Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And often your first impression as a brokerage or an agent is your online presence. A well-designed and captivating digital platform instantly conveys professionalism, credibility and exclusivity — and the opposite can turn customers away. First impressions matter, especially in the luxury real estate market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Edgerton and Reisinger will have an impact on the global network of 550-plus independent real estate brokerages. Kate Reisinger was promoted to COO from EVP of member services Reisinger’s role will be to design and conduct the company’s operations. million global transactions a year. million global transactions a year.

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The Close

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s sophisticated agents want more from their real estate brokerage than just the basic file review, supervision, and commission disbursement. That’s why successful brokers are providing more and more services to attract and retain productive agents. Providing your agents with leads means that you’ll need to budget for them.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

If you opt for the handwritten note option, I’d shorten this by removing the last paragraph and jumping straight from the data to the closing sentence. My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). Access to a hyper-local agent is more important now than ever.

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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. Our agents focus on branding our unique value proposition which has clients pursuing them.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

And I got into it because I thought that experience was broken for the consumers, but immediately realized that agents play a key role in that picture. This is from 2009 — I opened up a high-tech real estate brokerage with actual agents, working through transactions day in day out and really understanding what processes look like.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2021

I saw a social media post recently by our local ‘mega-agent’ entitled: “Breaking News: Individual Real Estate agents added to Endangered Professions List!”. This post compares the individual real estate agent to “a tennis player using a wooden racket” or “a football player with a leather helmet.” The individual agent.

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The Close

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Gross commission income (GCI) is the full amount of money a real estate agent may receive in exchange for representing a buyer, seller, or both in a real estate transaction. But there’s much more to understanding this key calculation and why it matters to every real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

CoStar announced last month that monthly traffic at Homes.com surpassed 149 million unique visitors in February, inching closing to the 194 million unique monthly visitors that Zillow reported in fourth-quarter 2023. Like all of the publicly traded brokerages, Zillow Group saw its stock prices slide, dropping 13.4%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. Another issue is home sellers’ bias against homebuyers using FHA loans, where offers from non-FHA borrowers are often selected even though lower in price. Such opportunities may arise.

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The Close

JANUARY 24, 2022

Eight years ago, my partners and I wanted to create a brand that communicated that our brokerage was boutique, current, and fun. We spent thousands of dollars hiring a professional branding team to help us come up with the winning combination of name, logo, and colors for our brokerage. Choose the Right Name for Your Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Consumers have flipped the script on lenders and real estate agents when it comes to the home-buying process. Ninety percent of consumers start their home search online and many get prequalified for financing before they even reach out to a real estate agent. Our goal is not to simply be a distribution warehouse.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Real estate agents are always looking for vetted, high-quality leads — and especially so during 2023 market conditions. These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales.

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Are you considering taking the leap of faith and heading out on your own, but you don’t know if you should start your own brokerage from scratch or purchase a real estate franchise? In my 28-year real estate career, I have built two independent brokerages and was an investor in two franchises with Keller Williams Realty.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2023

What makes Qualia’s title and escrow products unique is the ability to achieve an unparalleled level of internal team connectivity, as well as connectivity with other transaction parties — such as lenders, brokerages, vendors, underwriters, banks and consumers — by bringing everyone together via a shared system.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Chime’s all-in-one CRM and sales acceleration platform is designed to help real estate agents, teams, and brokerages close more deals faster. The platform combines IDX websites, lead generation, marketing automation, advanced lead management, and powerful AI to cost-effectively capture and convert leads into new business.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s no secret that homeowners search online to find a listing agent who can sell their home quickly and for top dollar. If you’re an agent, team or brokerage looking to keep a pipeline of qualified listing leads coming your way, SmartZip may the solution you need. But what if you could find them first?

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Branding Land Brokerage Agents 394

Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

REX, an Austin-based real estate startup, said Zillow’s new listing layout, which includes tabs entitled “agent listings” and “other listings,” positions its listings in a “recessed obscured, and deceptive tab that consumers do not see.” Real Estate Tech Demo Hour. billion visits.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Volatile mortgage rates and economic uncertainty have rocked the housing market this year, challenging mortgage lenders, real estate agents, title companies and appraisal firms to adapt quickly to changing conditions. That’s why we’ve designed our HW Annual event Oct.

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The Close

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Agent Crate bills itself as a one-stop shop for every Realtor’s marketing needs. While they do seem to offer everything an agent could possibly want from social media templates to landing pages, does it make sense to spend your hard-earned money on Agent Crate? The Close Score 4.6 Design Quality.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

The nation’s second largest multiple listing service , Bright MLS , will begin allowing listing agents to put in a blanket offer of compensation for buyer brokers of zero dollars or more, starting on August 9. Bright has always offered flexibility and has never specified a cooperative compensation amount,” the announcement states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

The deal probably ends a lawsuit that the National Fair Housing Alliance and like-minded groups filed 18 months ago accusing the brokerage and popular real estate listings website of offering services in predominantly white neighborhoods at a “substantially greater rate than it does in communities of color.” Presented by: Salesforce.

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Brokerage Agents Industrial Mortgages 380

RIS Media

JUNE 9, 2021

Since going public on the Nasdaq (FTHM) at the end of July 2020, Fathom Holdings has acquired a title company, a mortgage company, an insurance company, a lead generation business, two technology companies and completed a brokerage acquisition. Fathom Realty CEO Josh Harley weighs in on the brokerage’s recent moves.

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Brokerage Title Technology Agents 98

The Close

JUNE 21, 2022

Impactful real estate logos are fast becoming one of the main ways real estate agents cut through the noise. Their easy-to-use logo maker will help you design a professional-looking logo in minutes—without the expense of hiring a designer. The Close readers even get 30% off their order with p romo code 30FSB. The Agency.

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Design Branding Brokerage Agents 105

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You’ll need to complete 75 hours of prelicensing classes to get licensed as a real estate agent in North Carolina. Before you dive in, it’s important to know that in North Carolina, all beginning real estate agents are referred to as provisional brokers. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Conducting regular NPS surveys with our agents and staff since 2016 is core to delivering on our agent-centric mission, and Fred shared his wisdom with our team at this year’s Shareholder Summit. I am thrilled to have him on our Board of Directors and look forward to working even more closely together.”

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Realty Biz

DECEMBER 10, 2021

JPAR ® – Real Estate, America’s #1 fastest-growing, 100% commission brokerage, today announced the sale of The Thaxton House, one of only three homes designed by acclaimed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright in the state of Texas. Wright also designed the home’s built-in furniture. “To

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans. It would forever feel like a failure due to its inherent limitations.

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Lending Due diligence Technology Loans 392

The Close

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It was 2003 when I left my sales position at RE/MAX to partner with another agent to start a boutique real estate brokerage in Denver, Colorado. We were both top-producing agents, so building a real estate brokerage should have been easy for us—or so we thought. This loss will impact the success of your team or brokerage.

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Brokerage Agents MLS Branding 72

The Close

MARCH 18, 2022

Real estate designations separate you from the competition, demonstrate your expertise, and give you access to professional networks for referrals and support. But, with so many designations to choose from, it’s hard to tell which ones are worth your time, effort, and money. About Real Estate Designations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

DS: So first, as a brand, we create content for agents that’s designed to go to people they know, typically past clients and sphere. Agents have a lot of technology today. And the third is that conversations lead to closings. And then we added teams, and then we added brokerages. We turn to people we trust.

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Branding Technology Agents As-is 399

RIS Media

APRIL 1, 2021

As the real estate landscape continues to evolve, and as consolidation continues to rise, it’s crucial to prepare your brokerage for the future by cementing a strategy for business expansion while creating a valuable asset. Brokers need to build bigger brokerages consistently. Partnerships. Technology.

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Brokerage Branding Technology Title 97

Real Trends

MARCH 7, 2023

Presale home renovation company Revive Real Estate partnered with independent real estate franchise NextHome to provide move-in ready homes to clients of more than 5,500 NextHome agents in 610 offices across 48 states, the companies announced on Tuesday. The company claims that listed renovated homes sell faster than those that are not.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 18, 2022

a pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents, brokerages and home sellers, has announced a $65M Series B funding round to support continued growth in the untapped market for fix first, pay-at-closing home improvement. Curbio, Inc., Curbio has raised a total of $93M since its founding in late 2017.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here’s a financial checklist that real estate agents and mortgage professionals should complete before the end of the year for more success and financial security in 2024. Think carefully about what goals you want to achieve in the coming year, such as prospecting targets, advertising, closings and taking time off.

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Commercial Mortgages Residential Brokerage 442

The Close

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Let’s talk about your dream of starting your own real estate brokerage. After all, having your own brokerage means more money, more autonomy, and greater responsibility. In my 27 years in the real estate industry, I’ve been an agent, broker-owner, franchise partner, recruiter, speaker, coach, and author. Lots of them.

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Brokerage Branding Purchase and sale agreement Agents 75