Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

Recruitment is a crucial determinant of growth and success for real estate brokerages. Like your customer, the recruitment process can be visualized as a sales funnel, where potential recruits enter at the top, and the best-suited agents emerge at the bottom as ideal members of your team or brokerage.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2024

Bough — who is overseeing the Sitzer/Burnett and Gibson/Umpa commission cases — granted preliminary approval to the brokerage firm’s settlement agreement. HomeServices of America is the third-largest brokerage in the country by transaction sides at 235,861 in 2023, according to the latest RealTrends Verified rankings.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A common thought among brokers revolves around the idea that if your gross commission income or office size is not increasing, you’re not successfully growing your brokerage. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average tenure of an agent with a brokerage is six years.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As real estate agents adjust to sweeping changes brought by the commission lawsuit settlement, a new report from discount brokerage Clever Real Estate reveals one thing hasn’t shifted: Americans still overwhelmingly trust full-service agents to sell their homes. Why would they do this?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

The largest brokerage in the country by sales volume is working to further solidify its presence in middle Tennessee. 18 small team in Tennessee by sales volume, according to the 2024 RealTrends Verified rankings. million in sales volume in 2023. The Knox Team is the No. The team closed $45.8

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has added industry veteran Wendy Forsythe to its leadership team. Her visionary approach will be crucial in elevating eXp Realty’s presence and impact on the world stage,” Leo Pareja , the newly CEO of eXp Realty, said in a statement. 3 spot in the rankings.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As someone who has been working in real estate tech for the last 15 years, I can understand why today’s agents—and the team leaders and brokerage owners who manage them—may feel stuck, paralyzed by fear and uncertainty. AI for example, continues to take the main stage and rightfully so.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

I was nervous at first, but I enjoy a challenge, and at this stage, I feel like I’ve got a strategy in place that is really going to set me apart from people who are still trying to figure it out,” VantHof said. Training on forms has been a central focus of brokerages across the country. And the agents are scared,” Lamacchia said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

brokerage firms. In addition, HW Media will be home to the industry’s leading journalists and creators, charged with building communities and serving audiences across digital media brands, virtual and live-event stages, and social media and podcast platforms. We believe they will build on our years of REAL Trends industry excellence.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

The data are sobering: The Agent Movement Index , the number of experienced Realtors switching brokerages each month, was at its lowest level since 2016. The number of agents switching brokerages is ticking upward and markets are stabilizing across the country. Thankfully, 2024 is shaping up to be a much better year for recruiters.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

million in annual sales. million in sales to stand out in the Queen City’s real estate scene. RealTrends Verified is accessible through RealTrends.com and HousingWire.com , attracting significant search traffic from homebuyers and sellers seeking top agents, teams and brokerages at the city, state and national levels.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Instead, they pay the brokerage a flat fee per transaction. We are seeing already an atypical number of brokers and agents that want to join us because they get the tools, services and support they are used to, but they get to keep as much money as they possibly can on every sale. And that is what we are really paying attention to.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Dwiggins: Tell us a little bit about the acquisition of Virtual Staging AI and the strategy for that. Wacksman: It’s a great young company that has innovated a way to do virtual staging. Dwiggins: With this app, how do you balance between what the agents and the brokerage want with the sellers’ wants?

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

The chief executive officer for real estate brokerage Side announced a fresh $50 million in venture capital money spearheaded by ultra-prolific financier Tiger Global Management. For many years, everyone thought brokerage was ripe for major disruption,” said Gilles Duranton, real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

At this early stage, it’s unclear how such commissions would be paid since buyers could pay their agents out of their pockets or negotiate commissions as a seller concession in the closing costs. Another consequence could be the emergence of real estate agents creating their brokerages and forming joint ventures with lenders, he said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

At the 2024 Keller Williams Family Reunion event in Las Vegas, co-founder and executive chairman Gary Keller took the stage on Tuesday and spoke to a room full of real estate agents about the importance of buyer agency agreements within the context of the ongoing antitrust lawsuits. You are being accused of not being transparent. “If

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

In markets where inventory is tight, the way my agents are approaching it — and the way I’m advising them — is basically to use commission as a negotiation point in the sale. Michiels: So, at this stage, every real estate agent knows. We move forward, we buy a home and the seller is offering 1% toward commission at that stage.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2021

And yet, Bob has surrounded himself with a top-notch team of highly-skilled professional photographers, staging experts, graphic designers and other specialists. Bob takes a huge amount of pride in the presentation and marketing of a property, and he works with clients personally from the pre-listing stage all the way through to the closing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That can include being a housing market expert and advising clients on the best times to list or buy a home; having referrals handy for inspections, repairs, staging and photography; understanding the mortgage origination process; and more. Now, it’s time to join a brokerage. How do real estate agents get paid?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

For the well-prepared real estate brokerages, this holds a promising future. The fusion of technology, quick sales and incredible demand from the public have created a tsunami of discount-based brokerages trying to fill that public demand. Today, both sellers and buyers expect to handle a majority of the process online.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Agents, one of the biggest factors in property sales is pricing. Whether assessing current agents on your team or co-op agents who might be a good fit for your office, these reports hone in on all of the local sales data that can help you recruit or coach?a yourself as a new real estate agent to a respected brokerage with multiple?offices?who

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

In this article, I’ll share close to two decades of experience as a licensed agent and small brokerage owner in Boston to help you compete and win listings with a dynamite listing presentation. Step 1: Set the stage for success Real estate agents are famous for selling the importance of location, location, location.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

For example, Redfin , a real estate brokerage firm, adopts VR to offer virtual walkthroughs of properties with QR codes. Virtual home staging According to Realtor.com, staging a 2,000-square-foot home typically costs between $2,000 and $2,400 per month. New agents can also practice their sales and negotiation skills.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

We share some open house ideas to help you do just that, taking you through the planning, staging, marketing, hosting and follow-up for your open house events. If you can’t nab listings like this, offer to sit open house events for busy agents at your brokerage who DO have listings in the areas you aspire to work in.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The suit’s class includes 265,297 home sale transactions that occurred during the relevant time period. I reported the numbers and walked off the stage.” Ketchmark also brought up Keller’s book “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent,” which discusses the ‘co-opetition’ model that has evolved among rival brokerages.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “And We’ve come a long way since then.”

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The Close

JUNE 3, 2022

One of the many marketing strategies that new listing agents struggle with, home staging is probably the most challenging. Hiring a professional stager is expensive, and DIY staging is something of a mystery for most new listing agents. to get the best home staging tips for 2022. Download Home Staging Tips & Guide.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Home sales each week continue to be at depressed levels. We counted only 59,000 new pending sales this week. The rate of sales each week is discouraging There’s just nothing in the data that shows sales rates increasing from the very low levels we’ve seen all year. That pace of sales remains 10% lower than last year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Specialized Team Every team members role is based on their strengths agents specialize in either listings or sales, while support staff focuses on marketing or transactional details. They work to appropriately price listings, stage homes, and prepare properties to go to market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Profitability has been a sore spot for Robert Reffkin and his brokerage, Compass. Reffkin doesn’t shy away from the fact that the brokerage has received billions in venture capital and debt. Reffkin doesn’t shy away from the fact that the brokerage has received billions in venture capital and debt.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Colibri Real Estate is a state-approved real estate education provider with over 132 instructors experienced in Massachusetts real estate sales and teaching best practices. You can also opt-in to Freedom Trail’s broker recruitment program to be contacted directly by local brokerages that are hiring new agents.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Last week, at the Tom Ferry Sucess Summit in Dallas, Eales took the stage for a fireside chat with Ferry where he shared his vision for the company’s future and how it plans to supplant Zillow as the No. ” Eales also clarified that Realtor.com is not for sale and has never been. 1 real estate portal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Will there be anyone else involved in the sale?” Designed by Mark Choey, a highly experienced, successful brokerage owner, Highnote is the perfect drag-and-drop digital tool to replace all others (including PowerPoint,pdf files, and hard copy presentations). “Tell me about your situation and goals in selling your home.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

This is [name] with [brokerage]. Example: We expertly stage our listings to make them the most gorgeous homes on the market and get our sellers even more money}. FSBO cold calling script For-sale-by-owners (FSBOs) are known for being mean and rude to agents, yet I’d encourage you to shift your mindset around FSBOs.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Gary Keller took to the stage at the 2023 Keller Williams Mega Agent Camp in Austin, Texas , Tuesday morning with his usual bravado: a black-and-white video featuring his favorite animal, the buffalo , in a thunderstorm, alongside a motivational message for agents. million home sales this year, significantly down from the 6.12

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Realogy is the biggest brokerage in the country by sales volume, per RealTrends figures. KF : We’ll price the home and say, ‘Listen, we can give you this, obviously, you don’t have to then stage it, and you have the certainty of selling it.’ How can your prior experiences assist in your current position?

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