Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

reigned supreme as the largest residential brokerage in America by transaction sides last year , according to the latest annual RealTrends 500 ranking. 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

JUNE 3, 2022

Construction gained 36,000 jobs in May, with residential building adding 5,000 jobs and residential specialty trade contractors gain 11,700 jobs. Employment in the construction sector is 40,000 higher than its level in February 2020, while employment in residential building is 7.6% The post Residential construction jobs now 7.6%

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The agreement, announced on Monday, will aim to address “critical residential housing needs across the U.S.,” Mark Woodling is the EVP of brokerage, based Dallas. The deal will yield as much as $300 million in new investments into single-family rental (SFR) and built-to-rent (BTR) properties. according to a statement from Wrightwell.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Things just keep getting better, according to real estate brokers surveyed for the Q2 2024 HousingWire BrokerPulse survey , with 54% who are “optimistic” about the next three months in residential brokerage, compared to some 48% of those surveyed for the Q1 2024 HousingWire BrokerPulse survey who felt the same.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The Real Brokerage announced Thursday the addition of several new teams across the U.S. The newly released 2024 RealTrends Verified rankings , based on 2023 data, showed that Real was the sixth-largest brokerage in the country for sides (48,905) and ranked No. The independent brokerage generated a sales volume of $75 million last year.

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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

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

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Seattle-based brokerage found that real estate investor purchases dropped by 2.3% According to Redfin, an investor is “any institution or business that purchases residential real estate,” which includes both institutional and mom-and-pop investors. As the U.S. Investors purchased $38.8

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Though most commonly thought of for residential deals, real estate agents can also help people buy, sell or rent commercial properties, land and more. In the average residential transaction, commissions are usually split between the buyer’s agent and the seller’s agent, with the seller typically paying both commissions.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Path & Post Real Estate appointed Bekki Shae Smith to the role of managing broker, the Georgia -based boutique brokerage announced on Thursday. The team ranked third in the state for residential sales, posting $124,282,125 in volume. 2 spot in Georgia, according to RealTrends ’ 2023 America’s Best list.

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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

APRIL 11, 2025

Its business spans residential and commercial real estate brokerage, franchising, coaching and education services and property management. .” The revenue stream enabled by the program can assist with scaling the company’s business model, while providing support to its 2,500 agent network, he added. La Rosa Holdings Corp.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Ive had the privilege of working with RE/MAX brokerages and teams over the years, and I have always been impressed by the entrepreneurial spirit of the network and the Companys commitment to innovation. Saxton has over two decades of experience working in residential real estate technology, digital marketing and management consulting.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I decided to break down the numbers and look at brokerage economics. According to data from RTC Consulting and RealTrends , the total gross commission paid out to residential brokerage firms and their agents over the past five years was approximately $420.9 While reading about the $1.8 according to RTC Consulting data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Agents, Teams, and Brokerages must submit verifiable data in order to be ranked. Production data represents residential transactions only. More than 22,000 agents were ranked across RealTrends this year, including National, State, and City Rankings. We also include ranking data submitted by the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance and AREAA.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Local Logic partners with some of the top tech vendors in the residential real estate industry, such as Black Knight , Constellation1 , CoreLogic , Inside Real Estate , and MoxiCloud. “Plunk and Local Logic strive to fully power the residential market with the information it needs to grow exponentially.

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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

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

MARCH 13, 2025

The 2024 NAR settlement has reshaped the residential real estate industry, creating a new dynamic in how listings are distributed among agents. For brokerages, this insight provides a tangible benchmark for identifying high-potential recruits and supporting mid-tier agents aiming to scale their business.

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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

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

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Census Bureau shows how the business landscapes changed for homebuilders , lessors, agents , brokerages and other real estate professionals in the first full year after the pandemic began. This is likely because rates of nonpayment from both commercial and residential tenants skyrocketed during the pandemic.

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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

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

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. Scott Wright is a partner with RTC Consulting , a real estate brokerage valuation and M&A consulting firm. Data cleanliness can make or break a transaction!

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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

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

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

AUGUST 18, 2023

The slower housing market and uncertain economic conditions took their toll on the number of real estate brokerages and firms that were named to Inc. Last year , over 60 real estate brokerage firms or real estate teams made the list, but this number shrank to just 36 in 2023. The self-reported list ranks U.S. 186 spot on the Inc.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

The heated battle over the Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) has led to tectonic shifts in the residential brokerage world, but one company doesnt plan on utilizing a carve-out intended to appease opponents of the rule eXp Realty. CCP requires agents to place a listing on a NAR-affiliated MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty , a New England-based residential real estate brokerage , welcomed The DelRose McShane Team , the brokerage announced on Wednesday. We are excited to be with a brokerage with such high standards for ethics, professionalism, and organization,” DelRose Jr. Led by Mike DelRose Sr., Mike DelRose Jr.

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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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