exact strategies she used to build a Zoomer real estate brand on TikTok and gave us her advice for new agents. Most agents dont bother.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Whether youre running a large brokerage, managing a small team or working on your own, the right transaction management platform can take the worry out of compliance and lighten your workload. From managing compliance to automating commission disbursements, its built to grow with your brokerage.

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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

APRIL 10, 2025

Veteran real estate broker-associate Christina Khosrowabadi, who has closed more than $140 million in sales since 2022, has joined Christies International Real Estate Sereno , one of northern Californias largest independent brokerages. Im excited to be part of a brokerage that supports agents in doing their best work.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Here’s four strategies for leaders looking to maximize growth and position their brokerages and teams for success. It also provides your agents with consistent closings, creating a more predictable and growth-focused pipeline. First, you free up your agents to focus on what they do best: closing deals.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Real estate marketing startup Realoq is launching a new data solution for brokers and agents. The new “360-degree product experience” will help brokerages and real estate professionals access data, manage listings and ensure accuracy.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

eXp Realty and real estate technology company Movoto have announced a collaboration to introduce a new support platform for individual agents. agents by streamlining business operations and minimizing administrative tasks. Movoto executives said eXp Realtys agent network made it a natural partner for Lever.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

According to HomeLight ‘s Top Agent Insights report released this week, real estate agents are feeling this and are being forced to switch up tactics to attract buyers. HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. 30 and Nov. 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To help you find the best real estate website builder for your needs, our team of agents, brokers, and tech experts researched and ranked the best real estate website builders for 2024. We looked at pricing, design quality, ease of use, lead generation features, and then combed online reviews to get feedback from other working Realtors.

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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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

RealTrends Verified first arrived on scene in March 2024 as the first dual-verified real estate sales performance platform that highlights brokerages , agents and teams that deserve to stand out among their peers. How can agents and teams benefit in 2025? But that isn’t the half of it.

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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. Matched with our internal technology, resources and training, it tells agents which training route they should take based on their personality type.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Real Brokerage ’s explosive growth continues. The company has added the Grant Johnson Group , based in the Minneapolis area, bringing 55 agents to Real and pushing the brokerage’s total agent count past 22,000. It’s hard to find a brokerage that’s expanding as quickly as Real.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the newest episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast, hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Robert Morris, a real estate broker, trainer and veteran agent at Keller Williams Capital Properties. So, in having conversations with new agents, they’re learning the right way. Vision Course.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Here’s why: Good software might help your brokerage stay afloat in a post-lawsuit market. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Top-producing mega team PREMIERE Group is joining fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage , according to an announcement on Monday. Founded in 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina by David Keener, the PREMIERE Group operates as a teamerage , providing agents with marketing and operations resources. million.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

Prioritizing humans over houses is a core value at NextHome because it builds trust and fosters a more informed and confident client base which we believe puts our agents in a position to win,” James Dwiggins , the co-CEO of NextHome, said in a statement. Its literally designed to protect sellers and buyers!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A group of current and former real estate executives have launched The Helm, a coaching platform designed to provide professional development to a more diverse audience. They allege that the brokerage repeatedly ignored complaints about the men due to their financial success.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

NAR noted that the policy is designed to exist in conjunction with CCP, which requires listing brokers to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing it. Our position has never been to dictate brokerage business models, Brian Donnellan, the president and CEO of Bright MLS, wrote in an email.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Defunct discount brokerage REX Real Estate is not giving up in its antitrust battle against Zillow and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). REX believes the panels opinion is based on the absence of evidence of concerted action, and the conclusion that Zillow independently re-designed its website. It is appealing a U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

With home sales still at historically low levels and uncertainty over the commission lawsuits , real estate brokerage executives prize good leads more than ever. To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is launching a luxury division , according to an announcement on Wednesday. Real Luxury , as the division will be known, will focus on helping luxury agents and teams, as well as their exclusive clients. He brought his Los Angeles-based luxury brokerage GLOBL RED Real Estate to Real in 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Compass’ brokerage firm recruiting efforts continue. Deasy Penner Podley , or DPP Real Estate is the latest boutique brokerage to affiliate with the national firm, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Based in Pasadena, DPP @ Compass has over 175 agents serving an area spanning from Santa Monica to Palm Springs.

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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. If youre reading this article, youre not alone.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

San Francisco-based real estate brokerage Side announced Monday that they raised $150 million, ushering in a new phase for the four-year-old company. For example, top Beverly Hills luxury producer Ben Bacal started the brand “Revel Real Estate” under the Side brokerage. How to Diversify Your Brokerage to Weather Economic Hardship.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Luxury Presence has introduced Private Listings Hub, an invitation-only platform designed to help real estate agents promote off-market and pre-market listings with greater control and discretion. Agents can control listing visibility, filter buyer matches and receive notifications for relevant off-market opportunities.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

real estate brokerage Compass announced Wednesday that it has hired Hal Bennett, a high-producing agent based in the Seattle area. Bennett formerly worked with Redfin , where he was recognized by RealTrends among the top-producing agents in the state of Washington in 2023. Bennett ranked No. 17 with $47.7 Bennett ranked No.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The company has added independent brokerage Delhougne Realty Group , a St. ” On eXp’s second-quarter 2024 earnings call on Wednesday, eXp World Holdings CEO Glenn Sanford trumpeted the firm’s rising agent Net Promoter Score (aNPS), which jumped from 72 to 76 over the past year. The metric is a measure of agent satisfaction.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Real estate giant Zillow came out victorious in its years-long legal battle with discount brokerage REX Real Estate. District Court in Seattle determined that Zillow did not make deceptive change to its only agent listings that forced REX Real Estate to go out of business. In mid-May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Michael Ketchmark , the lead plaintiffs counsel in the Gibson commission lawsuit against real estate brokerages, told Inman News that his firm is closely monitoring NAR s vote and will determine its next steps based on the outcome. And the decision comes under the shadow of a potential legal challenge. What’s next?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

parent company of North Carolina -based Fathom Realty , announced Wednesday that it has started two new commission plans for agents. The two agent payment plans, Fathom Max and Fathom Share, complement the real estate firm’s existing plan known as Fathom One. Existing agents can opt to stick with their current plan.

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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.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Good luck explaining to your seller that if your home is marketed as an Office Exclusive or Private Listing it will never be allowed on Zillow or Trulia unless it’s listed with another brokerage. On Monday, Redfin , which is to be acquired by Rocket Companies for $1.75 billion , announced that it was adopting a similar policy.

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