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

APRIL 22, 2024

Just hours after announcing his firm’s acquisition of 3D scanning firm Matterport , CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance took to the stage in Scottsdale, Arizona, at HousingWire ’s annual conference, The Gathering , to discuss the news. The lead diversion model has genericized real estate brokerages,” Florance said. Brands matter.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Agents on the Redfin Next payment plan are W-2 employees who receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matches, mileage, dues, technology tools and team support. They also have all marketing expenses for listings paid for — including photography, staging, yard signs and other collateral materials.

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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. One of the biggest challenges I continue to hear from brokers regarding technology is poor user and feature adoption.

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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

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 7, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast,” hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson are joined by Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman for a deep dive conversation that covers the role of technology in real estate and Zillow’s “ Super App.” That’s what technology does.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The race is on for brokerages to capture clients in an incredibly difficult housing market, and Compass believes a new technology offering will give it an advantage. The brokerage on Monday launched Compass One, a client-facing portal that provides a guide through the process of both home buying and selling.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

They will also have nearly all of their business expenses covered, along with receiving technology, support and benefits from Redfin. Agents on the Redfin Next payment plan are W-2 employees who receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matches, mileage, dues, technology tools and team support. Beginning Oct.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

As a result of all of this, it makes perfect sense that real estate professionals across North America are turning to the latest developments in technology to make the most of every moment of work—hoping that innovation is accounting for expectations and surging to match. It begs the question: How does today’s technology measure up?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Beyond that, technology continues to evolve, yet those solutions do little to streamline processes and deliver actual returns. Together, these obstacles are forcing agents and brokerages to hit the sidelines and plan against seemingly insurmountable odds like facing Brady and the Patriots in the Superbowl. Isn’t that promising?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

William Shakespeare said it well: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” For me, running a brokerage , handling complex real estate deals, negotiating contracts and navigating the dynamic landscape of high-stakes transactions are all in a day’s work. The discomfort zone is the growth zone.

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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

JULY 13, 2022

On Wednesday morning, Rascoff’s 20-plus years of experience will shine on the HW Annual stage. Rascoff lives and breathes a lucrative mix of technology finance, and real estate, three inextricably linked sectors. Join us at HW Annual for the content, connections and technology you need to win in this environment. Register here.

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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. And that is what we are really paying attention to.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, there is an opportunity in the closing process for better integration between platforms to improve communication and sharing of documents between the brokerage, lender and closing company, each of which has its own process and technology, to relieve some of that stress.

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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 They may also need to embrace new technology.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2021

Technology has rapidly changed the process for listing and buying homes, and the general public is taking note and adjusting their expectations of what a real estate broker should be. For the well-prepared real estate brokerages, this holds a promising future.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2025

Cox, a 25-year industry veteran, founded Results Realty in 2013 and runs it as a full-service real estate firm that can represent home buyers and sellers across all price points and stages of homeownership, including first-time buyers. On the 2024 RealTrends Verified rankings, Cox ranked No. 67 in Illinois in sides with 61 and No.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Keller Williams CEO Mark Willi s took to the KW Family Reunion stage in Las Vegas Tuesday as Pitbull’s “ I believe that we will win ” played over the speakers. Chris Cox, KW’s chief technology officer, shared Willis’ belief in the firm and its agents. I like to think of Command as an enabler of success,” Cox said. “I

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

Gary Keller, co-founder of Keller Williams , Nick Bailey, president and CEO of RE/MAX , Ashley Bowers, president of Homesmart International and Mike Staver as the keynote speaker will all take the stage at Gathering of Eagles. Don’t miss sessions on technology and data in the housing industry. New this year are CEO playbooks.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The final word is that Bella Staging should be on your list when that next listing isn’t getting the attention that market conditions suggest it should.

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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. A fully charged tablet or computer if you are presenting digitally: Remember that technology doesn’t always work the way you expect it to.

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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

MAY 29, 2024

In 2020, real estate industry veteran Rainy Hake Austin took her decades of experience to The Agency , where she currently serves as president of the Beverly Hills, California-based brokerage firm. That could be additional staging services, helping prep the home for going to market, or creative marketing solutions.

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Inman

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In partnership with Roomvo, the brokerage and search portal's new Redfin Redesign tool grants homebuyers the ability to alter room finishes while alerting agents to a buyer's growing interest.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Lisa Lund is the owner of Lund Mortgage , an Arizona-based mortgage brokerage. Tom Ferry and Gino Blefari take the stage at the Vanguard Forum Oct. Join us at HW Annual for the content, connections and technology you need to win in this environment. HousingWire: What are you most looking forward to at HW Annual 2022?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

They work to appropriately price listings, stage homes, and prepare properties to go to market. Team commission splits are typically lower than those of a traditional brokerage for an individual agent. They handle property searches, showings, and contract negotiations. Sellers agents: Listing agents specialize in representing sellers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2024

Market Leader pricing & monthly plans Market Leader offers plans for individual agents, teams of up to 10, and an enterprise solution customized to the size of your team or brokerage. We recommend contacting Market Leader’s team to check for the latest pricing and deals, or to request a custom quote for a brokerage solution.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. Expanding access to home financing options.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

Knock said that the Foundry Group , a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage technology companies, led the founding round. Other participants included the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors , and Mauricio Umansky, a Beverly Hills real estate broker who is CEO of The Agency.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Brokerages and individual agents alike need to understand the market and adapt their strategies to showcase creativity, become memorable and lead with empathy. Demonstrating you have a keen understanding of the whole client journey — from staging and listing to settling into a brand-new home — will give you a competitive advantage.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

ADR can be ideal for common real estate disputes, like those over commissions between brokerages and their agents, or between competing brokers—or when buyers or sellers claim their agents breached their fiduciary duties. It also can save time, energy and money, and because it’s private, it can prevent or limit bad publicity.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

You can also opt-in to Freedom Trail’s broker recruitment program to be contacted directly by local brokerages that are hiring new agents. Lee Institute Best real estate schools in MA for every stage of your career Overall Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars Rating: 5 out of 5. out of 5 stars Rating: 5 out of 5. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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Inman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Prominent proptech company Lone Wolf Technologies used the stage at an industry conference to present a revamped product line set to roll out to real estate brokerages in phases starting in 2024, a Nov. 1 press release said.

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