Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

She was nominated as a 2022 HW Insider for her work in building the company’s digital closing platform from the ground up. Be it new experimental technology, legislation or regulation to respond to, disruptive proptech models, shifting market dynamics and so on,” said Price. What’s on the horizon?

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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?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Low-cost residential real estate brokerage is not necessarily a new phenomenon. RE/MAX was probably the most radical low-cost ‘disruptor’ this market has ever seen. Some may also charge other fees for such things as Errors & Omissions insurance, desk rental, technology, etc.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The impact of COVID on the real estate market is significant and has forever changed the way our industry operates. 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.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Chime’s all-in-one CRM and sales acceleration platform is designed to help real estate agents, teams, and brokerages close more deals faster. The platform combines IDX websites, lead generation, marketing automation, advanced lead management, and powerful AI to cost-effectively capture and convert leads into new business.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2021

The company, which is expected to go public later this year, has agreed to acquire United Kingdom-based digital mortgage brokerage Trussle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported that SoftBank -backed Better bought Trussle for a “cut-price,” one that values the mortgage brokerage at just $9 million.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2024

Jansta joins Xome from Altisource , where he served for two years as the chief marketing officer. Mike’s passion for leveraging technology to facilitate online property auctions makes him a perfect fit for Xome,” the company said in the post.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Brokerage giants RE/MAX and Keller Williams announced second-quarter numbers Friday, reflecting a business environment that had its share of ups and downs as a result of COVID-19. According to the company, in Q2, 122 million home searches were conducted across the KW App, KW.com, and market center and agent websites. “The U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. Specifically, housing markets like Portland, Maine , Bay City, Mich. markets; by December 2020, prices were already up 23.6% Pueblo, Colo. ,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Spurred by the impact of the coronavirus, the partnership closed more than 1,600 RON transactions in the first half of 2020, a more than 200% increase over the 500 RON transactions that they closed in all of 2019, the companies told HousingWire. “We We have continued to grab market share.” It’s a welcome improvement.”. “We’ve

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A friend of mine is a successful real estate professional in a competitive market. 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 built his business on an existing strong sphere. Can you replicate it?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2022

With mortgage rates now north of 6% and the stock market officially in bear territory, two of America’s most prominent real estate brokerages instituted large-scale layoffs and halted expansion efforts. Its foray into iBuying has hurt its bottom line, and its business model is vulnerable to sudden shifts in the market.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This is the third update to the market map and includes over 100 additional companies — a testament to the pace of entrepreneurship in this segment.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Residential brokerage Compass took another step toward becoming a publicly traded company Tuesday, declaring it intends to sell common stock at a share price of between $23 and $26. would give the brokerage a “fully diluted market value of $12.5 How to Diversify Your Brokerage to Weather Economic Hardship.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

“It means access to the industry’s leading technology platform and a vast agent referral network that will yield the greatest returns over time.” The Beinfield Team was the ninth-best small team in Connecticut based on sales volume, closing nearly $67.2

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Bandemer Team , led by Corinna and Brooke Bandemer, BaseCamp Homes , led by Jon Mottern, Ivy House Group , led by Alexis Shoop and Benjamin Babbitt, and The Sundberg Group , led by Rian Sundberg, are the four latest recruits of the brokerage. Compass entered the Colorado market in 2016 and now has 13 offices and 1,100 agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

One potential stream that quickly comes to mind is the potential of capturing title and closing business. For the most part, many brokerages and real estate agents on the buyer’s side of the transaction have continued on with a “business as usual” approach until we have certainty as to the true impact.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Although Compass failed to achieve its much publicized goal of being free cash-flow positive in 2023, brokerage executives were still positive about the company’s performance over the past year. Despite these massive headwinds, we have positioned Compass for significant upside when the market begins to recover.” million in 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The tool will allow agents to tap directly into digital marketing and generate leads. ” In the past, low-fee brokerages were thought to be low service. Low-fee brokerages, according to Scott Wright , partner with RTC Consulting, “Low-cost brokerage has kicked brokers in the teeth over the years.

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Propmodo

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

But its new partnership with Microsoft for AI solutions could close the gap. Cushman & Wakefield employees will use Copilot to work alongside these programs to provide suggestions, and it can generate, analyze, and explore data across the brokerage’s documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and more.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

“Our third quarter results reflect the headwinds experienced from increased mortgage interest rates that have significantly impacted the market. The market has shifted away from refinance towards purchase and commercial transactions, which is where we are stronger. And consequently, we are growing our market share.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Real estate technology company reAlpha Tech Corp. Claire boasts a conversational interface to guide users through every step of the homebuying journey, from property search to deal closing. The tool helps match buyers with the ideal property while providing insights into market trends and property values.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Maggie Wu has returned to Compass , and she’s bringing her four-person The W Team to the New York brokerage. In December 2021, she had left Compass to join the young brokerage SERHANT. With the move, Wu returns to where she began her career as junior partner on the Jing Chen Team in 2019. where she launched her own team.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Lenders and mortgage tech companies have been cutting costs in the down market , but some firms have hired new executives who they hope will provide better strategies to navigate the shrinking loan origination market. for Planet Home Lending, will focus on increasing market share by adding branches and loan originators.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Another known fact is that at least one firm, Redfin , which gets over 50 million unique visitors on its website each month and offers discounted listing and lower-cost buy-side commissions, is available in most of the metropolitan markets in the United States. Despite that, it has less than 1% market share of all transactions.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

The mortgage and real estate industries are quickly adapting to technological advances in order to keep up with consumer demands and the changing markets. It encompasses brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology companies like Real Results, Verus Title and Encompass Lending. Register here.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

The emerging real estate brokerage model is starting to include more and more services in order to stay competitive. Or, have brokerages started to focus in on partnering when it comes to innovative decisions? ” Join us at HW Annual for the content, connections and technology you need to win in this environment.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Despite low inventory, the housing market is expected to remain strong in 2021 due to low mortgage rates. Real estate brokers need to be able to target these clients effectively, so they can close deals quickly. And with this housing boom will come even more questions from homeowners who want to know their housing options.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Volatile mortgage rates and economic uncertainty have rocked the housing market this year, challenging mortgage lenders, real estate agents, title companies and appraisal firms to adapt quickly to changing conditions. After just one year from its launch in 2020, the brokerage became the most followed real estate brand in the world.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

PLACE , the real estate technology platform, appointed Brendon Burchard, a leading personal growth coach to the role of chief growth advisor. ” Founded in 2020, PLACE is a leading real estate technology platform working with teams across a variety of brokerages and geographies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In The home equity investment is a new concept for many homeowners and is still small compared to the size of the traditional mortgage market. billion have been completed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A powerhouse in the Chicagoland area, the brokerage firm is now expanding to to other areas. Wong and Golden discuss their franchising strategy, their technology platform and their strategic plan for the coming year. Thad Wong: We wanted to have the first franchises be close to home. Dallas is further.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2021

To stay up to data on real estate brokerage news, please check out RealTrends’ BrokerSource newsletter. Durkin will continue to lead the brokerage , its operations, technology initiatives, and strategic growth efforts across the United States. 6 by closed sales volume and No. Douglas Elliman is ranked No.

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