Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The new “360-degree product experience” will help brokerages and real estate professionals access data, manage listings and ensure accuracy. 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

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Whether youre running a large brokerage, managing a small team or working on your own, the right transaction management platform can take the worry out of compliance and lighten your workload. From managing compliance to automating commission disbursements, its built to grow with your brokerage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In 2011, he founded the innovative brokerage The Agency RE, and he recently launched a real estate agent trade group that aims to serve as an alternative to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). As an entrepreneur, Mauricio Umansky has displayed remarkable versatility. I think it’s going really well.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

FirstTeam , an independent real estate brokerage based in Southern California , has begun its national expansion by opening new offices in Idaho and Washington , with plans to establish operations in Arizona , Nevada , and Oregon. brokerages and is a founding member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World.

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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. One of the biggest challenges I continue to hear from brokers regarding technology is poor user and feature adoption.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2025

While the nation’s top real estate teams are found at a variety of brokerages, one brand dominated the 2025 RealTrends Verified Rankings. The systems they provide are designed to help teams grow strategically.” Like Gubb, Sauls has not turned a blind eye toward the tools, training and technology offered by other brokerages.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

When Robert Palmer launched LPT Realty in March 2022, he didnt just set out to build another real estate brokerage. He wanted to redefine what a brokerage could be. In just three years, the Florida-headquartered firm cracked the top 10 of the RealTrends Verified Brokerage Rankings , No. We call it a brokerage for life.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

However, in what Kelman says is an effort to preserve a sellers ability to control how their property is marketed, Redfin is also asking MLSs to create a coming-soon designation for listings that precludes search sites from showing how long a home has been for sale and at what prices.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2025

NWMLS also has a direct interest in limiting competition among Seattle area real estate brokers, as it is owned and controlled by competing real estate brokerages, including the largest traditional real estate brokerages in the Seattle area.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

RealTrends Verified first arrived on scene in March 2024 as the first dual-verified real estate sales performance platform that highlights brokerages , agents and teams that deserve to stand out among their peers. The platform is a rebrand of RealTrends a platform with 35 years of excellence behind it. of real estate professionals.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

He said the brokerage is making its listings available through advancing programming interfaces (APIs) to all major real estate portals including Zillow, Redfin , Trulia and Homes.com to ensure maximum exposure for consumers. . Our North Star remains clear: to build the most agent-centric real estate brokerage on the planet, Sanford said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Defunct discount brokerage REX Real Estate is not giving up in its antitrust battle against Zillow and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). REX believes the panels opinion is based on the absence of evidence of concerted action, and the conclusion that Zillow independently re-designed its website. It is appealing a U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. One respondent said that “buyers are always short on money, and having to pay the agents commission can be difficult if a seller is not willing to pay their brokerage commission.” 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Real Brokerage ’s explosive growth continues. The company has added the Grant Johnson Group , based in the Minneapolis area, bringing 55 agents to Real and pushing the brokerage’s total agent count past 22,000. It’s hard to find a brokerage that’s expanding as quickly as Real. Real is in alignment with our culture.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Michael Ketchmark , the lead plaintiffs counsel in the Gibson commission lawsuit against real estate brokerages, told Inman News that his firm is closely monitoring NAR s vote and will determine its next steps based on the outcome. And the decision comes under the shadow of a potential legal challenge. What’s next?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Top-producing mega team PREMIERE Group is joining fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage , according to an announcement on Monday. His vision of building a tech-first, agent-centric brokerage aligns with our mission at Real. PREMIERE was built to be a different kind of brokerage team, so this was not a move we entered lightly.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Here’s why: Good software might help your brokerage stay afloat in a post-lawsuit market. The looming chaos from the commission lawsuits sure isn’t helping.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A group of current and former real estate executives have launched The Helm, a coaching platform designed to provide professional development to a more diverse audience. They allege that the brokerage repeatedly ignored complaints about the men due to their financial success.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

The idea here is that if a brokerage is holding listings back, theyre only sharing those listings and publicly marketing those listings to buyers who work with them. Its literally designed to protect sellers and buyers! NextHome is joining eXp Realty in committing to Zillow s new listing standards.

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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. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. To kick things off, Marroquin explores her early involvement with artificial intelligence.

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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. Agents, Teams, and Brokerages must submit verifiable data in order to be ranked.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

As it became clear that many real estate professionals are in need of guidance, brokerages and industry leaders have launched a variety of educational resources and training courses for agents and brokers. The webpage is open to agents across the industry regardless of their brokerage affiliation. In the days immediately following Aug.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Is it best for consumers, (who anti-trust laws are designed to protect?) Are we comparing it to Compass’ gamesmanship ushering in a worst-case scenario where buyers need to go through 20 brokerage websites to see all that’s available? Does cc work? Do I benefit from it? Would I like it to stay in place? It depends.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

In the ongoing debate over NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy , one question looms large: who really benefits when a single agent or brokerage represents both sides of a real estate transaction? Many private listings ended up being double-ended deals. In Boston, for example, one firm controlled 17.1% of all listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Haag, in communication with NWMLS employees, said that real estate brokerage firms in Washington state, as members of NWMLS, have agreed to share all property listings with the entire brokerage community and the public for more than 40 years. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules. They dont, he said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Compass’ brokerage firm recruiting efforts continue. Deasy Penner Podley , or DPP Real Estate is the latest boutique brokerage to affiliate with the national firm, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Moving forward, the firm will be known as DPP @ Compass. In 2022, the firm recorded $1.25

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Lone Wolf Technologies , a real estate technology company that has been in business for decades, unveiled its reimagined brand identity last week as an effort to “blend technology with human-centered design to better serve real estate professionals,” per a release from the company. ”

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

Rechat a real estate software company focused on artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for brokerages and agents has named marketing and property technology veteran Audie Chamberlain as head of strategic growth and communications. Theres a reason top brokerages like SERHANT. run their entire operation on Rechat.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

NAR noted that the policy is designed to exist in conjunction with CCP, which requires listing brokers to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing it. Our position has never been to dictate brokerage business models, Brian Donnellan, the president and CEO of Bright MLS, wrote in an email.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

The new division is designed to support agents working in a growing sector of the housing market with tools tailored to land and ranch transactions. Land and ranch agents deserve more than just a traditional brokerage, said Taryn King, chair of the brokerage’s land and ranch agent advisory committee.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

His prior work included representation of NEXA Mortgage , the nation’s largest brokerage, in a lawsuit tied to the termination of the company’s former president. Jumpp will advise Brody Gapp clients on “compliance design, enforcement defense, and internal governance.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We looked at pricing, design quality, ease of use, lead generation features, and then combed online reviews to get feedback from other working Realtors. With competition for online leads heating up, we think AgentFire’s brand-first approach can be a game changer for brand-conscious agents, teams and even boutique brokerages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

26 in Dallas to hear her full session on real estate brokerage economics. The summit is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of the economic factors driving the housing market in 2025 and what it all means for your business. See what she had to say below and register today for the Housing Economic Summit on Feb.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The company has added independent brokerage Delhougne Realty Group , a St. While doing competitive research I found eXp to be the most forward-thinking brokerage equipped to lead us through these changing times.” eXp Realty is expanding its footprint in Missouri. Louis-area team that tallied $353.3 ”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

With home sales still at historically low levels and uncertainty over the commission lawsuits , real estate brokerage executives prize good leads more than ever. To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Some brokerages are what I sometimes think of as Lily Pads because theyre waystations where agents sometimes goalbeit brieflyto level up their commission splits. Lily Pad brokerages attract and recruit based on a higher split, but fail to retain a cohesive team because they dont lead with a culture focused on long-term career growth.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Daryl Owen , the founder of top California independent brokerage Nationwide Real Estate Executives , is joining eXp Realty and taking 200 agents along with him. RealTrends couldn’t independently confirm those figures; NRE has not submitted data to the RealTrends brokerage rankings since 2019.

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