Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2025

The Gambino Group placed 10th among large real estate teams by sales volume in the 2025 RealTrends Verified’s agent and team rankings with just under $397 million in volume. Leaders said her experience will lend itself will to the architectural and design-driven properties that define much of L.A.’s s residential market. “I

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Users can access AI bots designed to assist agents with general real estate knowledge, sales, marketing , negotiation and motivation. Each training bot is designed to tackle one of five challenges that real estate agents may face. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Fewer options have led more homeowners to the California FAIR Plan, which is designed to be a stopgap measure rather than a permanent solution. The lack of insurance options has also led to many home sales falling through. The number of policies under the FAIR Plan more than doubled from 2020 to 2024, according to the AP.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

White previously served as vice president and designated managing broker at Baird & Warner’s Glen Ellyn, Illinois , office before departing in 2021 to join Compass. He also contributed to development of the company’s mortgage and title initiatives in the region, and he implemented process improvements tied to sales capture rates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Indiana-based lender Ruoff Mortgage is making a move designed to help more homeowners get into new homes with ease. Buyers are not required to prepare their current home for sale until after they move into the new property. Calque also offers buyers a guaranteed offer on their current home to reduce risk. “It

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Existing-home sales are hovering around 4 million and many markets that are typically fruitful for homebuilders have stalled. All of the cities in these two states that JBREC disclosed a grade for are now designated as slow. But heading into the summer, that optimism has largely faded. The rest are graded as “slow.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Move Sales , OpCity Acquisitions , OpCity Inc. These processes (the ‘Unlawful Bundling’) are designed to amass a tremendous (and tremendously growing) database which the defendants then characterize as ‘leads,’” the complaint states. The suit claims that NAR, along with Move Inc., and REA Group Ltd.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

He has overseen more than $12 billion in sales and trained more than 4,000 agents across 16 offices. “We’re billion in sales in less than four years. The RARE model is designed to unlock potential — it gave me the freedom, support, and infrastructure to build something real and lead on my own terms.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Founded in 1976, FirstTeam operates more than 46 offices with 2,200-plus sales agents. “FirstTeam’s impressive growth is fueled by a robust ecosystem designed to nurture agents at every stage of their career,” said Michele Harrington , the companys CEO. The firm is among the largest privately held U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Auction.com has long been a leading platform for bank-owned (REO) and foreclosure sales to real estate investors and others seeking a discount. SmartSale is designed as an alternative for sellers who are navigating financial challenges or simply seeking greater control, Auction.com explained.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The Chicago -based mortgage lender announced Tuesday that it’s bringing on Daniel Manginelli to lead its sales coaching program, which is designed to help mortgage professionals implement best practices and improve performance. He’s worked in sales and managerial roles, and has authored two books, during his more than 35-year career.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The platform is designed to help agents and clients effectively manage and distribute their exclusive listings. The RealScout Exclusives platform is designed to stand out from similar options through home search technology that continuously analyzes buyer behavior in real time, the company explained in its announcement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

First American Data & Analytics has launched a new product designed to help lenders identify title issues earlier in the mortgage and home equity loan process, with the goal of cutting delays and reducing closing times. VeriTitle is available via an API and can be integrated into widely used loan origination and point-of-sale systems.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

Services are designed to provide sellers with flexible options and more control over the listing process while lowering or eliminating traditional real estate commissions. “In Assisted Seller ($1,499 flat fee): Adds dedicated agent support, including review of the agreement of sale, and help with required documentation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These rankings are designed to help top-performing agents and teams highlight their accomplishments within their specific local markets, enhancing their credibility where it matters most — close to home. However, Leading RE agents and team bested the sales volume.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

They find aesthetically challenged homes in coveted LA neighborhoods, crunch the numbers, hire interior designers to renovate them so they look good on Instagram and then list and sell them for a tidy profit. Sounds too good to be true, right? Claire and Sam OConnor are living your HGTV-inspired rockstar Realtor dream life. How much value?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

By developing in-house AI tools designed to complement rather than replace human expertise, the company is enhancing the mortgage experience for both borrowers and loan officers. Unlike most off-the-shelf tools bolted onto legacy systems, these platforms were designed to work together from day one.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to a survey released Tuesday by John Burns Research & Consulting , the top 50 MPCs sold more than 34,600 new homes in 2023, up 24% from the nearly 28,000 sales in 2022. And in 2023, each of the top 50 communities sold at least 368 homes, although that’s fewer than the 2021 record of 460 sales per community.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

The company, redT Homes , states that it’s the Denver areas only residential real estate development company […] offering a full suite of services, ranging from land acquisition and entitlement to design, architecture, and construction along with real estate-focused marketing and sales.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. HomeLight notes that this is becoming more common for existing-home sales. The company’s 2024 Top Agent Insights survey gathered perspectives from more than 750 real estate agents between Oct. 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Why listing scams are on the rise Unlike home sales, land transactions often skip in-person meetings or property access, which makes it easier for scammers to impersonate legitimate owners without detection. But in land sales where no physical structure exists this vital step is often skipped, leaving a gap for scammers to exploit.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2025

“From boosting curb appeal to reducing time on market, this service is designed to help clients move forward with confidence and maximize their return.” Refresh by West will enable West + Main agents to assist their clients with getting fast, free proposals to prep their homes for sale and move-in without having to manage the projects.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The platform offers a new broker scoring system designed for better account management and a tagging system to improve email marketing campaigns. The CRM company launched in 2016 to provide third-party origination (TPO) mortgage lenders with account management, sales and email marketing through its software-focused approach.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

That’s right, there are Black Friday home sales! But in Greater Austin , the “Holiday of Homes” offers flex cash — which can be used towards design selections or structural options — and financing. The discounts come as homebuilders’ confidence in the market remains muted.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The team is led by Shane Burgman, who has averaged 50 home sales per year during his 10-year career, racking up more than $200 million in sales in the process. On Wednesday, Real also announced the addition of The Burgman Group , a three-agent team that serves Florida ‘s Space Coast region.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Housing markets across the country are getting a much-needed infusion of inventory, as the number of homes for sale and new listings are running well ahead of last years pace. By dividing a metropolitan areas total population by the current number of single-family homes for sale, we can calculate inventory per capita.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

With thoughtfully designed tools to drive better conversion rates, automate social media marketing, and streamline time consuming tasks, technology is a key enabler to business growth, but only when fully maximized. However, agents and brokers need AI to engage with prospects and clients in a reliable and consistent fashion.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

In an era of high mortgage rates and stagnant home sales , a real estate transaction model is making waves by reintroducing and standardizing a once-popular financing method. These sales represented $30.3 We have a law firm thats closed more than 25,000 of these transactions, and never had a due-on-sale clause.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Roof AI , an artificial intelligence -powered sales assistant that helps real estate and mortgage companies generate revenue across their business units, announced the integration of OpenAI ’s technology into its system, significantly boosting its capabilities.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

” Last year, The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to aid mortgage brokers in offering better interest rates. Meanwhile, Gateless partnered with Mortgage Automation Technologies to offer the Smart Underwrite platform to its point-of-sale system.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In 2022, Coldwell Banker launched digital EMD capturing for all agents through an integration earlier with Payload to its My Deals platform — a system designed to replace traditional transaction cover sheets — and its Trident account system.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

In South Dakota , for instance, the state maintains a property and sales tax refund program that homeowners 50 and older can attempt to qualify for. The state’s AARP chapter advocates for the availability of these programs, and it recently published a bulletin designed to raise awareness among South Dakota residents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Heidi Iverson is the company’s new vice president of growth and Anthony Savala is the new vice president of sales. He served for the past two years as vice president of sales at TRUE. It offers a high-quality software-as-a-service platform designed to help loan officers and mortgage companies build better relationships.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Buyers often assume what they see in the model home is what they will get, however, model homes are designed to showcase high-end upgrades. While the builders sales team represents the developer, a buyers agent works solely in the buyers best interest. For quick move-in homes, closing dates can also be adjusted.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

event, are designed to simplify mortgage broker workflows, enhance client relationships and allow them to scale their businesses faster. The tools, announced ahead of the company’s fourth annual UWM LIVE!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I was at a sales meeting with Berkshire Hathaway, and our manager wrapped up the meeting. My business has always been more design focused. I work with different designers and I do development as well. So, I’ve been flipping houses , but with more high-end designer partnerships. O’Connor: It was similar.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Because of that, more people in the industry have a better understanding of seniors unique challenges, which could necessitate more products designed for them. We have this very comprehensive program with a vast product suite specifically designed to suit different client needs, he said. That role is an active one, Allen said.

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