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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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. ” TikTok riches are in the niches TikToks algorithm is designed to give users exactly what they want when they want it. Can you build a thriving real estate business on TikTok? Kina Desantis did.

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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

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. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? And why not?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

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. In our testing, Collovs image quality was on par with rivals like REimagineHome and Apply Design but was slightly less realistic than RoOomy. Sadly, there are caveats.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

Errol Sameluson, Zillows chief industry development officer, the listing standards come from Zillows desire to preserve transparency and equitable access to data for all consumers. Its literally designed to protect sellers and buyers! CCP is one of the most pro consumer policies in place! Dwiggins wrote in a LinkedIn post last month.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Create a responsive newsletter design One of the best ways to make things easy on yourself is to use real estate newsletter templates. So, where do you start? Lets dive in!

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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. 1 brokerage last year with more than $184 billion in sales volume, and it ranked No. Bennett ranked No. 16 in the state with 63 sides and was No. 17 with $47.7 million sales volume last year. ”At

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“This decision underscores our brokerage’s unwavering commitment to agent autonomy and our belief in allowing agents to make choices that best suit their needs and principles,” Dave Danforth, designated broker/owner of the firm, said in a statement.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In this fireside chat, Velt and Lane explore her approach to leadership, Coldwell Banker’s unique focus on agent development and its training program that is designed to teach effective communication.

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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. Create a beautiful and well-developed space that provides value to your customers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Since almost all of our picks offer roughly the same features, we scored them based on our opinion of their property search experience, design quality, and overall user experience (UX). UX design quality: 4.6 UX design quality: 4.6 Property search results pages are well-designed, easy to navigate and customizable.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

The recent announcement of Homie’s decision to strip its brokerage services and end employment for its real estate agents has once again brought the discussion of alternative models in real estate to the forefront. Many limited service brokerages have faced similar hurdles in their quest to disrupt the status quo.

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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. Rayse has served more than 200 brokerages, including NextHome another company owned by James Dwiggins. REside members will have early access to the platform and all of its communication-focused features.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

The move grants them membership in the Christies International Real Estate Masters Circle, an exclusive designation for top-producing agents. Our brand has always been about elevating the experience, whether for a high-net-worth buyer relocating to Park City or a developer unveiling a world-class mountain retreat, Lindner said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

This is designed to keep user engaged on brokerage sites, foster trust and enhance their overall experience. This responsiveness builds trust and makes consumers more likely to engage with the brokerage.” Roof Pro represents a significant milestone in our journey,” Pierre Sabbagh, CEO of Roof AI, said in a statement.

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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.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The program was developed in response to the NAR’s findings in its 2021 profile of real estate firms report , which was released just last week. The report found that the vast majority of brokerages in America are small, independent operations. million members nationwide through the Realtor Benefits Program , on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Judd and Aaron’s respective leadership is key as we continue on EasyKnock’s path to develop the first marketplace in the industry,” Jarred Kessler, CEO and founder of EasyKnock, said in a statement. He also has experience designing and building digital products for companies like Google , Mattel , Samsung , Target and JetBlue.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. While you can develop name recognition over time, I believe that naming your team or brokerage something other than the leader’s name allows more opportunity for scale and differentiation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Lickstein helped craft an AI-powered tool designed to educate brokers and is currently developing a compliance framework. If I was a brokerage owner on both sides, I’m thinking internally and externally: if I don’t embrace this tech internally, I’m a dinosaur in the brokerage world,” he said.

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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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The process for reviewing pre-closing title data and documents is currently not standardized, meaning that it can differ from brokerage to brokerage or even agent to agent. To tackle this challenge, MISMO will form a new development workgroup.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. In fact, prior to founding SimpleNexus in 2011, CEO Matt Hansen worked on the Simplifile development architecture team for nearly five years.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Almeida Realtor- Team Leader The American Dream Group Coldwell Banker Abhishek Shende Senior Principal Software Engineer Zillow Group Adi Pavlovic CEO Newzip Alnur Kassim-Lakha Director Mile Rock Capital Amy Macken Senior Vice President, Due Diligence Operations Consolidated Analytics Anaid Chacón Senior Vice President of Product Argyle Mortgage Arkadiusz (..)

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Below, we take a deep dive into the best real estate CRM solutions for solo agents, teams and brokerages. The best real estate CRM solution is the one that will manage your client interactions, increase the number of touchpoints with each client, and convert leads seamlessly into buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). With Wise Pelican, you can try both — it’s a fantastic resource for beautifully designed postcards and letters. For letters, use the template below: Dear (first name), I’m (your name), a real estate professional with (brokerage).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Two months prior, in January 2021 , Zillow began moving homes out of its initial search results for sellers who chose not to use agents adhering to the NAR and local multiple listing service (MLS) practices, creating a two-tab design for agent listings and “other listings.” In mid-May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

First, however, Klein had to convince MLSs and brokerages to put listings online in the form of virtual office websites (VOWs). Klein was then tasked with convincing brokerages and MLSs to put their listings on the internet. Additionally, some brokerage executives expressed concerns that VOWs could drive down agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

Real estate agents can utilize VR to create interactive and engaging platforms that allow buyers to navigate properties virtually, gaining a comprehensive understanding of their layout, design and spatial qualities. For example, Redfin , a real estate brokerage firm, adopts VR to offer virtual walkthroughs of properties with QR codes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Related articles Free real estate practice exam + 7 study hacks to ace the real estate exam Real estate exam prep: The ultimate guide to acing your state’s real estate exam Step 2: Interview brokerages and select the best fit for you Notice I said “interview brokerages” — unlike a traditional job interview, you’ll be in the driver’s seat.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Visit Aceable Agent Overview To design engaging, informative online Michigan real estate license courses, AceableAgent enlisted Harvard education specialists. Choose from designated dates / times and locations. Choose from designated dates / times. Choose from designated dates / times and locations.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

In certain parts of the Phoenix AMA that do not have a designated water provider, builders and developers need a certificate of AWS to obtain a building permit. Greg Vogel, the founder and CEO of Land Advisors , a Scottsdale-based land brokerage, had some stronger words about the analysis and the building ordinance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

This is from 2009 — I opened up a high-tech real estate brokerage with actual agents, working through transactions day in day out and really understanding what processes look like. It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

The report was developed by Coldwell Banker Global Luxury in collaboration with the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing , Wealth-X and Barton Consulting , and it defines luxury properties as those priced among the top 10% of a given housing market. This is up 10 percentage points compared to a year ago.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. Another development in the focus on first-time homebuyers is CFPB’s recent announcement that it was going after junk fees and other non-competitive practices in the mortgage loan process.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. Another development in the focus on first-time homebuyers is CFPB’s recent announcement that it was going after junk fees and other non-competitive practices in the mortgage loan process.

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