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 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

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

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

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 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 19, 2024

There’s a reason why eXp Realty regards itself as the “the most agent-centric brokerage on the planet.” According to the brokerage, Caldwell is no slouch when it comes to sales volume. Kris Caldwell According to a statement, eXp Realty attracted Caldwell’s because he wanted to put his team first.

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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

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

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

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

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

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Lamacchia Realty is continuing its acquisition spree. The owners of Stone Ridge Properties have created a tremendous company that happens to be a seamless cultural fit for us,” Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty, said in a statement. Through the acquisition, Lamacchia Realty gains 33 new agents.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

eXp Realty continues to add agents and teams at a fast clip. The company announced the addition of the Maine -based Realty ONE Group, a 36-agent team that has closed 338 transactions totaling $128 million in sales volume so far this year. The team is led by Steven Brackett, who has been part of Realty One Group for six years.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

MARCH 7, 2024

Sotheby’s International Realty is expanding its footprint in the Golden State. The Redding, California-based firm will now operate as Shasta Sotheby’s International Realty. On Thursday, the Anywhere brand announced that Northern California firm Vista Real Estate had joined the Sotheby’s network.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The brokerage franchisor publicized Lessingers resignation through a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. In the meantime, Eric Carlson the CEO of RE/MAX Holdings , the brokerage firms parent company will serve as interim president. 17, on Friday.

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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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Inman

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Florida-based brokerage's buyer-focused marketing and educational resources are made for agents in need of assistance as they pitch buyer representation services, executives told Inman.

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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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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

OCTOBER 19, 2023

United Real Estate | DFW Properties is merging with Grapevine, Texas-based Insight Realty Network , according to an announcement on Thursday. In this merger, one plus one equals four,” Andy Bearden, the owner of Insight Realty, said in a statement. With the support of the sixth-largest national brokerage in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Dallas -based brokerage United Real Estate is expanding its footprint in the Midwest with a new merger. This week, Kansas City -based United affiliate partner Platinum Realty will merge its operations with SunWest Real Estate Advisors. The financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

“I saw the direction things were going in and I thought that it only made sense for me to form a team and get paid for the work I was doing,” Danzey, whose team is brokered at eXp Realty , said. Side’s thesis is: teamerages are the future,” Steve Capezza, the president of white-label brokerage Side , said. That depends on who you ask.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

In short order, she started her own brokerage — Gold Group Realty — that pulled her family out of poverty and into success. Now she not only owns Bogle Realty, but she’s become a pillar in her community, something motivated more by her faith than business. Iowa Realtor Lori Bogle has a similar story.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

The brokerage firm announced Friday that top-performing Bergen County -based team The Adamo Group is making move to SERHANT. from Coldwell Banker Realty. Their dedication to empowering agents, clients, partners, and staff through cutting-edge media, technology, and educational tools is remarkable,” Victoria Adamo said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2020

In San Antonio Knock is partnering with Keller Williams Heritage and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Don Johnson Realtors, and in Austin Knock is partnering with Berkshire Hathaway Texas Realty to give homeowners the option to “swap” their current house for their dream home.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Together, we are poised to create unparalleled opportunities and set new standards of success in the world of real estate brokerage.” Previously called Hergenrother Realty Group , an expansion team founded in 2011, Livian launched in 2021 in partnership with Keller Williams.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Consumers who utilize the platform must sign a buyer representation agreement with reAlpha Realty, but they are allowed to break it at anytime and will not incur a penalty. “In In the stock brokerage industry in the late ’90s and early 2000s, they used to charge 1.5% And then Charles Schwab came in and said, ’$49 a trade.’

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Have the tools necessary to stand out from the competition in a constantly shifting real estate market. Attendees learned how to develop a powerful, personal brand that will help other industry experts go from being an agent to a trusted advisor, resulting in a significant increase in your influence, impact, and income.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

On Thursday, the Century 21 Custom Home Realty affiliate announced its acquisition of Mansfield, Massachusetts-based Monarch Realty Group. Monarch Realty was founded in 2008 by the firms principal broker, Ruth Dipietrantonio, after she concluded a 20-year career in health care. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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