Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Dallas -based brokerage United Real Estate is expanding its footprint in the Midwest with a new merger. In a company statement, United Real Estate President Rick Haase expressed excitement about bringing SunWest operating principal and partner Jerry Braklow and his team into the fold.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

California-based personal finance company NerdWallet has struck a deal to acquire brokerage firm Next Door Lending. The Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) shows that Michigan-based brokerage firm Next Door had 61 sponsored loan officers as of Thursday, along with four branches in Arizona, Nevada, Ohio and Texas.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Brokerages know that the recruitment of real estate agents and teams is always competitive, and some have found it even more so in the wake of the National Association of Realtors ’ settlement that’s prompted agents to reevaluate their businesses. Today’s competitive landscape hinges on what a brokerage is looking for — and where.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Not only are Tal and Oren Alexander — the co-founders of Official Partners — under fire for an alleged string of sexual assaults , but the brothers are now facing a suit from Side , the white-label brokerage that powers their firm. The brokerage is also asking the court to issue orders requiring something of the Alexanders.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Connecticut-based Beinfield Team returned to Compass , the company announced on Tuesday. “This transition is all about securing the future success of my team,” Liz Beinfield, the team’s principal agent, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The transaction involves the loan insurance firm Securent Risk Retention Group along with its data, brokerage and services business, Risk and Insurance Services. He previously worked with VineLight’s principals, Bryan Binder and Jason Garmise, at CastleLine , a provider of mortgage data and insurance products.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

63 among the 500 best brokerages by volume. “We We are excited to partner with Newrez because their vision, and more importantly, their values fit nicely with our own,” Al Donohue, the operating principal, said in a statement on Monday. “We In all, BCP agents notched $4.2 billion in sales volume in 2022 across 6,080 transaction sides.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The brokerage’s national quarterly market share grew by 26 basis points year over year, reaching 4.4% The company also increased its agents count by 4%, reaching 14,055 principal agents in Q3. million after the brokerage paid its commissions and related expenses. Revenue decreased by 10% year over year to $1.34

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Snapping up Alexander is part of a “national expansion plan,” said Chris Lim, president of growth at @Properties, with the Windy City brokerage eying a “half-dozen” franchise announcements in the coming year. How to Diversify Your Brokerage to Weather Economic Hardship. billion in 2019 sales, according to RealTrends.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

Keller Williams made changes to its executive team on Monday, appointing Cody Gibson as its new vice president of KW MAPS Coaching and Rachel Elder as the new vice president of KW Cares , the brokerage firm’s 501(c)(3) charity that supports KW associates and their families.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

But the Robert Reffkin -helmed brokerage has proved the naysayers wrong, at least for now. billion, which the brokerage attributed to a 19% year-over-year decrease in transaction sides to 54,207, combined with a decrease in the average home sale price, as the brokerage’s gross transaction value dropped 26% year over year to $56.8

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Compass has recruited 15 agents from an Ocean City, New Jersey, RE/MAX franchise, 10 of whom will serve as principal agents. The new recruits represent $136 million in 2022 sales volume.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Real estate brokerage Redfin revealed signs of progress in its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings report, signaling a potential turnaround after facing challenges earlier in the year. Fourth-quarter 2023 revenues at Redfin fell 2% year over year to $218.1 million, down from $222 million in Q4 2022. For full-year 2023, revenues fell to $976.7

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Take a look below to see this year’s list of honorees. Congratulations to the 2024 Rising Stars! Name Job Title Company Name A.T.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Fast-growing brokerage SERHANT. Led by co-principals Annie Tran, Dewey Luong and Tiffany Powell, the Atlas team said that culture is one reason SERHANT. If recent additions are any indication, the brokerage is converting many of these inbound agent leads. continues to enter new markets. Atlas Group is coming over from Compass.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Makinney Group, led by principal agent Tom Makinney, has joined Compass in Chicago , the company announced on Wednesday. Makinney made the leap with his two agents, Jill Giorno and Jen Goodale.The top team was previously at brokerage @properties.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Training on forms has been a central focus of brokerages across the country. Agents in some states, or at some brokerages, are getting these lawyered-up forms thrown at them and no one is explaining to them how to answer questions from clients. 17 implementation date, largely due to the training her brokerage has provided. “I

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Residential brokerage Compass is now a publicly traded company, with shares trading at $20.15 Last week, the brokerage announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it sought around $882 million from its initial public offering by trading 36 million shares at $23 to $26. Investors initially paid $21.15-a-share

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The brokerage already initiated a search process to find a replacement. Until a new CFO is appointed, Kent Cheng, eXp World Holdings ’ chief accounting officer, will serve as the eXp’s principal financial officer, the company said in a statement. Meanwhile, Whiteside, who was CFO for five years, will stay at the company until Dec.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Despite a net loss of $100 million in the third quarter of 2021, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said he was thrilled with how the brokerage had performed. “I Also trending down from the second quarter is the brokerage’s market share which fell to 5.4% One encouraging sign is that the brokerage’s revenue grew 47% year-over-year to $1.74

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to the brokerage, 6.5% The average principal and interest payment among borrowers purchasing a home using a 30-year fixed-rate loan hit its highest point ever in July at $2,306 , according to Black Knight ’s mortgage monitor report. homes for sale posted a price cut during the four weeks ending September 24, up from 5.8%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“Well-known across our ecosystem as servant leaders, Wendi and John will act as growth partners for our regional operating principals and regional directors,” Mark Willis, CEO of KW , said in a statement. Wendi has inspired, trained, and recruited many of our best agents, team leaders, and operating principals,” Willis added.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Over the weekend, broker-owner Steve Webster sent a note to his agents informing them that the brokerage was closing, according to a report by Boston 25 News. SUCCESS Real Estate in the Greater Boston area suddenly closed up shop this week. Understandably, this is upsetting news to all. Understandably, this is upsetting news to all.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

On one side are brokerage leaders like The Agency founder Mauricio Umansky , who are firmly against CCP. “I Any brokerage firms today that say they want to give the seller more choice, they are fooling themselves that they have their own agenda. He agrees with Klein that brokerage motivations for ending CCP are self-serving.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

While many in the real estate industry were surprised by the news Friday morning that the National Association of Realtors had agreed to a nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits for $418 million, Marty Green, a principal at law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , was not one of them. Almost any time in history the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

who sold a house on an MLS and used an agent from one of the brokerage defendants between Dec. Douglas Elliman also cites lack of jurisdiction in its motion to dismiss, stating that Douglas Elliman International and Douglas Elliman Realty are holding companies that are not licensed as real estate brokerages in Missouri or elsewhere.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2022

The real estate brokerage unveiled its first annual report Monday, a federally required document for any public company. Indeed, most other brokerages either do not provide an adjusted EBITDA figure or give one at less variance to net income. Compass has made agent productivity a calling card – the firm’s principal agents do 2.7

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

White-label brokerage Side keeps turning the screws on Official Partners and the Alexander brothers. The complaint states that Official Partners and the brothers agreed to pay the principal sum and interest on the loan, and that Side should be paid additional damages related to legal fees and a jury trial.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The board also appointed Renton, Matt Hendricks, the senior director of industry affairs at Zillow , Patrick Pichette, a vice president at the Canadian Real Estate Association , Dan Troup, the CEO of Broker Public Portal , and Ross Buck, the CEO of Omni MLS , who will serve as an advisor to the board, as members at large.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In his testimony, Gansho stated that NAR does not conspire with brokerages on commissions, and he echoed Goldberg’s sentiment that brokerages do not follow and enforce the rule. Goldberg concluded by saying that corporations do not follow or enforce the Clear Cooperation Rule.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

In recent weeks the brokerage has welcomed brokers and agents who have collectively closed over $110 million in the last 12 months, the company claims. Whitfield is the founding principal of the Whitfield Property Group and he recorded $33 million in sales volume in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

Here’s the full list of this year’s honorees: Name Job Title Company Name Alejandro Franco Controller, Vice President of Accounting and Finance JPAR Real Estate Amber Kramer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Guild Mortgage Andrew Hubacker Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Principal Financial Officer United Wholesale Mortgage (..)

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Now, it’s time to join a brokerage. Depending on the brokerage, agents may pay anywhere from $25-$500 per month to be a part of the brokerage. With that in mind, it’s a good practice to interview multiple brokerages before deciding where to land. After agents have partnered with a brokerage, it’s time to get to work.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

Lessinger is a founding principal and broker/owner of RE/MAX Realty in Nevada, having built a team of 130 agents in three offices over the span of 22 years. For the last 16 years, the brokerage ranked as Northern Nevada’s highest-producing real estate office by agent activity.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Advisory and brokerage firm Prestwick Mortgage Group is out with three new mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) offerings for agency loan pools valued in total at $2.6 One of those MSR offerings involves a Ginnie Mae loan pool of 7,591 mortgages with valued at $2 billion based on the unpaid principal balance.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Monarch Realty was founded in 2008 by the firms principal broker, Ruth Dipietrantonio, after she concluded a 20-year career in health care.

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