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

MARCH 6, 2025

Portland, Oregon -based MORE Realty announced Thursday that it’s joining Uniteds national network. MORE Realty is retaining its current staff under the ownership of Denise and Paul Knighton. We have found good people we can trust in United, Paul Knighton, CEO and president of MORE Realty, said in a statement.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2024

Real estate technology firm Rechat announced a strategic partnership on Monday with Peerage Realty Partners that aims to expand tech tool and service offerings for Peerage agents and brokers. ” Rechat will offer its suite of tools and services to all Peerage Realty brokerages. .” and Canada. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The iBuyer announced that it was teaming up with eXp Realty on Tuesday. Through the partnership, Opendoor will be the primary cash offer solution powering eXp’s ExpressOffers platform and will provide integrated API tools. A little over a year after announcing its collaboration with Zillow , Opendoor is back at it with a new partner.

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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

MAY 28, 2024

EXIT Realty Corp. By leveraging Earnnest within EXIT Realty’s robust network, we look forward to empowering agents with the tools they need to elevate their businesses and deliver exceptional service to clients.” “As As a leader in the real estate industry, EXIT Realty Corp. International.

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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. The team was previously brokered at Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty , another Anywhere brand. The team was previously brokered at Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty , another Anywhere brand.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Earlier this year, the firm announced another merger with Team Geaux Realty. Our mission is to improve the financial trajectories of brokerages and agents by delivering uncharacteristically high levels of support and services,” Rick Haase, the president of United Real Estate, said in a statement. “It

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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. Most broker-owners we know are feeling the pressure to find tools that can move the needle for their businesses — quickly. That difference is everything.

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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

MARCH 12, 2025

United’s subsidiary Charles Rutenberg Realty Fort Lauderdale (CRR) will merge with Real Estate Authority LLC. “My top priority is to ensure that my agents have access to world-class education, coaching, technology and brokerage support so they can excel in their field. .

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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

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. 1 spot in transaction sides for the past four years.

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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

JUNE 11, 2024

Sotheby’s International Realty is launching its eighth office in Michigan as the firm announced the affiliation of the The Home Seekers Real Estate Group on Tuesday. Home Seekers, which is based in Okemos, Michigan, will now operate as White Pine Sotheby’s International Realty.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty is strengthening its roster of California- based agents. On Monday, the brokerage announced that it was welcoming top-performing agent Jing Hu to the firm’s office in the Silicon Valley hub of Cupertino. Hu was previously brokered with Keller Williams Santa Clara Valley. ”

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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. Users can also track all agents interested in a specific listing and offer data analytics.

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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. Our position has never been to dictate brokerage business models, Brian Donnellan, the president and CEO of Bright MLS, wrote in an email. It is just classic NAR propaganda. NWMLS is not NAR affiliated.)

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

eXp World Holdings , the parent company of eXp Realty , announced this week that it has appointed Jesse Hill as its interim chief financial officer. He currently serves as vice president of international finance and corporate financial planning and analysis at eXp Realty. Hill is a veteran finance leader in the real estate industry.

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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

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.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

His eponymous brokerage SERHANT. has entered Phoenix with the addition of a collection of brokerages that have closed more than $500 million in sales volume over the last 12 months. Todd Lee of Epique Realty has been named SERHANT. Ryan Serhant is headed west. It marks SERHANT.s Arizonas designated broker.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

One of Texas’ top mega teams , Nest Finders , is partnering with r eal estate brokerage as a service platform , Pinnacle Realty Advisors , according to an announcement on Monday. Led by founder Carlo Mercado, the Houston-based mega team previously operated as an independent brokerage. The team has 68 active agents. “We

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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

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

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Love them or hate them, profit share and revenue share real estate brokerage models appear to be on the rise, highlighted by the rapid ascent of both eXp Realty and The Real Brokerage over the past roughly 15 years. In 2023, eXp Realty agents closed 355,052 transaction sides, over 100,000 more than the No. Pareja said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

In the past, when brokers thought about low-fee brokerage firms, they thought of low service. But, there’s a new breed of low-fee brokerage (not to be confused with a discount brokerage which offers a low commission to buyers and sellers), that is a hybrid between a 100% model and a traditional brokerage.

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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.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Dallas-based United Real Estate has joined the cohort of brokerage defendants who have settled the commission lawsuits. The brokerage said it has also agreed to adhere to certain business practice changes, which are not being disclosed at this time. As part of the settlement, United will pay $3.7 million into a settlement fund.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

We are thrilled to welcome the Bell Petrini Group to Coldwell Banker Realty,” Pauline Bennett, Coldwell Banker regional president, said in a statement. At the end of August, top-ranked small team The Lara & Chelsea Collaborative joined from Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, an Anywhere brand. 42 in Massachusetts with $49.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

The brokerage has expanded its roster in Houston with the addition of Natasha Simon, who brings $892 million in career sales across 1,200 transactions to the company. She was previously with LPT Realty, a Keller Williams affiliate. There are questions as to whether smaller independent brokerages will be able to survive.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Keller Williams Realty has launched a real estate assistant that is powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) and is trained on the company’s proprietary models, systems, books and training resources. “We We’re committed to rolling out features that save agents time and money.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

She then went on to teach high school French, but after six years of dealing with “hormonal teenagers” Williamson was ready for a change, and on a friend’s suggestion interviewed at the local Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty affiliate. “It Brokerages Invest in Tech. Just how we do contracts now is so much faster.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

I think they’re inviting a class-action lawsuit by sellers who get hurt in this very concentrated effort and maybe a visit from the Department of Justice , Leo Pareja , the CEO of eXp Realty , said recently on his firms fourth-quarter 2024 earnings call with investors. Pareja isnt the only executive who feels this way.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In response, Glenn Sanford, the founder and chief executive of the company, which is parent to eXp Realty , expressed concern about low-income homebuyers who may not be able to afford representation “if the rules change too much.” “I But at eXp Realty, transactions were down 8.6% million (down from $4.4 million in Q3 2022).

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