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Livian adds four real estate teams

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Real estate platform Livian has recently acquired four additional teams to bolster its roster to a total of 61 teams. We’re bringing together the best minds in the industry to elevate our services and redefine the future of real estate,” Adam Hergenrother, CEO of Livian, said in a statement.

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Kevin Sears discusses changes and challenges at NAR

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Nothing was off the table when National Association of Realtors (NAR) President Kevin Sears joined NextHome CEO James Dwiggins and chief strategy officer Keith Robinson on this week’s episode of their “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast. The commission is working on recommendations for changes within the organization.

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San Francisco-based OWN Real Estate makes the leap to Keller Williams

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San Francisco-based real estate team OWN Real Estate joined Keller Williams , the company announced on Wednesday. Founded by Wilson Leung, the team has 19 real estate agents and six staff members. In 2022, OWN Real Estate sold 80 homes, amounting to more than $107.1

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Redfin expands agent compensation plan to seven new markets

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Redfin is expanding an agent compensation plan it launched last year by adding seven new markets starting in May, the national real estate brokerage announced Thursday. Agents focus on closing deals while support staff handle the qualification of new clients, scheduling tours, and coordinating sales and listings.

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Kevin Sears pulls back the curtain on NAR’s commission lawsuit settlement

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Mere hours after news broke that Judge Stephen R. While the settlement protects roughly 1 million NAR members and hundreds of real estate brokerages nationwide, it does not provide protection for firms that recorded more than $2 billion in residential transaction volume in 2022, meaning that the nation’s largest brokerages are not protected.

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Top-producing Draper and Kramer LOs spurn NAF

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(DKMC) are not transitioning to the company’s acquirer, New American Funding (NAF), according to multiple sources and available public data. A former Draper and Kramer LO who is not joining NAF said that sales staff began leaving in November 2023, and some top LOs announced their transition to other companies earlier in January.

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ALTA celebrates victory over title insurance alternatives, unveils new logo

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ALTA’s new look comes after a year that saw the title industry deal with plenty of unprecedented challenges, the largest being Fannie Mae’s title waiver pilot program. In August, however, news broke that Fannie had decided to scrap the pilot program before it had even launched. Rattikin said to raucous applause.

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