Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Lickstein helped craft an AI-powered tool designed to educate brokers and is currently developing a compliance framework. Tager focused more on the marketing implications, how his company has used generative AI to create marketing initiatives and shared thoughts on what the development of the technology could mean for the space overall.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shortly after EasyKnock acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes , the company appointed former Balance Homes co-founders Judd Schoenholtz and Aaron LaRue as chief revenue officer and chief technology officer, respectively. LaRue, meanwhile, will focus on the expansion of EasyKnock’s technology platform.

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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

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

APRIL 23, 2024

brands, including brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology. During his time as CMO he has increased profitability through affiliate-sourced acquisitions, built a more robust marketing infrastructure, developed CRM and analytics capabilities and created marketing plans to support emerging business opportunities.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Stone Point Capital has purchased Vista Equity Partners’ stake in real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies. ” Lone Wolf provides real estate technologies to over 1.5 million agents, 8,000 brokerages and hundreds of MLS ’ and associations in North America. The HousingStack is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He also often looks to the robust marketplace of technology tools available to help automate the mundane to ensure he stays focused on his skill set: delivering stellar customer service. What changes can you make to your day-to-day business practices, technology stack or marketing plan to help avoid these in the future?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

Recruitment is a crucial determinant of growth and success for real estate brokerages. Like your customer, the recruitment process can be visualized as a sales funnel, where potential recruits enter at the top, and the best-suited agents emerge at the bottom as ideal members of your team or brokerage.

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mortgage technology firm Xactus named Michael Crockett as its chief operating officer. Previously, he was EVP of product development at Credit Plus before Xactus acquired the company in September 2021. He previously served as the company’s chief data officer.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The brokerage noted that Lim will remain at Christie’s as a senior advisor and global brand ambassador, working to expand the relationship between the real estate business and the auction house, among other duties. Since leaving Compass in 2022 after a seven-year stint, he has consulted for real estate brokerages and proptech firms.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As such, it certainly feels like that pendulum is a labrys slicing through our brokerage firms. For even the most astute operators, it’s been nearly impossible to get out ahead of a decline this sharp, resulting in brokerage profitability taking a huge hit. Retain and develop. Spend less money than you make.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over half of Realtors said that social media was their top lead-generating technology tool, according to a new survey report from the National Association of Realtors. With 30% of brokerage business coming from referrals and repeat customers, it is critical for agents to build and maintain relationships with their clients.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Real estate development offers a wide range of career opportunities. There are diverse paths to explore, from entry-level positions in analysis and project management to specialized roles like Realtor and developer. Continuous learning and skill development are vital for career growth.

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

Austin-based real estate technology firm OJO is acquiring The LEAD Syndicate , a leverage platform for real estate professionals, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Now more than ever real estate agents and brokerages need a trusted ally so they can get back to basics and do what they do best.”

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Real Trends

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Looking to the year ahead as interest rates continue to climb, agents have no choice but to let go of an attachment to legacy business practices, lean into technology for increased business and consider how to expand their capabilities to serve even more clients. Like all leads, candidates need to be managed and nurtured for maximum output.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

The development is intriguing for a few reasons. But, ironically, the emerging NAR-Zillow proxy battle comes three months after Zillow announced it is an NAR-member real estate brokerage. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And it’s because of the software, because of the technology. I think it’s all because of the technology. Though plenty of loan originators and brokerage executives are stuffing their pockets with cash, his approach is rare – he personally develops his own software and sells it to other brokerages. .

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Inman

MAY 17, 2023

Tamir Poleg believes an in-the-works, consumer-facing app his brokerage is developing will dramatically alter the process of buying and selling a home.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Prevu , a real estate technology company on a mission to empower homebuyers, today announced that the company has completed the acquisition of assets pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with Reali, Inc. Terms of the asset transaction include the transfer of all technology and intellectual property rights related to Reali, Inc.’s

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Are you considering taking the leap of faith and heading out on your own, but you don’t know if you should start your own brokerage from scratch or purchase a real estate franchise? In my 28-year real estate career, I have built two independent brokerages and was an investor in two franchises with Keller Williams Realty.

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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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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 market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. Expanding access to home financing options.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 7, 2021

United® Real Estate announced it has recently been named a Top 100 technology company by banking group, D.A. Its annual ” The Herd ” highlights 100 of the top private technology companies in the United States. Davidson as a Top 100 technology company. billion and $4.8 billion, respectively. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

The buy is Compass’s first since the residential brokerage started publicly trading shares earlier this month. In effect, said one Bay Area broker, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, “All the agents in California were starting to use Glide for backroom technology.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Real Brokerage has appointed Christian Wallace as chief of integrated home services, the company announced on Thursday. Prior to joining the brokerage , Wallace worked at some of the leading companies in the industry, such as Rocket Homes , Better.com , Opendoor and Farmers Insurance. At Rocket Homes where Wallace worked from Feb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

HomeSmart is a growing real estate brokerage that may go public, but the company faces questions about its business model and the compensation of founder and CEO Matt Widdows. HomeSmart, like Compass , Keller Williams , eXp and other brokerages, states it has unique technology to modernize real estate.

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Brokerage Loan Officer Banks Agents 410

Inman

APRIL 20, 2023

Inman assembled a list of technology companies for customizing a tech-stack, specific to those brokers who look for flexibility, best-of-breed options and quicker roll-out.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Tech-fueled retail mortgage lender InstaMortgage has merged with mortgage broker shop All Cal Financial , a rare example of a top-performing brokerage switching channels. Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With this capital infusion, the company aims to accelerate its product development, grow its team and pursue market penetration with real estate brokerages, MLS associations and other proptech companies nationwide. “We TTV Capital , Moderne Ventures , Erez Capital and other venture capital firms led the round of investment.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. The GSE’s $8B profit in 2Q could buy most of the brokerage industry.

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Realty Biz

JULY 1, 2022

NYSE: COMP), a leading technology-enabled residential real estate brokerage, today announced the appointment of Dawanna Williams to its board of directors effective July 1, 2022. Williams currently serves as Founder and Managing Principal of Dabar Development Partners. Compass, Inc. About Compass.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

To make this goal a reality, Stellar has teamed up with MoxiWorks, who already powers the technology for 800 brokerages and 400,000 agents across the U.S. MoxiWorks also touts that its technology increases agents’ repeat and referral business by 54%, while lowering overall technology, training, and support costs for the brokerage.

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Inman

MAY 4, 2023

Tech-forward real estate brokerage Real is known for its combination of in-house software development and third-party partnerships. That tactic continues with its latest integration of Open AI’s ChatGPT.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

While it’s certainly buzzworthy technology, it’s been met with reticence in the brokerage world. In a recent RealTrends BrokerPulse , real estate brokerage leaders responded that they are embracing artificial intelligence (AI), they are doing so cautiously.

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