Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. The market is not great, so we aren’t often dealing with multiple-offer situations. It is no secret that many first-time homebuyers are struggling. So, just asking for it in the offer probably won’t disadvantage them.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Real Brokerage is keeping attendees of RISE, its third annual agent conference, on their toes. From the RISE stage in Las Vegas , Real unveiled three new products for agents and clients on Tuesday. Leo CoPilot can help agents generate automated marketing materials by leveraging data from an MLS.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

But in a turbulent housing market , it may have been this innovation that ultimately ended Redfin’s run as a standalone company. They still have to bear the cost of those agents, despite production not being there in a terrible housing market.” They’ve actually added agents rapidly in the last couple months.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2025

Compass has put forth a revised version of its seller disclosure form to clarify how its three-phase marketing strategy works including when and how listings are shared with the public. The Compass 3-Phased Marketing Strategy Client Disclosure Form expands on a version first introduced in 2024.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

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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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Collectively, the group brings more than $400 million in career sales and 500-plus closed transactions across Maryland markets, including Annapolis and Severna Park. Were always proud to partner with top brokerages and agents who share our commitment to delivering an exceptional experience for buyers and sellers across every market we serve.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The race is on for brokerages to capture clients in an incredibly difficult housing market, and Compass believes a new technology offering will give it an advantage. The brokerage on Monday launched Compass One, a client-facing portal that provides a guide through the process of both home buying and selling.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As real estate agents adjust to sweeping changes brought by the commission lawsuit settlement, a new report from discount brokerage Clever Real Estate reveals one thing hasn’t shifted: Americans still overwhelmingly trust full-service agents to sell their homes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FresYes Realty , one of California ‘s top real estate agent teams, has left the indie ranks to join The Real Brokerage. Farris, a Tom Ferry Team Coach , is also bringing his weekly FresYes Insider newsletter to the virtual brokerage. Founded in 2014, The Real Brokerage serves 49 states, D.C., million in volume.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Photo credit: AJ Canaria Hilary Saunders , the co-founder and chief broker officer at Side , sees the current challenges facing the real estate industry as yet another opportunity for brokerage models to further evolve. “I Through this, Saunders said, consumers began to realize the importance of staging, photography and online marketing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This goes for anything ranging from decisions about products and services to decisions about entering new markets. Instead, they pay the brokerage a flat fee per transaction. Like many other brokerages , United will be focused on growth in 2025. The need for this model is more apparent now than ever before.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That can include being a housing market expert and advising clients on the best times to list or buy a home; having referrals handy for inspections, repairs, staging and photography; understanding the mortgage origination process; and more. Also top of the list, agents are marketers. Now, it’s time to join a brokerage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We’ve learned a few things along the way, and if you’re thinking about selling your real estate brokerage firm, whether next month or five years from now, one of our biggest pieces of advice can be captured in two words — clean data. Valuation – The valuation stage can also be considered the preliminary due diligence stage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

The motions filed by Compass , eXp World Holdings , Redfin , Weichert Realtors and United Real Estate claim that the homebuyer plaintiffs are simply trying “to parrot the allegations they made in an amended complaint,” which was filed in the Batton 1 suit that consists of the same plaintiffs but a different group of brokerage defendants.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Alisande Heriyanto , vice president of product and tech support at The Corcoran Group , which focuses on the luxury home market, said on stage during HousingWire ‘s AI Summit in Dallas on Tuesday that the company is adopting AI in its product ecosystem to bring more efficiency to real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In fact, the sweet spot for acquisitions over the next couple of years is going to be the small one-office brokerage firms.” With the headwinds facing the real estate industry, Wright and Murray believe smaller brokerage firms will be looking for a place to land, making acquisitions a possibility for even one-office, 25 agent firms.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “And

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Redfin is expanding its Redfin Next agent payment plan into 25 new markets starting in August 2024. They also have all marketing expenses for listings paid for — including photography, staging, yard signs and other collateral materials. In an announcement on Friday, Redfin said that the payment plan would be rolling out Aug.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There is no question that the headline of the year in 2023 for many publicly traded brokerages was the commission lawsuits. At this stage there is obviously a wide range of potential outcomes of how the lawsuit storyline could unfold next year. An outcome like this would put additional pressure on a firm’s margins.

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Real Estate News

APRIL 4, 2025

Brokerage leadership coordinated a private listings push in the region despite MLS rules restricting pre-marketing and the risk of steep fines for agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Together, these obstacles are forcing agents and brokerages to hit the sidelines and plan against seemingly insurmountable odds like facing Brady and the Patriots in the Superbowl. If so, here’s how to return back to our roots and navigate an ever changing market. Isn’t that promising?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has added industry veteran Wendy Forsythe to its leadership team. On Thursday, the firm announced that Forsythe was joining eXp as its new chief marketing officer. She will also oversee eXp Realty’s brand management and advertising, as well as the firm’s digital marketing and public relations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Is the home being marketed effectively? Is the price aligned with current market conditions? Here are the initial items to check on: Marketing photos and description: Start by reviewing your marketing strategy. Inside, staging can make a huge difference. Sellers market : This happens when demand outweighs supply.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It can vary widely depending on the size of the team, its overall goals and the type of market it serves. The Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Team Team members focus on recruiting agents to build the team while receiving residual income for agents in their downline. Sellers agents: Listing agents specialize in representing sellers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

But we’re also diversifying in the field through our brokers as well as our local loan officers, and well be able to add to that through the Redfin acquisition as well here very soon, Lovier said on stage during the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Secondary and Capital Markets Conference in New York on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

To save you some time, here are Vetted by HousingWires top six real estate schools in Colorado: SCHOOL BEST FOR DELIVERY COST The CE Shop A real estate school you can stick to through all stages of your career, as they offer courses from pre-licensing through manager broker licensing. Does this brokerage offer the training and tools I need?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

. “ERA Real Estate has always been a powerhouse, steadily increasing its market share through community-focused initiatives,” said Alex Vidal , president of ERA Real Estate. Additionally, ERA will host “Day at the Park” events with MiLB teams in select markets. ”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Facing a challenging housing market can be daunting for agents and loan officers alike. As industry professionals grapple with uncertainties, market shifts and evolving dynamics, the key to thriving lies not only in adapting to change but also in embracing it as an opportunity for growth.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2025

The countdown is on to Zillow ’s new listing standards policy, which bans publicly marketed private listings. But Compass agents say they aren’t too worried as they go all in on promoting the company’s three-phase marketing strategy. Three-phase marketing isn’t for everybody,” Johnson said. “It

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? Lets dive in!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The Austin, Texas-headquartered real estate brokerage closed 1.22 Keller executives touted during a company meeting Monday that the 38-year-old brokerage made inroads with the luxury market last year: Keller posted over 25,000 closed transactions north of $1 million, a 34 percent gain from the prior year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

told attendees from the Palladium stage. Serhant relayed a story from the early stages of his career, in which he met a couple looking to buy a property in New York City. I mean, you have to fake it until you make it,” Goldentayer said about agents looking to break into the ultra-luxury market. It is super random.

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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

JUNE 4, 2024

The recent announcement of Homie’s decision to strip its brokerage services and end employment for its real estate agents has once again brought the discussion of alternative models in real estate to the forefront. I vividly recall when Homie first entered the market. That’s what discounted brokerages are for now.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2024

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