Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This decline suggests that agents are increasingly hesitant to switch brokerages as we move deeper into the fall season. Agents Exiting the Industry: There may be an uptick in agents who are planning to leave the real estate industry altogether, reducing the pool of professionals interested in changing brokerages.

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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. By keeping your P&L lean and efficient, you can reinvest savings into growth-focused activities like marketing, agent development or technology upgrades—all of which drive long-term success.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Seattle -based real estate brokerage Redfin imposed a new round of layoffs on Thursday, a development first reported by GeekWire. Amid the flurry of commission lawsuits across the country over the past year, brokerages like Redfin have restructured their compensation plans to retain existing agents and attract new ones.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

South Carolina-based Movement Mortgage has acquired the brokerage Superior Rate Mortgage of New England to expand operations in the region, the company announced Wednesday. The post Movement Mortgage acquires brokerage Superior Rate appeared first on HousingWire. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The company added Circa Properties , another boutique brokerage with a strong local presence, but the merger is more about alignment than anything else, according to RedKey leaders. “I truly think that a brokerage is in the talent management business. RedKey Realty Leaders , an independent agency based in St.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Valuation in the residential brokerage industry has some characteristics that are unique when compared to other industries and businesses. First, the business of residential brokerage is highly dependent on the recruiting, retention and production of independent contractor sales agents. approach to value.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

“As we continue to invest deeply into providing our KW-affiliated brokerages support for the development of their team leaders and operating principals, we are excited to welcome Shanan, who will spearhead those efforts,” KW President and CEO Mark Willis said in a statement. “An

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Dallas -based brokerage United Real Estate is expanding its footprint in the Midwest with a new merger. Last week, it announced an expansion in the Carolinas as United Real Estate Queen City , an affiliate brokerage, opened a new location in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The deal involves two of the nations top-four brokerages by sales volume in 2024, according to data from RealTrends Verified. Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated. The news was reported Thursday afternoon by The Wall Street Journal. Compass ranked No. 1 last year with $184.5 HomeServices was No.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Access your growth playbook From the pandemic-fueled frenzy to the sobering reality of a post-pandemic slowdown,, real estate brokerages were locked in a relentless quest for growth—eager to expand market share while trimming operational fat. However, RealTrends GameChangers defied the odds and outperformed their peers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

First Team Real Estate , the largest independent brokerage in California , left Christie’s International Real Estate , the company first told Inman on Wednesday. We provide them with what they need to grow their businesses, offering the opportunity to be part of a great company culture while empowering them to develop their own teams.”

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BAM Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Real RISE 2024 kicks off today, October 22nd, with some exciting new developments in AI and fintech for real estate agents who’ve joined (or will join) the brokerage. Future Real Wallet integrations include: Rewards Points —enabling agents to earn promotional points redeemable for reduced brokerage and transaction fees.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Indie brokerage Legends Real Estate has joined The Real Brokerage , expanding Real’s footprint in No rt hern California. Industry veteran John Pope founded the Sacramento-based brokerage in 2020 and will serve as a regional broker for Real. As part of his new role, he will oversee Northern California for the brokerage.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The allure of the name recognition of large national brands is causing many independent brokerages to affiliate as mortgage rates rise and housing inventory remains low. The brokerage, which was founded in 1976 by Gene Boone, will now be known as RE/MAX Foxfire. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Scott Mitchelson is joining The Corcoran Group as senior vice president of global development, the company announced on Tuesday. Before joining Corcoran, Mitchelson was the regional president of Windermere Real Estate , a Pacific Northwest-based luxury brokerage.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The company said it hired the four executives to focus on developing its products and services for real estate professionals nationwide. “We have a strong portfolio of products that support consumers, agents , teams, brokerages and brands. Before that, he led product development and cloud transformation at CARFAX Canada.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

added mortgage lending under its umbrella by acquiring mortgage brokerage company Be My Neighbor on Monday. Publicly traded real estate software firm reAlpha Tech Corp. reAlpha agreed to pay Be My Neighbor an aggregate purchase price of up to $6 million. This consists of $1.5 million in cash paid on the closing date, $1.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

For brokerages, this insight provides a tangible benchmark for identifying high-potential recruits and supporting mid-tier agents aiming to scale their business. Support mid-tier agents scaling toward proficiency: Mid-tier agents represent an untapped growth opportunity for brokerages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Instead, they pay the brokerage a flat fee per transaction. Like many other brokerages , United will be focused on growth in 2025. As United looks to scale, Haase said the brokerage leans on its proprietary technology stack to efficiently add new agents and brokers. The need for this model is more apparent now than ever before.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Weve built an incredible foundation and as we focus on each agents personal development and their continual sales growth, we welcome the partnership and backing from the team at Stone Point Capital. In addition to the partnership with Stone Point, the firm also announced leadership changes.

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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. With new updates and larger datasets, agents and brokerages will benefit from better visibility at the local level.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In today’s RealTrending Pritesh Damani , CTO for The Real Brokerage , shares how his team developed Leo, an AI assistant for teams and brokers. More than that, he discusses potential uses for brokerage leaders in streamlining business and recruiting. Here is a small preview of today’s interview with Pritesh.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Paris-based brokerage is launching its Florida operation on Friday, marking its first expansion into the U.S. According to iad, the brokerage is the No. 1 brokerage by transaction sides in France, as well as No.3 The firm was founded in 2008 and currently operates in France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany and Mexico.

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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

APRIL 10, 2024

In its March Supervisory Highlights, the FDIC stated that many institutions have developed policies and procedures to ensure sufficient mortgage broker services are provided in order to receive compensation , which was the first of a two-part test.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

On Thursday, eXp Realty announced that, as a brokerage, it was signing on to abide by Zillow s standards for listing transparency. Errol Samuelson, Zillows chief industry development officer, said the company is defining public marketing as anything from a yard sign to posting the listing on social media or the listing brokers website.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Join Emily Peckham’s FSBO Mastermind Other Facebook groups to explore Here are some other types of Facebook groups you should seek out and explore to meet new clients, uncover hidden properties coming to market in your area, or network within your brokerage or brokerage brand. Many cities have multiple groups.

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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. This is especially true in markets on the fringes of its footprint, or in areas where brokerage clients are moving to or from.

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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 3, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Alejandro Franco Vice President of Finance and Controller Cairn Real Estate Holdings Allyson Jackson Executive Vice President Finance and Treasury Planet Home Lending Amit Arora Chief Investment Officer Opendoor Andrey Gunin Chief Financial Officer A&D Mortgage Bill Warden Chief Financial Officer Dark Matter Brandon (..)

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

NAR noted in the release that the policy was developed after many months of consultation with MLS and association leadership, brokerages, agents, multi-cultural organizations, and industry experts. Under the new policy, NAR has created a new category of exempt listings known as delayed marketing exempt listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Our position has never been to dictate brokerage business models, Brian Donnellan, the president and CEO of Bright MLS, wrote in an email. The MLS is really important for me, my brokerage and my agents to do the best job that we can for consumers, because to do that job we need to have access to all of the available listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

William Raveis has added its name to the ever growing list of brokerage defendants who have settled the commission lawsuits. In October 2024, Judge Bough granted final approval to the settlements reached by nine other brokerage defendants in the suit. The settlement terms and financial amount have not yet been disclosed.

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