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

JUNE 18, 2024

Invariably, these same articles classify all real estate brokerages and models as identical. Perhaps there are internal policies within some of the companies that are standardized, but the categorization of all brokerages as identical showcases the ignorance of the author. That’s a 20% reduction in revenue for the brokerage.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

The real estate technology company will be aided on this journey by additional capital it has secured from its ownership group, which includes private equity partner Vector Capital , and brokerages Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and Windermere Real Estate , according to an announcement on Friday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Each year, RealTrends Verified identifies the country’s most successful residential real estate brokerages, teams and agents – verifying transaction sides and closed sales volume for top-performing real estate brokerages — to give you the full picture of real estate performance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2023

Despite market headwinds, the top brokerages continued to show growth in the 2023 RealTrends 500 brokerage rankings. These four brokerage companies did just over $20 billion in residential gross commission revenue, which shows steady growth in a down market,” said RealTrends Senior Advisor Steve Murray. “In

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2021

The company, which is expected to go public later this year, has agreed to acquire United Kingdom-based digital mortgage brokerage Trussle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported that SoftBank -backed Better bought Trussle for a “cut-price,” one that values the mortgage brokerage at just $9 million.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Capitalizing on these market factors, brokerage firms in the 2022 RealTrends 500 brokerage rankings broke records in market share, closed transaction sides (there must be inventory somewhere!) The top four — Realogy Brokerage Group (RBG), HomeServices of America , Compass and eXp Realty — now have 20% market share in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. In fact, there aren’t many mortgage lenders, builders or real estate brokerages that haven’t at least fleetingly entertained the notion. buyers and sellers) in a residential deal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The company announced the addition of the Maine -based Realty ONE Group, a 36-agent team that has closed 338 transactions totaling $128 million in sales volume so far this year. According to eXp, the group specializes in residential real estate, fix-and-flips and investment properties.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

During this time, we ( RTC Consulting ) have come to grips with various certainties prevalent in residential real estate. Real estate brokerage is definitely not for the faint of heart. By the numbers Consider this: It’s estimated that there are currently about 125,000 brokerage firms in the United States.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Four top companies Compass , Anywhere Advisors , eXp Realty and HomeServices of America continue to outperform their competitors, but The Real Brokerage is nipping at their heels, according to the 2025 RealTrend Verified Brokerage Rankings. 2024 was a year of disruption for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Office exclusives, also known as private or pocket listings , refer to residential properties that are marketed privately rather than being broadly shared through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). In March, Compass began giving agents at all brokerages access to Coming Soon, which houses its exclusive listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

reigned supreme as the largest residential brokerage in America by transaction sides last year , according to the latest annual ranking by Real Trends. But such activity didn’t result in more sales volume than its chief rivals, publicly traded brokerage colossus Realogy or controversial New York upstart Compass.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

If the trend of private listings continues, residential real estate will look more like what it does in Europe or the commercial market in the U.S. Last Thursday, in conjunction with Zillow releasing its new policy, which will go into effect on May 1 for both Zillow and Trulia , eXp announced it was signing on the dotted line.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Over the course of our 40+ years at RealTrends Consulting we’ve brokered and/or advised on over 900 transactions in the residential real estate industry. Having this data at your fingertips will help keep the process streamlined and keep you on schedule for your targeted closing date. Data cleanliness can make or break a transaction!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kofi Nartey, a top real estate broker with a client list of celebrities and prominent athletes, has joined The Real Brokerage as a national growth leader. As part of his role at Real, Nartey will teach agents how to pitch the value proposition of The Real Brokerage. He will continue to grow his team through The Real Brokerage network.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Low-cost residential real estate brokerage is not necessarily a new phenomenon. Flat-fee firms climbing up the brokerage rankings Interestingly, in 2013 only five of the top 100 firms in the nation, according to the RealTrends 500 rankings , were flat-fee firms. Low-cost brokerage has kicked brokers in the teeth over the years.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Proper Rate , a joint venture between Guaranteed Rate and residential brokerage @properties , has tapped Chris Knapp to lead the company as president. Chicago-based @properties is the nation’s eighth-largest brokerage firm by closed sales volume, according to 2023 data from the RealTrends Verified rankings.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, @properties has sat atop Chicago residential real estate, fueling speculation about if and when they might aggressively expand outside Chicagoland. The deal is set to close Dec. The deal is set to close Dec. The brokerage was founded 2000 by Thad Wong and Mike Golden , who remain the companies’ co-CEO’s.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2021

Compass has successfully become a publicly traded company, but the residential brokerage continues to lose money and it has unclear plans to generate more revenue. Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said that the brokerage is “expanding our adjacent service business” into title and escrow, and “plans to provide” mortgage services.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

HW Media, publisher of HousingWire, FinLedger, and producer of Engage Events, today announced it has closed on the strategic acquisition of REAL Trends, the residential real estate industry’s leading report that ranks the performance of the top U.S. brokerage firms. HW Media is owned by Riomar Capital. About REAL Trends.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Studies show that only 5% of customers are unhappy with their residential property management company, but here in California, 67% of association boards are unhappy with their association management company, Brady said. After some research, Brady said he found demand for an association management company.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

.” The company noted that if it had “been allowed to compete with Defendants and their co-conspirators, it would have gained market share at Defendants’ expense while posing a competitive check on Defendants’ ability to charge exorbitant prices for brokerage services to consumers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

SoftBank -backed residential brokerage Compass filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchanges Commission on Monday to go public. The brokerage, which has raised $1.5 Founded in 2012 by Robert Reffkin and Ori Allon, Compass ended 2019 as the third-largest residential brokerage in the country, according to REAL Trends.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

In May of last year, New York City residential brokerage Douglas Elliman revealed its business was at a crossroads. Fast forward to today and Elliman is pitching itself as a brokerage that can compete in a market of higher agent commission splits and lower overhead. Douglas Elliman CEO Scott Durkin.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The cloud-based brokerage recorded $1.1 The third quarter of 2021 saw eXp agents close 130,029 residential transaction sides, a year-over-year increase of 72%. Residential transaction volume also rose to $46.6 The brokerage was the fourth-largest in the U.S. Operating expenses also increased 100.3%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Referrals from past and repeat customers still generated the greatest number of inquiries for real estate firms in 2020 with 30% of brokerage business coming from this source, the same amount as in 2018, when the survey was last completed. In 2018, 1% of surveyed brokerages said their business came from open houses. million in 2018.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Brokerage leader eXp Realty isn’t slowing down its expansion in 2025. The company announced on Wednesday the addition of brokerage leader Abel Gilbert and ONEPATH Realty to its growing global network. ONEPATH Realty may be an independent brokerage , but it’s no stranger to posting big numbers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“The third quarter of 2020 was highlighted by our record-breaking financial results, driving the most profitable quarter in the company’s history by our continual focus on being the most agent-centric brokerage on the planet,” said Glenn Sanford, founder, chairman and CEO of eXp World Holdings. increase in closed sales volume in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

The RealTrends 500, now in its 34th year, remains the undisputed leader in ranking the performance of residential real estate services firms. increase in transaction sides, followed closely by Compass at No. million residential sales transactions in 2020. Firms are ranked based on closed transaction sides, then by sales volume.

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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. I am excited to continue working closely with her as we broaden our offerings worldwide,” he added. Edgerton moves up from her position of executive vice president of operations, which she’s held since 2018.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Residential brokerage Compass took another step toward becoming a publicly traded company Tuesday, declaring it intends to sell common stock at a share price of between $23 and $26. would give the brokerage a “fully diluted market value of $12.5 How to Diversify Your Brokerage to Weather Economic Hardship.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In response, many brokerage firms have adapted their business models to navigate these challenges. brokerage firms continues to decline, sitting near 10% by the end of 2024. Additionally, segmentation among brokerage firms is likely to increase, driven by differences in cost structures and technology adoption.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Rather than a multi-year average of EBITDA or Gross Margin as the basis for the value of a brokerage firm (or their related counterparts in mortgage, title, escrow, and property management), valuations now are based Trailing Twelve Months (TTM or LTM) results. Earn Outs continue to run for a minimum of two years to a maximum of five years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

Peerage is a top-10 residential real estate services firm that operates across North America and is closely connected with Sotheby’s International Realty. ” Rechat will offer its suite of tools and services to all Peerage Realty brokerages. . and Canada. .” and Canada.

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Inman

JANUARY 24, 2025

At Inman Connect New York, Redfin's Joe Rath broke down the views of active agents in the industry, who make up less than a third of all Realtors.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

“Zillow essentially concedes that NAR and MLS’s antiquated, anticompetitive rules are bad for consumers, but chose to close ranks and enforce them anyway.”. REX has argued that this “other” is pejorative and an attempt by NAR member brokerages to increase an anti-competitive stranglehold on home sales.

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