Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Following this move, 150 agents are joining Real’s platform and strengthening its presence in ROVI’s areas. CEO Steve Rovithis founded the company to offer agents and clients alternative methods to “traditional franchise models.” ROVI drew national recognition as well by landing on the Inc.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

Compass has nabbed a pair of top agents to add to its teams in Florida and Colorado. I’ve seen the collaboration among all of the agents. Agents in the office have approached me proactively for how they can help me acclimate and offer tips on what’s working best for them.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Disaster-stricken areas can place undue hardship on real estate agents looking to sell houses and sales volumes often take a hit. And a report published this week said that agents in Florida, California and South Carolina are being forced to change tactics to survive in their markets. “Its a full-court press for us.”

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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

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sure, your real estate landing pages look great — but do they convert? Before you hire a copywriter or enlist ChatGPT to help you write catchy phrases and descriptions, review our guide covering the key elements that every real estates landing page should have, plus a few dazzling examples.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In its race against other brokerages to add agents, eXp Realty has scored big in California. Prime Real Estate Team is leaving the white-label brokerage Side and taking its 21 agents to eXp. eXp is one of a few national brokerages that are adding agents and teams at a rapid pace.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

As real estate agents, we have an obligation to help [people] find a place even when its going to be difficult. Please reach out to our guest experience team at reservations@avantstay.com and we will do our best to find you a landing spot. He will help them find a place to rent and will credit them with any commission paid.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Active listings landed at 212,437 at the end of January, a staggering 19.4% Redfin agents in the state say that its now a buyers market where sellers have to make concessions to bring buyers to the table. Bidding wars are very rare these days, said Jacksonville-based agent Bryan Carnaggio in a statement. year over year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Real estate agents have white-knuckled their way through more than two years of suffocatingly high mortgage rates that have stymied sales, choked off inventory and pushed home prices to new all-time highs. I always think demand comes before supply in this situation,” said Redfin agent Justin Vold, who is based in Los Angeles. “If

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Led by Ryan Serhant, the company announced the addition of the Atlas Group in Atlanta , growing its presence in Georgia as it already has agents in Savannah. is an attractive landing spot. If recent additions are any indication, the brokerage is converting many of these inbound agent leads. Fast-growing brokerage SERHANT.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. The title firm has launched val-ID by Westcor, a tool designed to help title agents validate the identities of home buyers and sellers, according to an announcement on Wednesday. We believe val-ID will significantly benefit Westcor’s title agents and their clients.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale. Its unpredictable, said Teena Jackson, a Redfin agent in Cincinnati. Despite two interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, mortgage rates rose again and remain stubbornly high.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Under the new law, if a deed or mortgage is filed with the clerk of a superior court for recording by a self-filer i.e., a person who is not an insurance agent, attorney, bank or credit union agent, mortgage lender or servicer, land surveyor or public official it must be submitted via electronic filing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

On its earnings call last month, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said the brokerage added nearly 3,300 agents during the year ending in June, up 24%, through organic growth and acquisitions. Earlier this month, Compass landed Prospect Real Estate Team , an eight-person brokerage in Austin that brings $1.21 billion in sales since 2018.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To help you find the best real estate website builder for your needs, our team of agents, brokers, and tech experts researched and ranked the best real estate website builders for 2024. Instead of learning to code or wrestling with WordPress, you can get your website up and running in an afternoon. stars on every major review platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) noted that title insurance companies were already exempt from the BOI reporting requirement due to the rules exemption for state-licensed insurance producers. FinCEN began accepting BOI reports from new and existing companies in January 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Andy Mooers, a Maine-based real estate agent who has worked for 45 years to link retirees with real estate in the northern part of the state, told the outlet that people develop a fondness for the region after vacationing there from more urban and suburban areas. This is Mayberry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

The possibility was floated on the company’s second-quarter 2024 earnings call Friday morning, as the brokerage’s sinking agent count continues to suppress revenue in what’s already a difficult housing market for real estate companies. RE/MAX’s agent count dropped 0.7% decline in the number of agents in the U.S., and Canada.

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BAM Media

JANUARY 9, 2025

Youre an agent, so youve probably noticed: expired listings are way up. This spike in expired listings is an incredible opportunity for agents who know how to connect with frustrated homeowners. This positions the agent as knowledgeable and solutions-oriented, avoiding empty promises and instead focusing on actionable insights.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

These efforts landed Flachner in the Swanepoel Power 200. Flachner’s mission going forward is to help agents succeed in a challenging market. RealScout is a leading real estate technology platform that serves more than 100,000 agents nationwide. And Seth Price will join the firm as its first chief marketing officer.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2023

New York City-based title insurance agency Kensington Vanguard National Land Services, LLC. is the latest title firm to come under fire from New York Attorney General Letitia James for business practices that “reduce competition and negatively impact wages and opportunities for workers,” according to an announcement on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

I had just landed in Mexico when my phone started blowing up. Another agent was asking for an open house on the condo for the 3rd weekend in a row. I have tried being a solo agent, team, and everything in between, but lets face it the market is tough right now. A title company had a question about closing documents.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Although many in the real estate industry say that San Franciscans are relocating to places more inland , some Century 21 agents in the San Francisco and Bay Area beg to differ. Based on the agents that we have and the escrows that we have, [the market] is still going strong, despite the news and negativity we hear about the exodus.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Generative artificial intellegence, such as ChatGPT, is changing everything—a statement that comes as little surprise to anyone these days, and least of all to the many real estate agents whose markets are being saturated by artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered buyers. That means that agents need to become smarter, too.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

When he first landed in New York City from Alabama, he could only find work as a waiter and handing out flyers in Times Square. To learn how he did it, we sat down with Tyler to get his take on making your own luck in real estate, his advice for brand new agents and even his best script for drumming up business at parties.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents are no strangers to going out of their way to help their local communities. One agent she was in touch with also happened to be the mayor of a small mountain town, whose residents had been left with no water because their pump stations had gone down. That was when I started coordinating.

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The Close

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Buying vacant land can be a wise investment with great returns if you plan carefully and understand what’s involved. While land can be a relatively cheap and low-effort investment compared to a house, making money from it might be trickier. Check access: Make sure you have legal access to the land. It helps to be in the know.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Although the decision is ultimately highly personal and based on a buyer’s budget, needs, and preferences, there are a few things agents need to consider to help them make the best decisions. It can be tough for a buyer to choose when faced with the allure of a brand-new build or the charm and affordability of an older home.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

It adds a personal touch and makes me stand out from all the other agents out there. Ill share my strategies and templates so youll be ready to write amazing thank you notes to your clients and stand out among the real estate agents in your area. Did they go on an appointment with you and help you land the client?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

While the transnational criminal conspiracy described in the indictment preyed on vulnerable victims throughout the United States, these charges are the result of painstaking investigatory work by Vermont-based agents from Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Attorney Michael Drescher in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Real estate listing descriptions can be tricky to write, especially for agents who dont have a background in creative writing. Your listing description allows you, as the listing agent, to showcase the property’s best features in a way that reaches potential buyers on a deeper level. Visit Zillow Premier Agent 4.

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Real Estate News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Following the Lahaina wildfires, "predatory capitalism" has taken hold in the historic community as locals are faced with the decision to rebuild or sell.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For decades, referrals have been the backbone of a real estate agents business. But in an era where nearly everything begins with a Google search, the way buyers connect with agents has changed dramatically. Buyers are increasingly conducting their own online review of prospective agents before choosing one.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Watch any of the glamorous pseudo-reality real estate shows on TV, and you might be tempted to become a part-time real estate agent. Most of the agents you see on TV wearing $1500 outfits work 80+ hours per week. Most of the agents in my office worked equally long hours. Most of the agents in my office worked equally long hours.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

In 2024, agents have two choices; learn how to run your entire business from the apps on your phone or tablet, or find a new career. It’s simple enough for most agents to learn quickly, but has enough features to keep team leaders and managing brokers happy. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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HomeLight

MARCH 24, 2025

Even if you dont want to live off-grid and your goal is to build a house on a plot of land youve inherited, you probably wondered: how much to build a house on my land? It depends on what part of the country your land is in and the condition of the property. First thing: Talk to an expert!

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