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Marcus Skenderian Real Estate Group returns to Compass

Housing Wire

“Compass has the best tools and technology in the industry, allowing us to operate at efficiencies we’ve only been dreaming of for the past three years,” Skenderian said in a statement. The Marcus Skenderian Real Estate Group works across commercial real estate , architecture, construction , development and residential sales.

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Opinion: All the ways the class-action commission lawsuits are misguided

Housing Wire

In fact, considering inter-family and estate transfers as well as for-sale-by-owners, as many as 20% of all transactions may not include the use of an agent. Consumers have had lots of choices in brokerage services, including those with lower costs, but they have chosen not to use them in any meaningful way.

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Proptech bettor First American looks toward mortgage tech and CRE

Housing Wire

The title insurance space isn’t generally known for placing outsized bets on technology. We caught up with Hurst to talk about his new role and why the firm is looking to invest in commercial real estate tech startups and mortgage tech firms. The second area we have been focused on is commercial real estate. As of Sept.

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Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Housing Wire

In fact, there aren’t many mortgage lenders, builders or real estate brokerages that haven’t at least fleetingly entertained the notion. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? And why not? CREs need not go it alone.

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Market Map: 240 Real Estate Technology Companies Transforming Today’s Housing Market

GeekEstate

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 market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. As such, we’ve included the Blend logo in those areas.

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Title insurers turn profits even as the market cools

Housing Wire

In addition, both non-commercial and commercial title revenue were down, with yearly decreases of 18% and 5%, respectively. The market has shifted away from refinance towards purchase and commercial transactions, which is where we are stronger. The firm’s title segment reported an operating revenue of $647.9 year over year. “We’ll

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First American beefs up intellectual property efforts

Housing Wire

The company also contributed to a $30 million Series A funding round by tech-focused commercial real estate brokerage Lev. The sales were made with Safeco Insurance , a Liberty Mutual company, and Heritage Insurance Holdings. The company announced a healthy $7.1 billion in total 2020 revenue, $1.1

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