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Top New England indie brokerage Bean Group joins eXp Realty 

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New England-based independent brokerage Bean Group has made the leap to eXp Realty. It is the first brokerage to join eXp Realty through Boost, eXp’s newly released brokerage incentive program. Bean Group, which had been affiliated with LeadingRE , is one of the top brokerages in Northern New England.

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Century 21 welcomes two new affiliates

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The brokerage was founded in 2004 by broker-owner Herman Herrera, a retired U.S. In the two decades since its founding, the brokerage has closed over $1 billion in sales volume. The San Francisco Bay area brokerage will now do business as Century 21 Bay Realty. The firm is now doing business as Century 21 Standard Real Estate.

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Facing heat, Douglas Elliman CEO Howard Lorber is retiring

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The New York-based brokerage announced Lorber’s retirement on Tuesday. Lorber has served as Douglas Elliman board chairman since 2003. While some at Douglas Elliman may be sad to see Lorber go, his time at the brokerage was not without scandal. Long-time Douglas Elliman chairman and CEO Howard Lorber is retiring.

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Kendall Bonner named vice president of industry relations at eXp

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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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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

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In down markets, the best agents and the best brokerages gain market share,” Reffkin, the CEO of Compass, told investors and analysts during his firms first-quarter 2024 earnings call on Wednesday evening. “We First, more buyers are using agents in 2023 than in 2003. We are a company of top agents.”

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CoStar Group hires Freddie Mac’s Christian Lown as CFO

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a student loan servicer he joined in 2003. Homes.com focuses on selling homes and building brands for agents and brokerage firms. In the meantime, the enterprise has started the process to identify a successor. Before joining Freddie Mac, Lown was the chief financial officer of Navient Corp. ,

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Keller Williams faces three lawsuits tied to its profit-sharing program 

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Hill — have taken legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing three separate class-action lawsuits, Inman first reported on Tuesday. The following day, Bueker, a former KW agent from 2003 to 2011, filed a similar complaint in the U.S. Three agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty — Jerri L. Moulder, David L.

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