Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FresYes Realty , one of California ‘s top real estate agent teams, has left the indie ranks to join The Real Brokerage. Jason Farris and his 50-agent team were the top large team in California by sides in 2021, according to the RealTrends 2022 rankings. million in volume.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Right-to-list agreement firm MV Realty has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 33 states. MV Realty currently faces lawsuits in multiple states for allegedly misleading consumers and homeowners. MV Realty operated in 33 states and has more than 500 real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Arizona -based brokerage LUXE Realty welcomed Jack Luciano and Raul Siqueiros as director of estates division and director of new development, respectively, the company announced on Thursday. The two real estate agents were formerly associated with The Agency Scottsdale.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Knoxville, Tennessee -based Realty Executives have gained some top-producing agents. The founders of RE/MAX Preferred Properties , Ryan, Rich and Patti Levenson, are joining Realty Executives, according to an announcement on Wednesday. 99 agent in Tennessee by sales volume in the RealTrends America’s Best rankings, closing 54.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

On Tuesday, Coldwell Banker Realty announced the affiliation of top-ranked small team The Lara & Chelsea Collaborative. Founded and run by Lara O’Rouke and Chelsea Robinson, the team — which consisted of five agents in 2023 — serves clients in the Wellesley, Massachusetts , area. The team specializes in luxury listings.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

California-based RE/MAX Proper has acquired All Nations Realty and Investments , an independent brokerage in Rancho Cucamonga. In total, 126 agents and staff members at All Nations have joined RE/Max Proper, increasing the total agent count to 203, up from 70 when the former indie brokerage affiliated with the RE/MAX brand in May.

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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

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

OCTOBER 7, 2024

MV Realty is facing more legal action, this time in Minnesota. The firm — which is now infamous for its right-to-list agreements — is being sued along with its Minnesota branch, MV Realty of Minnesota , and the companies’ shared executive, Amanda Zachman.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The Real Brokerage announced Thursday the addition of several new teams across the U.S. last month as the publicly traded company pushed its agent count above 19,000. Real has experienced rapid growth since the start of the year, a trajectory that it credits in part to the addition of its Private Label and Pro Teams programs.

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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. The power of branding in real estate In the real estate world, there’s a prevailing belief that “You are the brand” as an agent.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Training on forms has been a central focus of brokerages across the country. Personally, I haven’t done so much training on forms myself in over a decade,” said Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Massachusetts-based Lamacchia Realty. And the agents are scared,” Lamacchia said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Here’s why: Good software might help your brokerage stay afloat in a post-lawsuit market. The looming chaos from the commission lawsuits sure isn’t helping.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

California is the latest state to take a stand against the right-to-list agreement business plan of now bankrupt brokerage MV Realty. On Tuesday, the office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that it was granted a preliminary injunction against Florida-based MV Realty after filing a lawsuit in December 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Brokerages took notice, resulting in a surge in companies and office locations competing for their share of listings, according to CoreLogic multiple-listing service data shared exclusively with HousingWire. In this environment of high rates and tight inventory, brokerages have had to become sharp elbowed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

A successful brokerage that operates across much of the country is taking its talents to eXp Realty. CanZell Realty has joined eXp, allowing the brokerage to expand in 20 states with a single addition. For me, this move was about being able to do more for my agents and clients,” Ray said in a statement. “By

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The slower housing market and uncertain economic conditions took their toll on the number of real estate brokerages and firms that were named to Inc. Last year , over 60 real estate brokerage firms or real estate teams made the list, but this number shrank to just 36 in 2023.

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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. 9, are available to agents across the industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

eXp World Holdings , the parent company of eXp Realty , said its profit soared to a record in the second quarter as the dollar-volume of transactions rose 26% from a year earlier to $13 billion. The post eXp Realty reports 33% revenue growth for Q2 appeared first on HousingWire. The company reported net income of $8.3

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But as many as 200 real estate agents , brokerage firms and landlords are alleged to have violated this law by discriminating against applicants with federally subsidized Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, home sellers Danielle and Jessie Kay (who sold a house in Baden, Pennsylvania, in December 2021 with the help of an agent from Realty One Group Gold Standard ) were added as a plaintiff. The addition of the five local brokerages is not the only recent change to the list of defendants.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued orders against Freedom Mortgage Corporation and Realty Connect USA Long Island for illegal kickbacks on Thursday, the first enforcement action associated with the 1974 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act in six years. Freedom must pay $1.75 million fine.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Top-performing independent Florida brokerage Premiere Plus Realty has chosen to affiliate with Dallas-based United Real Estate , according to an announcement on Wednesday. According to the announcement, Premiere Plus Realty will continue to operate under the same name and leadership. “It 51 among independent firms.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Co-founded by Sean Soderstrom, Dan Breitbach and Joe Urciuoli, the proptech company sells an AI-powered software platform to help real estate brokerages with their recruiting efforts. Courted identified three main problems with how brokerages have historically recruited agents. over the past year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The top brokerage in the country by transaction side count, eXp Realty , has settled the commission lawsuits. The parent company of eXp Realty, eXp World Holdings , announced the settlement on Monday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Real Brokerage continues to add to its agent count. Lafayette, Louisiana-based District South Real Estate Co. has joined Real, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Led by Carrie Théard and Sean Hettich, District South’s 40 agents serve home buyers and sellers in Louisiana’s Acadiana region.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

eXp Realty announced Friday that it has named Troy Palmquist as its new vice president of growth and product marketing. According to the announcement, Palmquist will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive marketing strategies aimed at attracting, recruiting and retaining top-tier real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

He became a top-producing real estate agent in the area and in 1991 became the manager of the largest office for Prudential Long Island Realty , training agents throughout the East Coast markets. He sold the brokerage in 2005. Harney was known for his philanthropy as well as his business acumen.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Things are changing in the Nashville real estate scene. Coldwell Banker Southern Realty , which has offices in the Tennessee markets of Lawrenceburg, Shelbyville and Columbia, is marking its entrance into Nashville through its acquisition of Coldwell Banker Barnes. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

parent company of North Carolina -based Fathom Realty , announced Wednesday that it has started two new commission plans for agents. The two agent payment plans, Fathom Max and Fathom Share, complement the real estate firm’s existing plan known as Fathom One. Fathom Holdings Inc. The firm ranked No.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is welcoming yet another top-performing agent to the company. Arizona-based David Newman and his 12-member team, David Newman Partners, are moving to The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

There’s a reason why eXp Realty regards itself as the “the most agent-centric brokerage on the planet.” ” This week, the company embodied that mindset with yet another major affiliation that expands its agent network. According to the brokerage, Caldwell is no slouch when it comes to sales volume.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The list of brokerages that have settled the commission lawsuits is getting longer. On Wednesday, Higher Tech Realty , dba Mark Spain Real Estate , filed a notice informing the U.S. In settling the commission lawsuit, Mark Spain Real Estate joins several other major industry players.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

GLG is a Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia, servicing Alpharetta as Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta , Roswell as Keller Williams Realty Consultants , Peachtree Corners as Keller Williams Realty Chattahoochee North and surrounding metropolitan Atlanta areas.

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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. In a copycat suit filed last Friday in U.S. Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A second home seller in Nevada has filed a lawsuit alleging that real estate industry players in the state have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin.

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