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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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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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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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Multiple Lamacchia Realty Locations Named Top Real Estate Brokerages 2024 We are thrilled to announce that eight Lamacchia Realty offices have been named to The Boston Globe’s inaugural list of New England’s Top Real Estate Brokerages 2024 ! Also in 2024, Lamacchia Realty was ranked on the Inc.

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Inman

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Now operating as Century 21 1st Priority Realty, Duc Lu and his team will have access to the brand’s technology, marketing, lead generation and agent coaching tools and platforms. Lu plans to initially streamline internal operations at his brokerage before focusing on external growth.

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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

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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Inman

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Steven Brackett and his 36-agent team have moved to the virtual brokerage. Brackett cited tools and training, as well as the commission lawsuits, as reasons that convinced him to make the move.

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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

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

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

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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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Lamacchia Realty Officially Celebrates Springfield Grand Opening After joining forces with legacy brokerage Sears Real Estate, opening the Springfield branch office, and entering the Springfield market in April 2024 , Lamacchia Realty was thrilled to celebrate the official grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, October 19th, 2024!

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Inman

JULY 16, 2024

Nine months after signing an enterprise deal with Anywhere, California-based proptech leader RealScout has extended its reach to include Sotheby's International Realty's company-owned locations.

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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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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Lamacchia Realty surpasses $2 Billion in Sales Volume in 2024 Lamacchia Realty has reached an incredible milestone by achieving $2 billion in sales volume for the first time. Anthony Lamacchia Broker/Owner Lamacchia Realty has seen significant growth over the past year, completing eight acquisitions all over Massachusetts.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Lamacchia Realty Officially Celebrates its Seekonk Grand Opening After joining forces with Keystone Property Group and opening the Seekonk office in September 2023 , Lamacchia Realty was thrilled to celebrate the official Grand Opening of the office on Saturday September 21st, 2024! Meet our Seekonk area REALTORS®!

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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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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

Lamacchia Realty is proud to announce their ranking as #1 Brokerage overall in Leominster by closed transactions per MLSPIN Brokerage Market Share Report*. The Lamacchia Realty market share county-wide is very strong. Laurie Howe Bourgeois ranked as the number one REALTOR® in both Leominster and Fitchburg for 2022.

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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

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

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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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Lamacchia Realty Has Acquired Stone Ridge Properties of Newburyport, MA and Amesbury, MA November 19, 2024 – Lamacchia Realty is proud to announce that they have acquired Stone Ridge Properties of Newburyport and Amesbury, Massachusetts. I realized that we first needed newer tools to better serve buyer and seller clients.

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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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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2022

Lamacchia Realty ranked Number One Independent Brokerage by market share in Leominster , Hudson , and Worcester.* Additionally, Lamacchia Realty was ranked the #1 Real Estate Brokerage overall in Leominster! Lamacchia Realty Ranked #1 Brokerage in Leominster. Per MLS PIN Residential property SF, CC, MF.

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