Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

The stagnant housing market has brokerages across the country on their knees, but The Real Brokerage isnt waiting for market conditions to improve to grow its business. Instead, its continuing to add agents at an explosive rate. Real credited its technology offerings and business model for the explosive growth in agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Chicago-based Maverick Systems is rapidly expanding its real estate data analytics platform nationwide, offering brokerages a new tool in the competitive landscape for experienced agents. The company is currently profiling about 200,000 real estate agents across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming the new norm for many real estate agents and brokerages. Real estate technology provider Delta Media released a new report that highlights a sharp jump in AI usage from last year. Delta Media considered these brokerages to be “medium to large.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

By contrast, legacy brokerages did not perform nearly as well. Anywhere Real Estate , Douglas Elliman, and eXpall among the largest in the country grew revenue less than 1%, 4%, and 7% year over year, respectively. Consumers purchase homes, but Compass touts its technology among prospective real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

When I started my first brokerage in my late twenties, I was full of ambition but had no idea what to expect. If your dream is to own your own brokerage and manage a team of top-performing agents, leading your team to success means much more than hanging a new license on your wall. The terms used vary by state.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

With market uncertainty, real estate agents had been sticking with their current brokerage., According to Relitix’s Agent Movement Index continues to rise on a seasonally adjusted basis as agents begin switching brokerages at a faster rate than 2023. but that’s all starting to change.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Relitix’s latest release of the Agent Movement Index (AMI) for April 2024 reveals a surprising shift in the dynamics of real estate agents , indicating potential changes in market conditions and strategies among brokerages. The propensity for agents to move has been increasing since early fall of 2023.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 10, 2025

Rocket Companies has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital real estate brokerage Redfin in an all-stock transaction for a value $1.75 Rocket and Redfins approaches to lending and brokerage service have always been two halves of one vision to make the whole home-buying process magical, said Kelman.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

RE/MAX frequently touts the experience and productivity of its agents, 135 of which made the 2024 RealTrends Verified + Tom Ferry The Thousand more than any other brokerage. In 2025, however, the real estate franchisor is looking to welcome in and foster the next generation of top agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Michele Harrington: After entering real estate sales right out of the Marine Corps , I built my own brokerage. Sanchez: When you look at the industry, only 26% of leadership positions in real estate are held by women, even though over 60% of real estate agents are women. Why is that?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Real estate agents who rely heavily on cold calling may need to rethink some of their marketing tactics. For real estate agents with a penchant for cold calling, this does not mean that they can no longer cold call. district court in Northern California in 2019.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

Filed on Monday in Missouri, the lawsuit’s lead plaintiff is Jeremy Keel, but other named plaintiffs include some well-known names in the real estate space, including Rhonda Burnett, Don Gibson, Daniel Umpa and Christopher Moehrl. Bough but by Judge Fernando J.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Watch any of the glamorous pseudo-reality real estate shows on TV, and you might be tempted to become a part-time real estate agent. Most of the agents you see on TV wearing $1500 outfits work 80+ hours per week. In my first few years in real estate, I regularly logged 50+ hour weeks.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

According to HomeLight ‘s Top Agent Insights report released this week, real estate agents are feeling this and are being forced to switch up tactics to attract buyers. HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. 30 and Nov. 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To help you find the best real estate website builder for your needs, our team of agents, brokers, and tech experts researched and ranked the best real estate website builders for 2024. Instead of learning to code or wrestling with WordPress, you can get your website up and running in an afternoon.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Theres no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to finding the right transaction management software for your real estate business. Whether youre running a large brokerage, managing a small team or working on your own, the right transaction management platform can take the worry out of compliance and lighten your workload.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The duo explore the current state of mergers and acquisitions, team-based brokerage models, commission compression, and growth opportunities for agents and brokers. To start the conversation, Velt and Murray dive into the current state of mergers and acquisitions in the real estate industry. What is the secret to that?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

In the wake of the recent NAR settlement , coupled with persistently sluggish home sales and high interest rates , real estate agents find themselves at a crossroads marked by uncertainty and unease. Amidst this backdrop, brokerages face a critical task; keeping their agent counts from diminishing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) is taking aim at 165 real estate agents, brokerage firms and landlords in its latest series of lawsuits filed in Chicago. The suit alleges that real estate professionals discriminated against low-income families who were looking to use Housing Choice Vouchers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The latest findings from Relitix’s Agent Movement Index (AMI) for March 2024 reveal a nuanced landscape in the real estate sector, with shifts in agent activities suggesting stabilizing and evolving market conditions. The agent movement reflects the relative mobility of experienced agents between brokerages.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2024

While they may not be as trendy as they once were, a well-crafted real estate agent Facebook page is still the best way to generate leads on social media. Your Facebook page can help you build your personal brand, network with other agents across the country (hello, referral partners!)

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Can you build a thriving real estate business on TikTok? She went from a brand new agent in 2020 to running her wildly successful boutique brokerage with Side in less than four years. When we caught Kina on a recent episode of the Real Estate Rockstars podcast, we had questions lots of them. Sound familiar?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Fathom Realty rolled out two new agent commission plans in 2024, and the brokerage isnt done yet. The plan is designed to help agents close more business. To back the new plan, Fregenal cited a survey showing that almost 90% of agents want more from their parent brokerages, but he offered no details on whats to come.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Launched in 2004, Redfin was named after the companys mission to redefine the real estate industry. It offered an innovative take on the agent compensation model and got a headstart on Zillow in the portal wars. They still have to bear the cost of those agents, despite production not being there in a terrible housing market.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In the six months since news of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement broke, agent attitudes toward the settlement’s required business practice changes have only slightly improved. This is according to a study published earlier this week by real estate technology firm Clever Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In 2011, he founded the innovative brokerage The Agency RE, and he recently launched a real estate agent trade group that aims to serve as an alternative to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). What types of brokerages do you think are better insulated from a potentially large drop in commissions?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

White-label brokerage Side is joining several other real estate firms in launching educational resources that are available to agents across the industry. On Thursday, the firm announced the launch of PartnerUp Coaching, a platform that allows agents to learn from other top agents in the industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Real estate companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve agent productivity, which they believe will be even more necessary due to changes to their commission structure — mainly on the buyer’s side. In June, the company launched a real estate assistantt, KWIQ , that is powered by generative AI.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

As a real estate agent , you’re in the business of helping people plan for their future — whether it’s helping prospective buyers find their forever home, starter house , or next investment property. But it can be even more difficult for real estate agents since many are self-employed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

According to the complaint, Newhart and the other defendants transferred “things of value,” specifically underpriced, nonvoting stock in Newhart-owned mortgage brokerages to real estate agents and brokers, who in return referred their clients back to the Newhart-owner mortgage brokerages.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Real estate agents appear to be more open to changing brokerages in 2024 compared to last year, according to a recent Coldwell Banker survey. The report found that 61% of agents plan to stick with their current company this year, down from 75% of agents in 2023.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

“As we continue to invest deeply into providing our KW-affiliated brokerages support for the development of their team leaders and operating principals, we are excited to welcome Shanan, who will spearhead those efforts,” KW President and CEO Mark Willis said in a statement. “An

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

“Most of the confusion we are seeing is from agents who don’t understand what has happened and even broker-owners who don’t understand changes have occurred.” Living up to its legacy Keller Williams is a franchise known for its agent education efforts. In the days immediately following Aug.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Real estate agent commissions have held steady since August, but there’s a divergence at different price points. The data is derived from sales by Redfin agents who have closed a transaction in October or are scheduled to by the end of the month. Redfin agents say the biggest difference since Aug.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Leading real estate brokerage William Raveis is making another game-changing acquisition before the new year. This week, the firm announced the acquisition of Nantucket, Massachussetts -based brokerage Jordan Real Estate (JRE). Several JRE agents serve on local boards and nonprofits across the island.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Under the terms of the settlement, agents will no longer be allowed to share their seller’s offers of buyer broker compensation on an MLS. Training on forms has been a central focus of brokerages across the country. And the agents are scared,” Lamacchia said. Like the athletes in Paris, Realtors and brokers across the U.S.

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