Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2025

On Monday, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced Chris appointment as an independent consultant and special adviser to CEO Nykia Wright. According to the announcement, Chris will be tasked with providing strategic counsel on strengthening relationships, building trust and enhancing collaboration with brokerage leaders.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Lamacchia Realty is expanding its presence in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. On Monday, the independent brokerage announced that it had acquired Springfield, Massachusetts-based Sears Real Estate. Plus, we both recognized the important role that Realtors play in helping people achieve the American Dream.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

On Friday, the brokerage notified the court that it was voluntarily dismissing Wasatch Front Regional MLS , which does business as UtahRealEstate.com , from the suit. It named UtahRealEstate.com , the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere Real Estate , Keller Williams Realty , HomeServices of America and RE/MAX as defendants.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

The Department of Justice ( DOJ ) raised some eyebrows when it hinted that buyer representation agreements, if used as mandated in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement, may be a source of future antitrust litigation based on its statement of interest in the Sitzer/Burnett suit.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

These include Kamini Lane (CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty ), Jodi Hall (former chief operating officer at Countrywide Mortgage ), Monica Reynolds (former vice president of Keller Williams MAPS Coaching ) and Leslie Appleton-Young (former chief economist for the California Association of Realtors ).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

In a footnote on the seventh page of the filing, the DOJ decided to offer some clarity on its current feelings about the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). without mandated MLS publication of offers of compensation or exceptions benefitting primarily large brokerages) are anticompetitive.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As 2025 approaches, The Real Brokerage is heading into the new year with more growth-centered momentum. The digital brokerage platform announced another major affiliation this week to strengthen its presence in the luxury market. Real announced this week the affiliation of Urban Nest Realty , a Las Vegas -based brokerage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The legal woes continue for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). On Wednesday, Maurice Muhammad — the broker of Progressive Realty — filed a complaint in U.S. This is not the first suit to take aim at the relationships between Realtor associations and MLSs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Leading brokerage Compass announced some key leadership moves this week to bolster its operations in the Southeast, including Florida. The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. It is the nation’s leading brokerage by sales volume.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the copycat commission suit was initially filed in early January by Nevada home seller Nathaniel Whaley, the complaint named just Realtor associations and MLSs as defendants, making it stand out from the spate of other commission suits.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In its race against other brokerages to add agents, eXp Realty has scored big in California. Prime Real Estate Team is leaving the white-label brokerage Side and taking its 21 agents to eXp. We are thrilled to welcome Robert, Angelica and their team to eXp Realty,” CEO Leo Pareja said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Realty ONE Group International has joined six other real estate brokerages in settling the commission lawsuits. The settlement, which is still subject to court approval, will settle all claims against Realty ONE Group, its franchises and affiliated agents. “Our

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

With the National Association of Realtors ( NAR ) reportedly set to vote on the future of its Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) in the not-too-distant future, the leader of Coldwell Banker Realty is not holding back her feelings about the controversial rule. Lane offered more thoughts in her op-ed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty , a New England-based residential real estate brokerage , welcomed The DelRose McShane Team , the brokerage announced on Wednesday. Moving our entire team over to Coldwell Banker Realty was the best decision for our clients. Led by Mike DelRose Sr., Mike DelRose Jr. said in a statement. “The

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Massachusetts -based Lamacchia Realty is continuing its expansion. The brokerage announced Tuesday that it has acquired Dalton, Massachusetts-based Berkshire Dream Home for an undisclosed sum. I have no doubt that together we will be even stronger and will serve all the clients and Realtors even better.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

AF Realty Group is the smallest of the new defendants with just 15 agents, according to the complaint. In addition to all of the local firms named, the amended complaint also added Anywhere brand, ERA Franchise System to the defendants list, as well as Weichert of North America , eXp Realty and Redfin.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Massoud Atallah is leaving Anywhere Real Estate to join Lamacchia Realty. On Friday, the Anthony Lamacchia -helmed firm announced that Atallah had recently joined Lamacchia Realty as its new senior vice president of business development. I am grateful to have him on our team now.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The T3 Sixty Real Estate Almanac reports the same numbers, while the brokerage companys 2022 Annual Report pegged its sales volume at $8.5 Bough to stay the case against it until all appeals of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement have been exhausted. But now the Memphis-based firm wants to walk back these numbers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Realty ONE Group is letting agents decide if they want to renew their National Association of Realtors (NAR) membership. In an announcement on Tuesday, the brokerage company said that it has created a program that allows agents in eight metro areas in Arizona to choose whether or not they affiliate with NAR.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2023

Despite market headwinds, the top brokerages continued to show growth in the 2023 RealTrends 500 brokerage rankings. While the top four companies stayed at the top, eXp Realty displaced HomeServices of America , who had a stronghold on the No. eXp Realty moved from No. of all Realtors.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Fathom Holdings , the parent company of Fathom Realty , has joined the list of corporate brokerages to settle the commission lawsuits. HomeSmart , Redfin , United Real Estate , Douglas Elliman , Realty One Group , At World Properties, Anywhere , RE/MAX , Keller Williams , Compass , HomeServices of America and The Real Brokerage.

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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. In 2023, Realty Executives ranked as the No. In 2022, Ryan ranked as the No.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Brokerage leader eXp Realty isn’t slowing down its expansion in 2025. The company announced on Wednesday the addition of brokerage leader Abel Gilbert and ONEPATH Realty to its growing global network. ONEPATH Realty may be an independent brokerage , but it’s no stranger to posting big numbers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Despite the headlines , Phillip Cantrell, the founder of Benchmark Realty, characterized the move as a nothing burger. Utah-based Park City Board of Realtors most notably made this decision last October , when it announced that it would no longer be enforcing the rule. It is just classic NAR propaganda. NWMLS is not NAR affiliated.)

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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. The company has expanded to 50 markets in the U.S.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Path & Post Real Estate appointed Bekki Shae Smith to the role of managing broker, the Georgia -based boutique brokerage announced on Thursday. Before joining Path & Post, Smith was a Realtor , broker and partner at LOCAL Realty North ATL for three years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Realty ONE Group is making moves in Florida. The firm announced on Friday the affiliation of Florida-based MVP Realty Associates. Derek Carlson, the founder, CEO and broker of MVP Realty Associates, has been named CEO and broker of the new Realty ONE Group MVP. Realty ONE Group was No.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

real estate landscape over the next several months due to the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement , eXp World Holdings — the parent company of eXp Realty — is focused on improving the firm’s agent value proposition. Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The founders also cited the National Association of Realtors ‘ antitrust lawsuits as a key motivator behind Indigo’s launch. Several major brokerages including Keller Williams , Compass , eXp Realty , RE/MAX and Coldwell Banker utilize the platform.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

District Court for the Central District of Utah, include the usual cast of antitrust lawsuit characters: the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere Real Estate , Keller Williams Realty , HomeServices of America , and RE/MAX. Notably, seven of the top 10 brokerages in 2023 were not in that group just ten years ago.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

The debate surrounding the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy is raging on. This data suggests that buyers who learn they can only access certain listings if they work with one brokerage or agent may sue these players over potential restraint-of-trade trade claims.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The Real Brokerage announced Thursday the addition of several new teams across the U.S. The newly released 2024 RealTrends Verified rankings , based on 2023 data, showed that Real was the sixth-largest brokerage in the country for sides (48,905) and ranked No. The independent brokerage generated a sales volume of $75 million last year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

While many real estate brokerages have made the choice to settle the commission lawsuits including Side and JPAR just this week others are still attempting to fight. Hanna Holdings and Crye-Leike also claimed that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement bars the plaintiffs’ claims.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, the plaintiffs’ counsel named Vanguard Properties , Twin Oaks Real Estate , Windermere Real Estate Services Company , Rapisdara & Fox and Realty One Group , as additional defendants in the antitrust suit.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2024

The complaint names 35 entities as defendants, including the National Association of Realtors , local and national brokerages, MLSs and local Realtor associations. For his part, David Kissinger, the CEO of Glendale Realtors, stated that the suit is “meritless.” Westside MLS. 17, 2020, and the present.

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