Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is welcoming yet another top-performing agent to the company. Arizona-based David Newman and his 12-member team, David Newman Partners, are moving to The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Wednesday. He and his team were most recently brokered at Hague Realty in Scottsdale.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2023

Fast-growing The Real Brokerage posted a $3.97 During the second quarter, Real once again delivered best-in-class growth with our agents closing a record number of transactions,” said Tamir Poleg , the CEO of Real. Like many other brokerages , the firm is still in the red (it lost over $20 million last year). compared to 8.3%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Real estate technology company reAlpha Tech Corp. launched Claire, a generative artificial intelligence -powered, zero-commission buyers’ agent chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. Claire boasts a conversational interface to guide users through every step of the homebuying journey, from property search to deal closing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Delta Media Group , a technology provider for real estate brokerages , launched a new CRM-based, all-in-one digital marketing platform called DeltaNET 7, the company announced on Tuesday. It has already begun rolling it out to brokerages. Delta Pitch also creates a new lead generation opportunity for brokerages.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Lamacchia Realty , a full-service real estate brokerage firm licensed in six states, acquired the Seekonk, Massachusetts-based brokerage, Keystone Property Group , the company announced on Monday. Meanwhile, Anthony Lamacchia, broker/owner of Lamacchia Realty also welcomed Hedrick and her agents to the brokerage. “I

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In today’s RealTrending Pritesh Damani , CTO for The Real Brokerage , shares how his team developed Leo, an AI assistant for teams and brokers. More than that, he discusses potential uses for brokerage leaders in streamlining business and recruiting. Here is a small preview of today’s interview with Pritesh. Microsoft Excel.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Florida -based Keyes Company , an independent real estate brokerage , partnered with housing data aggregator BHR , the company announced Tuesday. Through this collaboration, all Keyes agents will benefit from RealReports, BHR’s flagship product. To do so, RealReports is pulling information from over 30 data providers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingStack is a real estate technology landscape that provides a dynamic visual that reflects the rapid changes in the sector. If you’re a managing broker, you’re probably bombarded by sales pitches from vendors anxious to sell you their latest technology innovation. The HousingStack is exclusively for HW+ members. Not so fast.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies? Presented by: Axis Technical Group.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Publicly traded real estate firm The Real Brokerage has struck an agreement to acquire the mortgage brokerage arm of real estate and mortgage technology company LemonBrew. The Real Brokerage, headquartered in Ontario, Canada, will pay $1.25 “We are excited to be joining forces with The Real Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Low-cost residential real estate brokerage is not necessarily a new phenomenon. Are agents really keeping 100%? Real estate agents under their flag get to keep 100% of the commission earned in a transaction. Some may also charge other fees for such things as Errors & Omissions insurance, desk rental, technology, etc.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

According to Florance, the capabilities Matterport offers real estate agents, which are not just limited to floor plans, will allow homebuyers to view properties without staging or with their own furniture in the property. In turn, this will allow agents to provide even more value to their clients.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Well, those are the types of conversations many agents are looking for right now, underscoring why your words post- commission lawsuit are more important than ever. Crafting a content and communication strategy that genuinely acknowledges their insecurities can pave the way for substantial agent recruitment and business growth.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

So began one of the more compelling panels at RealTrends’ “Gathering of Eagles” conference in Colorado Springs – “Intersection of tech and brokerage.”. Any real estate talk about technology can degenerate into to just saying the word “technology.” Don’t go out and build a consumer-facing technology,” McClelland advised.

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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 of all Realtors.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Our brokerage is unique,” Michael Gifford told HousingWire. “It’s So that’s a major differentiator from us and other agents.” I will say that real estate brokerage is a far cry from Fintech.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The real estate sector is constantly evolving, and one technology has emerged as a true game changer: virtual reality (VR). This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Less than a month after Compass snagged two top-performing Chicago-based @properties agents, @properties has evened the score in the Windy City. Justin Tesar highlighted @properties’ technology as one of the reasons for the move. The husband-and-wife team have more than 20 years of combined real estate experience. “The

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This change, while disruptive and uncomfortable for some, has provoked the rapid adoption of real estate technology, the likes of which we haven’t seen before. Agents, teams and brokerages are now seriously reconsidering the technology platform, tools and services needed to effectively do business today.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Independent brokerage Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has partnered with Zillow ’s ShowingTime+ to allow agents in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas to leverage the Listing Showcase tool. Listing Showcase also allows agents to customize their listings to their liking to help attract more interest from buyers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

PureWest Christie’s International Real Estate , a Montana -based real estate brokerage, is expanding into northern Idaho , the firm announced on Tuesday. The brokerage , which is a longtime affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, is the largest independently owned brokerage in Montana.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

While our industry is notorious for its lethargic adoption of new technologies, it is inevitable that AI will reshape many of the traditional and archaic processes that exist today. At the same time, there are numerous examples of ground-breaking implementations of this transformative technology that are already being used today.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

After spending a decade building a proprietary technology and productivity platform, United Real Estate Group is seeing its growth explode, according to Q2 2021 earnings report. Is technology finally providing the key to success? In the past, when brokers thought about low-fee brokerage firms, they thought of low service.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To get there, Cliffco, which has been in business since 1987, is going after the non-qualified mortgage ( non-QM ) market and investing in tech to get in front of buyers and non-agent referral partners. Capturing leads with tech Another priority for the lender is procuring leads through its proprietary technology.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

based brokerage, announced last week the launch of its custom real estate listing system, PROJETO. This system uses virtual reality technology which allows clients to be put in a virtual representation of a property that hasn’t been built yet. Urban District Realty , a Washington, D.C.-based

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the passions that has spanned my career in its entirety is creating exceptional experiences — for agents and their clients, our brokerage staff and anyone who interacts with our brand. Hint: think about technology here.) At The Agency, we have a unique position as both a real estate brand and a lifestyle brand.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

The brokerage boasts a team of roughly two dozen licensed agents , as well as support staff members in marketing, management and transaction coordination roles. The Corcoran Group has expanded in recent years and this week welcomed its first franchise in Oregon, Corcoran Prime , the company announced on Tuesday.

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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? What is next?

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2023

It basically ranges from this advanced technology that’s going to solve huge macro issues, and then the other end of the spectrum is that we shouldn’t unleash this thing. But one thing that everyone agrees with is that it’s a very advanced and powerful technology. It’s going to destroy the human race.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Scott Fava has returned to Compass after an almost five-year absence, the brokerage announced on Thursday. Fava, who has been in real estate for over 20 years , cited the brokerage’s technology as a reason to return. Fava is joining Compass from NestSeekers. “We

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage William Raveis has returned to the acquisitions business. It’s always exciting to join forces with another family-owned firm that shares our deep commitment to our agents and our communities,“ Bill Raveis, founder and CEO of William Raveis, said in a statement. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Stone Point Capital has purchased Vista Equity Partners’ stake in real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies. ” Lone Wolf provides real estate technologies to over 1.5 million agents, 8,000 brokerages and hundreds of MLS ’ and associations in North America. To join the HW+ community, go here.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. The buy is Compass’s first since the residential brokerage started publicly trading shares earlier this month.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We often discuss changing housing market conditions, and the pressure real estate agents are under to stay relevant in the wake of increased competition. He also often looks to the robust marketplace of technology tools available to help automate the mundane to ensure he stays focused on his skill set: delivering stellar customer service.

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