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. According to RealTrends Verified , the team closed 278 transaction sides for a total volume of $105.6

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APRIL 2, 2025

The initiative, available to all Fathom Realty agents , includes a 20% commission split and offers services designed to streamline agent operations and drive profitability. 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

JANUARY 22, 2024

Top-producing mega team PREMIERE Group is joining fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage , according to an announcement on Monday. His vision of building a tech-first, agent-centric brokerage aligns with our mission at Real. PREMIERE was built to be a different kind of brokerage team, so this was not a move we entered lightly.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced last week that the organization is looking for participants for an initiative focused on standardizing pre-closing title document data sets. MISMO hopes that the initiative will streamline the business process and improve the efficiency of the closing process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These rankings are designed to help top-performing agents and teams highlight their accomplishments within their specific local markets, enhancing their credibility where it matters most — close to home. Agents, Teams, and Brokerages must submit verifiable data in order to be ranked.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The company has added independent brokerage Delhougne Realty Group , a St. Despite recent additions, eXp’s agent count has dropped to 87,111, down 1% year over year, although the company noted that 75% of the agents who left recently didn’t close more than two deals. eXp Realty is expanding its footprint in Missouri.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Held live from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) NXT Conference in Boston, the conversation covers broker leadership tips, the value of designations and certifications, and educational resources for real estate agents. If you want to have successful brokerages, you need to have successful agents. NAR has the L.E.A.D

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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. The looming chaos from the commission lawsuits sure isn’t helping.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Fleet Homes Real Estate Team – Keller Williams Real estate teams are comprised of real estate agents and other professionals working together towards one common goal to close deals. Depending on the team’s structure, agents can work closely together or independently. Teams are led by a team leader.

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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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SEPTEMBER 10, 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. With competition for online leads heating up, we think AgentFire’s brand-first approach can be a game changer for brand-conscious agents, teams and even boutique brokerages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Real estate website design is evolving fast. In 2025, effective websites leverage beautiful imagery, videography, graphics, copywriting, captivating typography and user experience design (UX) to educate buyers and sellers and sell you as a hyper-local market expert and trusted advisor. Great design ensures that they wont.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Daryl Owen , the founder of top California independent brokerage Nationwide Real Estate Executives , is joining eXp Realty and taking 200 agents along with him. In 2022, his team closed $887 million in sales on 1,091 transactions, with an average home price of $740,000, eXp said in a statement Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

The platform is designed to provide solo agents with the structured support typically available to larger teams, company leaders said. Chris Heller , president of Movoto, said the platform allows agents to focus more on working with clients and closing deals by reducing administrative work.

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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. She was so busy she could only talk to us from her car, en route to a closing. ” TikTok riches are in the niches TikToks algorithm is designed to give users exactly what they want when they want it.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? AI can create virtually staged images to match any trendy interior design style you can dream up for a small fraction of the price of traditional virtual staging. Collovs image quality, speed and affordability make it a perfect choice for team and brokerage virtual staging.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

If we were to start fresh, no competent businessperson would design an MLS system like this. Dual agency: the real issue at hand Dual agency where one agent or brokerage represents both parties in a transaction creates conflicts of interest that directly harm consumers. Technology still isn’t the NARs strong suit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

His eponymous brokerage SERHANT. has entered Phoenix with the addition of a collection of brokerages that have closed more than $500 million in sales volume over the last 12 months. Arizonas designated broker. Ryan Serhant is headed west. The move brings on more than 50 new agents, and they launched with 100 listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

In fact, there aren’t many mortgage lenders, builders or real estate brokerages that haven’t at least fleetingly entertained the notion. That’s probably why so many title and closing firms have tried their hand at CRE business in the effort to diversify. And why not?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Despite noting that it did not support this rule, Zillow claims it was forced to adopt it to obtain IDX feeds from MLSs that had, precipitating the two-tab design for MLS listings and other listings. In May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations. At the close of the arguments, the court noted that the matter had been submitted.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The nightmare created by Keller Williams’ decision to make changes to its profit-sharing program appears to be coming to a close. The news comes after James McFarlane filed notice last month that he had settled his lawsuit with the brokerage. district court in Nevada. The changes had been slated to go into effect in July 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

“Profit share allows associates to build their businesses inside our franchise model, which is as powerful as if they owned a brokerage themselves.” In May, the brokerage announced that its International Association Leadership Council (IALC) had made the decision to rescind these changes. The lawsuits, however, are still pending.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

These real estate mailers are designed to spread holiday cheer, express gratitude and maintain a personal touch among your network. Highlight key details of your recent sale, including the sale price, closing date and your role in the transaction. But where do you start? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.

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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. In the announcement, Compass said that Bennett is ”known for his meticulous attention to detail and high conversion rates,” and he has ”successfully closed many high-value transactions, including a reimagined $3.45

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Engel & Volkers Atlanta , a luxury real estate brokerage, announced Thursday that Christopher Burell is joining the firm as its new chief growth officer. Christopher Burell Burell will work closely with the firm’s founder and CEO, Christa Huffstickler, to oversee company management, team- and brand-building strategies, and agent growth.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The suits began piling up after the firm announced in August 2023 that it was cutting its profit-share distribution for vested “former” KW agents — those who joined the company before April 1, 2020, and left for another brokerage — from 100% to 5%. Agents join the profit-sharing program by designating a sponsor when they join a market center.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And often your first impression as a brokerage or an agent is your online presence. A well-designed and captivating digital platform instantly conveys professionalism, credibility and exclusivity — and the opposite can turn customers away. First impressions matter, especially in the luxury real estate market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Illinois-based Baird & Warner , an independent real estate brokerage, partnered with proptech firm RealReports , the companies announced Tuesday. The collaboration is designed to allow all of Baird & Warner’s 2,000-plus agents to benefit from RealReports’s wide-ranging property data. brokerage still in operation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Online $293 Colorado Real Estate School CRE courses are designed by Colorado-based brokers, so courses are specific to the local market. Many brokerages offer a group E&O insurance policy and others may have additional requirements. Today, I lead one of Colorado’s most successful Keller Williams brokerages.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Carlson explores his early career journey, including insights into how he grew the brokerage. Today, the company has about 740 agents and 22 offices, and it closed some 8,000 transactions in 2024. Carlson and Velt close the conversation by exploring the criteria for a good succession plan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

According to the announcement, once homebuyers sign an exclusive buyer agency agreement with a Howard Hanna agent, they can then work with the brokerage’s in-house mortgage team to get preapproved for a loan. Once the transaction is successfully closed by the Howard Hanna agent and mortgage team, the buyer will receive a credit of 0.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

” “The NAR and its MLS partners, which now include Zillow, are allowed to once again close off transparent access to home inventory by entering into agreements among themselves that disadvantage all but their own membership; consumers and competition will suffer,” read the lawsuit. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Rayse platform is designed to make agent-client relationships transparent in an evolving real estate market. It offers features such as buyer presentations, client portals and closing reports. Rayse has served more than 200 brokerages, including NextHome another company owned by James Dwiggins.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Edgerton and Reisinger will have an impact on the global network of 550-plus independent real estate brokerages. Kate Reisinger was promoted to COO from EVP of member services Reisinger’s role will be to design and conduct the company’s operations. million global transactions a year. million global transactions a year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Pareja took over as CEO at eXp in April 2024 and became the first Hispanic CEO of a major real estate brokerage in U.S. eXp purposely designed the document in a way that uses as little legal jargon as possible, so as to not confuse buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

The recent commission lawsuits have had a profound impact on real estate agents and brokerages as they face increased scrutiny and pressure to provide more transparency in their commission structures and potential conflicts of interest. Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024.

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