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Real estate teams are winning big. Is the solo agent era over?

Housing Wire

LPT Realty achieves growth by tailoring compensation models to the career stage of its real estate agents, from newbies who get the most out of a flat-fee model to superstars who like a traditional split. Some brokerages have rules that disincentivize agents to join teams because they make more money if they stay solo.

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Virtual staging: The best apps for 2025 + mind-blowing AI picks

Housing Wire

Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? The days of AI-staged photos that look more like Salvador Dali paintings than comfy living rooms or HGTV-ready kitchens are long gone. The images todays virtual staging companies can create using AI are shockingly realistic and, dare we say it, stylish. We think it is.

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Compass’s recent performance points to the future of real estate brokerage

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By contrast, legacy brokerages did not perform nearly as well. Among publicly traded companies, Compass has done technology development and implementation better than most of its peers. And among privately held brokerages, the one executing most effectively on what Compass is proving in the public markets is SERHANT.

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FirstTeam begins national expansion, introduces new agent compensation plan

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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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How to leverage a growth mindset to drive our industry (and your business!) forward

Housing Wire

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. AI for example, continues to take the main stage and rightfully so.

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Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman: ‘We do tech so you can do real estate’

Housing Wire

Dwiggins: Tell us a little bit about the acquisition of Virtual Staging AI and the strategy for that. Wacksman: It’s a great young company that has innovated a way to do virtual staging. Dwiggins: With this app, how do you balance between what the agents and the brokerage want with the sellers’ wants?

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Meet Collov AI: The world’s first listing marketing AI agent built for real estate

Housing Wire

Staging a home can make or break a sale but the traditional approach is broken. Even the traditional virtual staging solutions take days to turnaround, while todays buyers make decisions to attend an open house onlineoften in seconds. Collov AI : A smarter, faster and an AI way to stage Collov Inc. ,

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