Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

A new report on real estate agent and brokerage performance in the first quarter of 2025 shows that agent movement accelerated dramatically in opening months of the year. It tracked thousands of agent movements across brokerage models and markets. It tracked thousands of agent movements across brokerage models and markets.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Understanding that real estate housing markets are hyperlocal, the RealTrends Verified City Rankings represent the newest evolution of RealTrends agent and team rankings. This year’s inaugural rankings feature agents and teams from 50 cities across the U.S., Find out which agents and teams ranked highest in your city here.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2024

From luxury property tours to laugh-out-loud real estate memes, these 21 agents and influencers bring the best of the industry right to your phone. Whether you’re an agent, a real estate investor or just love stunning homes, these real estate Instagram accounts are a must-follow. Thats where The Broke Agent comes in!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The digital brokerage platform announced on Monday the addition of Amerivest Realty , a Florida-based brokerage, adding 400 agents across Florida , Colorado , Minnesota and Wisconsin to Real’s platform. The acquisition is designed to better position Real as a leader in the digital brokerage space. At the RISE conference on Oct.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

She went from a brand new agent in 2020 to running her wildly successful boutique brokerage with Side in less than four years. Luckily, she had the time to (patiently) walk us through the exact strategies she used to build a Zoomer real estate brand on TikTok and gave us her advice for new agents. Most agents dont bother.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

Coldwell Banker Realty has launched a national rollout of its Transaction Concierge program, a back-office support system designed to assist real estate agents with administrative tasks during the homebuying process. These roles, the company says, are part of its broader support structure for affiliated agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

We discussed the current market conditions and revisited the propertys previous listing history including that the last agent had failed to sell it, eventually pulling it off the market 60 days later. Unfortunately, the prior agents never reported the incident, allowing the scammer to attempt it again this time, through me.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one. According to the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), 82% of buyers agents say that home staging makes it easier for a buyer to envision themselves living in a home. You can also customize an already existing layout or custom design one of your own from scratch.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Furniture rentals, photography sessions, and weeks of back-and-forth leave agents stuck in the past. a Silicon Valley-based startup, is transforming the property marketing process with Collov AI , the real estate industrys first listing marketing AI Agent. Thats why Collov AIs Visual Agent is designed to be as simple as taking a photo.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A majority of agents believe 2025 is going to be a great year for the housing market. Although agents are split on whether its going to be a buyers or a sellers market, 87% predict that demand will remain very strong over the next year. That will likely make it a busy year for real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

eXp Realty has launched an initiative that allows agents to name both a primary and secondary mentor, formalizing a shared leadership model that aims to improve agent support, retention and development. Now, agents and advisors can tap into two different strengths.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Lofty Bloom also reportedly guarantees ZIP code exclusivity, allowing agents and teams to establish themselves as the “go-to expert” in their neighborhood of choice without competing against others using the same platform. Campaigns launch automatically based on preset triggers, giving agents more time to focus on closing deals.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Over the last decade, Ive interviewed dozens of the country’s most successful real estate agents. He walked us through finding his ikigai, his best tips for new agents and his exact strategy for building his Instagram account into his primary lead source. We recently sat down with Prats to learn how he did it.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The role of the buyer’s agent has been turned on its head and Lone Wolf Technologies wants to help. The real estate software company is launching a “Buyer’s Agent Club” that is designed to assist agents in navigating an uncertain time in the industry through resources, tools and training.

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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. Renovation 2: Taking (calculated) design and staging risks Part of creating a vibe that sells is taking risks. How much value?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Ask the Agent a video communication and engagement platform tailored to real estate professionals has been named a partner in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Realtor Benefits Program. every listing is a chance to make a connectionand a missed opportunity without the agents voice in it.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

eXp Realty and real estate technology company Movoto have announced a collaboration to introduce a new support platform for individual agents. agents by streamlining business operations and minimizing administrative tasks. Movoto executives said eXp Realtys agent network made it a natural partner for Lever.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

That boutique agency specialized in luxury , design-focused spec homes and offered clients services including design and construction management in addition to real estate representation. Im excited to be part of a brokerage that supports agents in doing their best work. billion in 2025 sales.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Fathom Realty rolled out two new agent commission plans in 2024, and the brokerage isnt done yet. The plan is designed to help agents close more business. To back the new plan, Fregenal cited a survey showing that almost 90% of agents want more from their parent brokerages, but he offered no details on whats to come.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Not long ago, homeowners insurance was a minor concern for most homebuyers, real estate agents and mortgage originators. For homeowners with conventional loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , insurance at replacement cost is mandatory, but flood insurance is only required in designated flood zones. Insurance Services , in March.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

While many agents are all-in on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, theres another social media platform thats incredibly powerful: LinkedIn. Keep reading to learn why LinkedIn for real estate agents is so important, plus tips to optimize your profile and how to get real estate leads on LinkedIn. Theres also a recommendations section.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Overall, sentiment among agents and homebuilders is souring. All of the cities in these two states that JBREC disclosed a grade for are now designated as slow. JBREC, which typically serves homebuilders and investors, also assessed the resale market by conducting a poll of real estate agents for how they view market conditions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the newest episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast, hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Robert Morris, a real estate broker, trainer and veteran agent at Keller Williams Capital Properties. So, in having conversations with new agents, they’re learning the right way. Vision Course.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Maybe youve recently passed your real estate exam and obtained your license, or maybe youre simply thinking about becoming a real estate agent. Real estate is very much a learn on the job career, but luckily, there are many agents (like us!) Let us help you become successful faster with our top 19 tips for new real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

According to HomeLight ‘s Top Agent Insights report released this week, real estate agents are feeling this and are being forced to switch up tactics to attract buyers. HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. 30 and Nov. 30 and Nov.

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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 We’re thrilled to bring RARE to South Florida because the future of the brokerage business belongs to bold, entrepreneurial agents,” Stern said. Today, I run my own office with 55 agents,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

MetroList , the largest MLS in Northern California , has rolled out a new “add/edit” voice-controlled app for real estate agents to collect and input property data directly from the field. Agents throughout the region have already begun using the app, according to MetroList.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But separating the serious buyers from the hundreds of millions of looky-loos has always been the challenge, particularly when the business focus was on advertising revenue from agents. ” If a deal closes, Zillow will collect 40% of the agent’s commission.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Real estate marketing startup Realoq is launching a new data solution for brokers and agents. With this update, independent MLSs, brokerages, agents, appraisers and affiliates can access auto-populated data without the risk of data duplication.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Florida-based Theoris Software has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, AI agent, it says could transform how mortgage companies handle operations. The platform introduces a digital agent named Alpha7x that automates key processes across the mortgage lifecycle.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2025

Backed by sharp increases in both traffic and agent participation, Homes.com reported 104 million average monthly unique visitors in the first three months of this year. That figure, which is up dramatically from early 2024, signals a fundamental shift in the digital real estate hierarchy and in how agents want to work online, Florance said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty just made earnest money deposit payments much easier for real estate agents and homebuyers. Kevin Morey, Anywhere’s vice president of agent services, also reinforced the company’s commitment to growing its services via new technology.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

HomeServices of America and Zillow are teaming up to bring HomeServices agents Zillows AI-powered Showcase tools. In an announcement on Tuesday, the companies said that agents at all of HomeServices of Americas companies will have access to Zillow Showcase. The listings also have special search markers and tags.

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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. Agents need to move beyond a fixed mindset when it comes to technology and invest the time to learn the platform.

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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. Launching Find It First and partnering with RealScout to power the program has been a true success for our customers, our agents, and our company, Hoby Hanna , CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Matched with our internal technology, resources and training, it tells agents which training route they should take based on their personality type.

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