Realty Biz

APRIL 4, 2023

ERA Real Estate , a global franchising leader within the Anywhere SM portfolio of brands, has named ERA Doty Real Estate based in Jonesboro, Ark., and ERA TEAM Real Estate based in Conway, Ark., as the winners of its ERA ® Gene Francis Memorial Award for Top All-Around Company.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A copycat commission lawsuit filed on Thursday by home sellers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accuses 47 real estate industry defendants of allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

An amended complaint in the Phillips copycat commission lawsuit filed on Wednesday in northern Georgia names a slew of additional defendants, as well as three new plaintiffs. Originally filed in late November, the Phillips lawsuit accuses real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

On Tuesday, the nation’s largest brokerage by transaction side count announced that it had named Kendall Bonner as its new vice president of industry relations. Bonner has more than a decade of experience working in the real estate industry and has been a licensed attorney since 2003.

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Realty Biz

MARCH 21, 2022

ERA ® Real Estate , a global franchising leader within the Realogy family of brands, has named ERA Team VP Real Estate based in Chautauqua, N.Y., as the winner of its Gene Francis Memorial Award for Top All-Around Company. William “Bill” Soffel started the company in 1990 and joined the ERA network in 2004.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

The legendary billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway , Warren Buffett , has found himself at the center of one of the nation’s largest real estate commission lawsuits. Buffett’s firm Berkshire Hathaway owns 92% of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company and real estate firm HomeServices of America is a subsidiary of the company.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

On Monday, the independent brokerage announced that it had acquired Springfield, Massachusetts-based Sears Real Estate. Founded in 1971 by Paul Sears, Sears Real Estate is owned and operated by the family of current National Association of Realtors president Kevin Sears. Based in Waltham, Mass.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The commission lawsuits have arrived in Texas , but the QJ Team suit, named after its lead plaintiff, isn’t like your Moehrl , Sitzer/Burnett , March , Gibson or Batton 2 commission lawsuits. a holding company headed by DS News founder Mark Hulme, in the U.S. It is, however, named as a co-conspirator along with Anywhere and RE/MAX.)

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Agent Fire

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Are you struggling with coming up with a good real estate company name? Check out our 11 tips to help you come up with the best possible name for YOUR real estate company. How To Pick A Good Real Estate Company Name is just one of many great real estate strategies on The Spark.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Realty ONE Group International , a global real estate franchise, recently promoted five women to drive the company’s global growth. Cory Vasquez was promoted to the position of co-president, alongside Vinnie Tracey, who has been the company’s president since 2017. The company ranked No.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On Wednesday, home seller plaintiffs in northern Georgia filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. This system, with its veiled surcharges, illegally warps the real estate market.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a document filed on Monday, the counsel for the home seller plaintiff Joseph Masiello notified the federal court in Arizona that it was voluntarily dismissing defendant Walt Danley Local Luxury , an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate , from the suit. Defendants in other copycat commissions suits have been dismissed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Anywhere Real Estate named Joseph Z. Lenz to its board of directors, the company announced on Thursday. ” Lenz has extensive experience helping companies navigate investments across different capital structures, as well as investor and legal affairs. The appointment will be effective starting Feb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. I’m talking about more than naming yourself John Doe Realty and ripping a logo off of Canva. To me, branding a company is a chance to define yourself for the market and build a recognizable and memorable identity. Think again.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Though the suit takes aim at NAR’s Participation Rule, it does not name NAR as a defendant.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

The fast-growing real estate firm The Real Brokerage just added to its agent count. Salt Lake City-based agent and team leader Dustin Brohm announced Monday that he and his teamerage , the Massive Agent Team , are leaving eXp Realty to join Real. Real operates as one big company,” Brohm said. “At

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The terms of Anywhere Real Estate ‘s $83.5 “We believe this is the right course of action to remove future uncertainty and ongoing legal expense, serving the best interests of the company, our affiliated agents and franchisees, and shareholders, and enabling Anywhere to focus on moving real estate to what’s next.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Nearly a dozen real estate industry firms have been named as defendants in the 118 data privacy lawsuits filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey over the past 10 days by Atlas Data Privacy Corp. The law is named after Daniel Anderl, the son of a federal judge.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

If you are in a state where the title company has resources that can help you identify hot spots in the market, reach out to them to find those places with the higher rate of turnover. Maybe they didn’t want to give you the real timeframe to keep you at a distance or something has changed in their life. I hope your year is going well.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

District Court for the Western District of Missouri , the lawsuit is named after its lead plaintiff, Maryland home seller Daniel Umpa. Defendant United Real Estate also filed a motion to strike the class allegations, which it said were “to protect arbitration and class action waiver rights.” Filed in late 2023 in the U.S.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Scott Real Estate has brought on Monty D. Smith as the company’s new company growth officer (CGO). Smith brings more than 25 years of diverse real estate experience, both from a regional and national level, to this newly-created position. Scott Real Estate,” said Smith.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 1, 2024

1, 2024, is accepting beneficial-ownership information reports from existing and newly created companies, a mandate that applies to many real estate-related entities. Information required for the report includes the name, date of birth, address and a valid ID (such as a non-expired passport or U.S. driver’s license).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The plaintiffs who signed the contract, however, sued a non-signatory parent company of the signatory brokerages, which “asserted liability based on the non-signatory’s relationship with its subsidiary.” Under Missouri state law, HomeServices of America would have needed to have been named as a third-party beneficiary on the client contracts.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Listings jumped at both the state and city levels in 2021 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

The homebuyer plaintiffs in the Batton II commission lawsuit in Illinois made the decision to voluntarily dismiss defendant Howard Hanna Real Estate Services from the lawsuit without prejudice. Howard Hanna Real Estate declined to comment on the development. In a document filed on Monday with U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Anywhere Real Estate’s executive team will soon have new faces. The firm announced Monday that it had named Rudy Wolfs as its chief technology officer, and that Melissa McSherry is stepping down from her role as the real estate behemoth’s chief operating officer. Wolfs appointment is effective Feb.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Online real estate market provider CoStar Group has sued former Homesnap founder Guy Wolcott and three others for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to its online information platform feeding its various marketplace products, including Homes.com and Apartments.com , according to court documents obtained by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This year, 100 honorees were selected for their outstanding leadership in the midst of market volatility. Congratulations to this year’s Vanguards honorees. Take a look at the full list below.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Susan McClain was named vice president of agent success, a role in which she will focus on increasing agent support and satisfaction. As we navigate a fluctuating economic landscape, it is crucial that we continue to innovate and double down on our growth efforts, ensuring that eXp Realty remains a leader in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With a deep knowledge of our company and our culture, Mark is well-suited to lead us through our next growth phase,” said Gary Keller, co-founder and executive chairman of KW in a statement. He left the company in 2016. He takes over at a critical point in the real estate industry. All three parties plan to appeal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

We’re pleased to collaborate with Qualia with the most accurate title and settlement services company data available in the industry,” Diane Tomb , the CEO of ALTA, said in a statement. It also notes each location’s “readiness” for remote online notarization. The registry is free and ALTA membership is not required to be part of it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Keller Williams was named to an additional class-action lawsuit that takes issue with alterations made to the brokerage’s profit-sharing program. It stated that associates who joined the brokerage on or after April 1, 2020, and subsequently jumped to a competitor would lose their revenues from the company’s lifelong revenue program.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Plaintiffs in Florida and Pennsylvania filed lawsuits on Monday, accusing real estate industry players of allegedly colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. More home sellers on the East Coast are getting in on the commission lawsuit action. Both lawsuits are seeking class-action status.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. This year 75 honorees were honored as HW Insiders. Congratulations to the 2023 HW Insiders!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

They navigate capital markets, execute strategic growth initiatives and facilitate accretive M&A deals. The 2024 Finance Leaders exemplify excellence.” ” Take a look at the full list of this year’s honorees below!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Friday’s bombshell – the National Association of Realtors ‘ proposed $418 million settlement of real estate commission lawsuits – set off a frenzy of trading for stocks in the residential real estate sector. Zillow For years, Zillow has dominated online home listings.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The company also increased its agents count by 4%, reaching 14,055 principal agents in Q3. Additionally, Compass posted a 98% principal agent retention rate for the quarter —the second-highest retention rate since the company went public in April 2021. For the second consecutive quarter, Compass achieved its free cash flow goal.

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