Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Following this move, 150 agents are joining Real’s platform and strengthening its presence in ROVI’s areas. CEO Steve Rovithis founded the company to offer agents and clients alternative methods to “traditional franchise models.” Steve Rovithis ROVI Homes arrived on the scene in 2015.

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APRIL 2, 2025

Redfin has conducted a survey of its agents across the industry to gauge key insights into the challenges and opportunities facing todays real estate professionals. In its 2025 Industry Survey , Redfin dug deeper into how real estate agents view their careers, the housing market, and other hot-button industry issues. Only 21.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Another thing that we’ve also done which also helps our agents, not just our affiliates is that weve taken a personality profile and turned it into a quiz with AI.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. For us, probably the biggest change has just been a refocus on the engagement that our agents have with the consumer at the inception of a real estate transaction,” Kelly said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Real estate license reciprocity means an agent or broker’s ability to get licensed and operate or practice in a new state, whereas real estate license portability refers to an agent or broker’s ability to conduct a single transaction across state lines. But the agent must do it remotely. What is real estate license reciprocity?

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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. This violates Illinois House Bill 2775, which makes it illegal for landlords, brokers and agents to discriminate against housing applicants who seek to use vouchers to pay their rent.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The third day of the highly consequential Sitzer/Burnett class action buyer broker commission lawsuit included a deep dive into the training materials used by various brokerages and the testimony of three of the named plaintiffs. From this, Ketchmark said Keller Williams teaches its agents that a “model will work for you if you follow it.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Youve likely heard about real estate teams and how they can impact your career but what exactly are they, and why are so many agents joining or building teams? Our goal is to help educate you on what a real estate team is, how they work and the types of agents who thrive on teams. If youre reading this article, youre not alone.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the newest episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast, hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Robert Morris, a real estate broker, trainer and veteran agent at Keller Williams Capital Properties. So, in having conversations with new agents, they’re learning the right way. Vision Course.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

He accused the firm along with executives Glenn Sanford , Leo Pareja , Patrick ONeill and James Bramble, as well as eXp agent Megan Featherston of engaging in fraudulent practices, conspiracy and negligence. It also lists Karla Sanders, eXps agent compliance officer, and Sarah Ford, eXp’s managing broker for Ohio, as defendants.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

They also explore the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement , agent training deficiencies and more. There’s been multiple studies showing that compensation is starting to decrease — especially on the buyer’s agent side. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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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. Additionally, agents must still adhere to existing restrictions through the National Do Not Call Registry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the role, Steere will be charged with “reimagining core market center leadership training,” with the hope of recruiting future leaders to the company. “As Steere started her career as a real estate agent in 1997 and joined a KW affiliate in 2004, later launching a KW franchise in Shawnee, Kansas.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Several JRE agents serve on local boards and nonprofits across the island. “Those who are looking to buy, sell, and rent homes onNantucketor elsewhere will also benefit from our combined local expertise and dynamic agent referral network throughout the Northeast,Florida, and the Carolinas.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

Hochul is seeking to mandate specialized training for bank tellers and other banking professionals in New York to identify and stop instances of elder financial abuse before they take place, according to a report from Newsday. Older Americans are often targets of financial scams by bad actors, and New York Gov.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In some states, the door has been open for many years to real estate agents who want to access their local MLS without being a Realtor. More choices for agents PAR refers to its non-Realtor option as MLS Choice. But controversy has been rising of late after actions by associations in Phoenix and Austin.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

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. A note about terminology In some states, an entry-level real estate salesperson is called a broker instead of an agent. The terms used vary by state. Get a meeting.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Divya Aathresh, founder and CEO of MaxHome.AI , to talk about the startup’s goals and how using artificial intelligence to solve real estate’s back-office problems will free up agents to do what they love best. I spent four years at Better and shadowed our own in-house agents.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Real Luxury , as the division will be known, will focus on helping luxury agents and teams, as well as their exclusive clients. The firm said that the launch of Real Luxury is in response to the growing number of luxury real estate agents and teams joining Real. “We

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

have been busy training and preparing to be ready for Aug. 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. In only a matter of weeks, real estate professionals nationwide will find out whether their training has paid off.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Conrad discusses best practices for transparent conversations between listing agents and sellers, the value of educating sellers on the new buyer agent compensation agreements , and ways to show your value as a professional agent. She also explores JPAR’s agent training and resource efforts.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

In the constantly evolving real estate landscape, Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) today face a significant challenge: agent attrition. As interest rates have remained comparatively high and property prices have soared, the for-sale market has stalled, resulting in many agents now selling only a few properties a year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

With a 67% annual increase in agent count to 16,680 agents during the first quarter of 2024 , it is no surprise that The Real Brokerage also recorded an 86% annual increase in revenue to nearly $201 million. That means we believe a skilled agent will outperform an unskilled agent 10 to 1.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The latest release data as of August 2024 indicates a significant decline in agent mobility, with the seasonally adjusted AMI metric hitting a new record low. This trend suggests that agents are increasingly less likely to consider switching brokerages as we head into the fall season. a monthly score of 94.7, a monthly score of 94.7,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Additionally, the Pilot poses unnecessary risk by removing expert title agents from the refinance process,” the letter states. The average amount for fraud and forgery claims has jumped to $143,000. The caucus chairs concluded their letter by asking Thompson to answer five questions before the end of the week.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, the tactical approach of regular check-ins and focusing on retention as a cornerstone of fortifying your real estate agent ranks is often underestimated or overlooked. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average tenure of an agent with a brokerage is six years.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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. We’ve always been a new-agent company. Our licensing school brings in brand-new agents, whom we train and develop to help them become superstars.

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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

JULY 24, 2024

We will be able to continue to serve our clients the same way we have for over two decades, while giving our agents access to cutting-edge technology, world-class training and the financial upside that comes with access to health benefits resources and ownership in a fast-growing company,” Michael Kaim said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This is evident when you ask any highly successful agent where they find their clients. That’s wonderful and something to be admired, yet I’ve had many agents who are earlier in their careers ask me HOW these agents built this referral machine. Asking for referrals can be intimidating for some agents and it can feel sales-y.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

The data are sobering: The Agent Movement Index , the number of experienced Realtors switching brokerages each month, was at its lowest level since 2016. The number of agents switching brokerages is ticking upward and markets are stabilizing across the country. If you want to learn how to recruit agents, now is the time.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The role of the buyer’s agent has been turned on its head and Lone Wolf Technologies wants to help. The real estate software company is launching a “Buyer’s Agent Club” that is designed to assist agents in navigating an uncertain time in the industry through resources, tools and training.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Consumers purchase homes, but Compass touts its technology among prospective real estate agents. Because agents are the heart of the business. Real estate agent may be a single term, but it covers a multitude of functions: presentation, negotiation, consolation, trouble-shooting, travel, project management.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

In my circle, I hear this often about real estate agents as well (“They hardly do anything and get 6%!”). In a later article, I will devote pages and vent my spleen at those who thus insult teachers and farmers, but here I will do so in favor of the much maligned real estate agent. Good agents do a lot more than simply show houses.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

We sat down with Laura to learn how she did it and her best tips for agents who want to generate warm leads from Facebook Groups. Contrary to what many new agents think, most people are hungry for expert real estate advice, even if theyre not looking for a home. You already have a common interest! Facebook Groups are the same thing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Under the new law, if a deed or mortgage is filed with the clerk of a superior court for recording by a self-filer i.e., a person who is not an insurance agent, attorney, bank or credit union agent, mortgage lender or servicer, land surveyor or public official it must be submitted via electronic filing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

With the industry quickly changing and the market conditions that we are facing, the impact of both having this strong network of our affiliated agents and brokers, but also the power of the scale of our organization behind them is really evident. I have also learned a lot about the power of scale.

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