Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2025

Kastner said many of the lower commissions shes observed are tied to new-construction homes located outside Seattles core. Market reactions to the new rules have varied by region, with some agents noting subtle shifts while others report little to no change. Buyers agents earned an average commission of 2.40% on U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some popular real estate newsletter content includes: Market updates Featured listings Industry news Local news Community events Agent profiles Investment opportunities No matter what content you choose to include, your real estate newsletter should serve as a meaningful touchpoint that continuously builds your client relationships.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2025

But on the company’s second-quarter 2025 earnings call on Wednesday night, executives looked to set the record straight. “As During the quarter, revenue from its mortgage operation was up 41% annually to $48 million, while Zillow’s rental segment posted 36% year-over-year revenue growth to $159 million. In Q2, Zillow Rentals had 2.4

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RIS Media

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage regularly assists clients in Greater Orlando with residential real estate, as well as with property management, new construction and luxury homes. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Mann Global Properties is the latest firm to join the lifestyle real estate brand.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

New York-based real estate brokerage SERHANT. has added one of New Jersey’s top-performing agents Patrick Southern as part of its expansion into the Garden State. in New Jersey, and expand its new development offering, Southern said, referring to Ryan Serhant, the firms founder. According to SERHANT.,

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The Mortgage Report

JUNE 9, 2025

Tony and his team specialize in investment services, property management, institutional acquisitions, and buy/sell brokerage. The recent tariffs, especially those enacted in early 2025, have had a significant ripple effect on the cost structure for both new construction and ongoing property maintenance. How Soon Can I Refinance?

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

Considering that the new construction sector entered the Great Recession with over 1.5 million unsold new homes, compared to just 503,000 in March 2025 , sales incentive usage that falls in the upper range of the 2008-2009 data is concerning. The spring homebuying season is in full swing. of the purchase price).

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BAM Media

MAY 28, 2025

That makes this shift especially powerful for local businesses like real estate agents, brokerages, and home service pros. Example : Exterior photo of new construction home in Scottsdale with desert landscaping. If youre trying to grow a real estate brand on Instagram in 2025, you need to think like a search engine.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 28, 2025

In any event, I’ve heard a lot about this notion of eliminating HST on new construction, and while it’s ironic that I’ve been championing this for many years and now am going to question the effectiveness of it, I think it’s a conversation that needs to be had. I can’t get into it. It makes me want to cry.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 5, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Real Estate News/Shutterstock MLS/Assn Listings display changes, dues news and more from NAR in DC The National Association of Realtors closed out a busy week in the nation’s capital, updating rules, lobbying and hearing from President Trump.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 5, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Sellers start holding back as market demand drags Mortgage rates ticked down slightly this week, but lower rates may not be enough to motivate buyers as affordability continues posing challenges. New home listings were up 6.3%

Marketing

BAM Media

APRIL 22, 2025

On April 18, Errol Samuelson , Chief Industry Development Officer at Zillow, published a detailed LinkedIn post announcing new listing access standards that could shift how agents, buyers, and sellers navigate the flow of inventory. Spots are limited save yours now before it’s full! No exceptions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Zillow Group ‘s new-construction listings will be automatically syndicated to Redfin. The deal between the listing platforms comes as new construction listings form roughly 30% of the housing sales market. New single-family home sales rose 23.8% million net loss , an improvement on the $90.8

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Century 21 Regency Realty agent Cheryl Piccinini has lived and traveled all over the world, but there is no place she would rather be than Alabama. “No No matter what you want, you can find it here,” the Enterprise, Alabama-based agent said. You can find the city, the country. We’ve got beaches. It is just an amazing place.” As of Feb.

New Construction

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Ryan Serhant and his brokerage SERHANT. are riding a sugar high thanks to the success of “Owning Manhattan,” the Netflix show that followed Serhant and his agents around New York as they shopped some of the priciest properties in the city. That show was called “Million Dollar Listing New York.” and you did it anyway.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

1 brokerage by transaction side count announced the launch of eXp Exclusives , which will be open to eXp agents and their clients in the U.S. eXp Realty is looking to get into the exclusives game. On Tuesday, the nation’s No. and Canada. The app will also house all of eXp’s active MLS listings and the service is free to eXp Realty agents.

MLS

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The latest GDP report, Consumer Price Index findings and softer labor data seem to point towards a mild improvement in the economy, but Yun still sees some worrying signs to watch for in the new year. Meanwhile, he counts on home builders to ramp up new construction, as the existing-home inventory shortage lifts demand for new homes.

Sales

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, in addition to diversifying their portfolios, brokerage firm owners are keeping their cost structure under control to be profitable in a shrinking market. ” Amid the challenging landscape, Guerin, from New Jersey-based AFR, said the company doubled its efforts to do more renovation loans. 4-7, in Las Vegas.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

On Wednesday, the brokerage announced that Leominster, Massachusetts -based Lynn Walsh and Charlotte -based Victoria Speer are coming back to the firm. She has more than 25 years of real estate industry experience, and she specializes in lake properties and new construction. This earned her the No. million estate on Lake Norman.

Agents

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ruehrwein, who became a licensed agent in 2017 after working in the new construction industry for 28 years, serves clients in Rehoboth and surrounding Massachusetts towns, as well as East Providence and the Narraganset area of Rhode Island. “My Ruehrwein’s move was not the only major addition for RE/MAX in Massachusetts.

Closing

Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

The Hoboken, New Jersey -based team was previously brokered at RE/MAX Select and Fontaine has been with the RE/MAX brand for two-plus decades. Her achievements at RE/MAX include being inducted into the brokerage’s Hall of Fame (2008) and Circle of Legends (2018), as well as a Lifetime Achievement award (2011). million.

Technology

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The new construction industry was not blind to the impacts this will have on housing demand. Builders are starting on construction on fewer single-family houses, but they’ve been breaking ground on more apartments and condominiums. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. year over year.

Construction

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Rich DeNicola: My favorite HW+ article is the Real Trends Brokerage Compensation Report. It is a phenomenal resource for any brokerage owner. We all know the statistics on how new construction has lagged the needs of the country for the past decade. HousingWire: W hat has been one of your biggest learning opportunities?

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

You may have heard the good news: In recent weeks, several mortgage and real estate brokerage execs have exclaimed that we may have already reached the bottom of the market. It shows about 50 people waiting in line at an open house in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. The house ended up having five offers and sold for $50,000 over ask.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Bill Lublin with Century 21 Advantage Gold in the New Jersey and Philadelphia area is in a location where his brokerage is benefitting from the exodus from New York City. . “It’s been a circus, really,” said Anthony Lamacchia, Realtor and owner of Lamacchia Realty in the Boston suburbs.

Marketing

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Now add in the most recent news of outright fraud and embezzlement by Evergrande executives, and there is a chance the sector will drag down an already slowing Chinese economy. This could make raising capital for new construction projects harder, and more expensive, everywhere. However, even bad news often has a silver lining.

Marketing

Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2024

Some real estate agent Facebook pages showcase luxury homes or a style of home — while other agents choose to showcase their family, lifestyle, accolades, team members, market, brokerage brand, reputation or personality. Click “Create new profile or page.” When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

Agents

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients. So let your personality shine.

Agents

Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Founded by Steve and Jessica Poulos, the Washington brokerage serves the South Puget Sound area, focusing on Thurston, Pierce, Lewis, Mason and Grays Harbor Counties. Details: Steve and Jessica Poulos founded their brokerage in 2017. Jessica leads the majority of the brokerage operations with a focus on agent learning and development.

Brokerage

Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

a global industry leader and the most recognized name in real estate*, has continued its expansion in New York state with the affiliation of Patchogue-based Anchor Real Estate of Long Island, Inc. Gina is known for her knowledge of new construction, interior design, and condo transactions. Century 21 Real Estate LLC.,

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, part of the HSF Affiliates LLC family of real estate brokerage franchise networks, added Findlay, Ohio-based Koehler & Associates to its network. The company will add one office and thirty agents to the global brokerage network and operate as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koehler Realty.

Brokerage

RIS Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Last September, @properties launched a national franchise brand to offer broker/owners and top agent teams across the country access to the technology, marketing, training and business-development systems that made it one of the nation’s largest independent brokerage firms, said the company. Source: www.atproperties.com.

Brokerage

RIS Media

MARCH 16, 2022

The affiliation gives @properties Christie’s International Real Estate agents in Detroit and Dallas access to a luxury brokerage network with member firms in nearly 50 countries and territories, special marketing partnerships and referral opportunities with Christie’s. A second office, in Frisco, is opening soon. “As

Brokerage

RIS Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last month, Zillow made an announcement that was not much of a surprise to many across the industry: The portal-turned-iBuyer officially formed its own real estate brokerage, Zillow Homes. In order to gauge the industry’s reaction to the news, RISMedia launched a survey , gathering the insights of over 2,000 real estate professionals.

Brokerage

Realty Biz

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Engel & Völkers of East Greenwich announced today that Vickie Pizzarelli has joined its brokerage as a real estate advisor, where she specializes in new construction, residential sales, foreclosures, and short sales. Vickie was recently a featured cover agent in the November 2021 New England edition of Top Agent Magazine.

Brokerage

RIS Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This marks the brand’s 10th location in the state, adding 32 network agents to the global brokerage. The brokerage is led by industry veteran David McLemore who began his real estate career with Collins-Maury REALTORS® over two decades ago. He is also the owner of McLemore Home Builders specializing in residential new construction.

New Construction

RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Chicago-based @properties announced that it is launching a national franchise brand to offer broker/owners and agents access to the firm’s technology, marketing, training and business-development systems that have made it one of the top 10 brokerage firms in the country as an independent.

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