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.

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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. Under what NAR is calling its MLS Listing Options for Sellers policy , sellers will have the option to delay marketing their listing publicly as long as they sign the required disclosure.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

According to a company statement, this move will strengthen the brokerage’s presence in the Carolinas. United President Rick Haase credited United Queen City for driving this expansion with excellent management practices and brokerage growth. His track record should allow United Queen City to thrive in the South Carolina market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty , a New England-based residential real estate brokerage , welcomed James F. Wood, the brokerage announced on Tuesday. Wood “Coldwell Banker Realty is proud to partner with James F. Coldwell Banker Realty boasts approximately 6,300 affiliated agents and 90 office locations.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2024

eXp Realty recently released forms that make it clear it is firmly up to the seller to decide whether or not they will offer buyer broker compensation. eXp Realty recently released forms that make it clear it is firmly up to the seller to decide whether or not they will offer buyer broker compensation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The iBuyer announced that it was teaming up with eXp Realty on Tuesday. He continued: “This partnership gives sellers a simple and certain option, supported by their eXp Realty agent and backed by an Opendoor cash offer.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage William Raveis has returned to the acquisitions business. On Thursday, the family-owned firm announced that it had acquired South Carolina -based Carson Realty. Founded in 2006, Carson Realty serves clients in the South Carolina markets of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Lake Keowee.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Real Brokerage continues to add to its agent count. Led by Carrie Théard and Sean Hettich, District South’s 40 agents serve home buyers and sellers in Louisiana’s Acadiana region. Hettich got his start in real estate at a large national brokerage, while Théard has a successful career as an agent at a small local boutique firm. “By

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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. He and his team were most recently brokered at Hague Realty in Scottsdale.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By enforcing this mandate, the NAR establishes an anticompetitive market where sellers are coerced into subsidizing the buyer’s costs. AF Realty Group is the smallest of the new defendants with just 15 agents, according to the complaint.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A pair of top-producing agents are returning to Coldwell Banker Realty. On Wednesday, the brokerage announced that Leominster, Massachusetts -based Lynn Walsh and Charlotte -based Victoria Speer are coming back to the firm. We are excited to welcome Lynn back to the Coldwell Banker Realty family.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

The complaint argues that the NAR and the brokerage defendants collude “to impose, implement and enforce anticompetitive restraints that cause home sellers to pay inflated commissions on the sale of their homes, in violation of federal antitrust law.” “Because this blanket offer must be made available to every buyer-broker using the MLS (i.e.,

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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

JUNE 18, 2024

Invariably, these same articles classify all real estate brokerages and models as identical. Perhaps there are internal policies within some of the companies that are standardized, but the categorization of all brokerages as identical showcases the ignorance of the author. That’s a 20% reduction in revenue for the brokerage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

And while most of the talking points espoused on both sides of the debate remain fairly consistent, those who are in favor of the policy have recently started to claim that an agent who doesnt list their sellers properties on the MLS may be exposing themselves to legal liability. This serves no one except the brokers that are doing this.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

For Linda O’Koniewski , the broker-owner of Leading Edge Real Estate , one of the largest hiccups so far was when one of her agents brought a buyer offer that included concessions to a seller. The seller basically told them to drop dead,” O’Koniewski said. “So, This allows them to keep their net but lower the price.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Several major brokerages including Keller Williams , Compass , eXp Realty , RE/MAX and Coldwell Banker utilize the platform. The Home Checkout feature validates buyer offers before the transaction continues. Users can also track all agents interested in a specific listing and offer data analytics.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The allure of the name recognition of large national brands is causing many independent brokerages to affiliate as mortgage rates rise and housing inventory remains low. Ocala, Florida -based Foxfire Realty is the latest firm to join a national brand, announcing its move to RE/MAX on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. It was after one such call with Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty , that I reached out and mentioned I was in the market to buy my first home. Funny you should ask. I could have increased my offers.

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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. The self-reported list ranks U.S. 186 spot on the Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

As brokerage firms fine tune how to handle the business practice changes outlined in the terms of the National Association of Realtors’ nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , which are set to go into effect on August 17 , many are focusing on how their agents will handle compensation on both the buy-side and the sell-side.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Hence, Splitero Homes will primarily serve sellers of homes that are already clients of Splitero Funding , the home equity investment business. Our brokerage is unique,” Michael Gifford told HousingWire. “It’s

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

As it became clear that many real estate professionals are in need of guidance, brokerages and industry leaders have launched a variety of educational resources and training courses for agents and brokers. 17, the firm launched an agent resource webpage known as “Buyer and Seller Agent Tools to Thrive.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Results Realty ERA Powered , located in St. Charles, Illinois, has acquired Chicago s Mark Allen Realty, giving the combined firm three offices and 80 agents. Mark Allen, led by broker Matt Liss, will now operate as Mark Allen Realty ERA Powered. On the 2024 RealTrends Verified rankings, Cox ranked No. 183 in volume with $16.2

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

In the newest episode of the RealTrending podcast , host Tracey Velt chats with Ryan Michaelis, chief growth strategist at Worth Clark Realty , about business growth through recruitment, flat-fee models for agents and the effects of the National Association of Realtors ’ (NAR) settlement on buyers and sellers across the industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro, a Californian home seller, accuses the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Patrick Thurber, a California home seller, is an additional named plaintiff in the suit. It was filed on Wednesday in U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

While Robert Reffkin and Compass are touting their success while pushing for the repeal of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy, eXp Realty executives are claiming that the North American MLS system is helping to fuel their companys strong international growth. In the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Wood, who is overseeing the Batton suit as well as the Moehrl home seller commission lawsuit , said this request was “neither necessary nor appropriate.” As part of their settlement agreements, Anywhere, RE/MAX and Keller Williams have agreed to pay $83.5 million , $55 million and $70 million , respectively. and the Plaintiffs.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

At the start of 2024, CEO Leo Pareja did not think eXp Realty would find itself in the real estate forms business, but eight months into this year, things look a little different. 17 implementation deadline for these changes, brokerages like eXp are finding themselves sorting out their forms. In response, eXp has created six forms.

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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. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More home sellers on the East Coast are getting in on the commission lawsuit action. Defendants in the lawsuit include the Florida Association of Realtors , the nation’s largest state Realtor group with 238,000 members, and 16 large local brokerages, with agent counts ranging from 655 to nearly 4,000. 4, 2019 and the present.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Like with most things in life, real estate brokerages come in a variety of shapes and size, from white-glove service firms to discount brokerages to flat-fee firms that offer al a carte services. Every big brokerage has some of them, but if you think about some of the most productive agents, a lot of them sit on Compass’ platform.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

As Washington cities undergo significant upzoning this year, timing of the firm's partnership with the AI platform that can predict what sellers might enter the market soon and identify areas ripe for redevelopment couldn't be better.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

million NAR members , all state/territorial and local Realtor associations, Realtor Multiple Listing Services (MLSs), NAR’s affiliate organizations and all brokerages with an NAR member as principal that had a residential transaction volume in 2022 of $2 billion or below. The settlement secures a release of liability for more than 1.4

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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. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. 16, 2020, and the present.

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