Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Recent leadership team changes have hit the cloud-based brokerages. On Monday, LPT Realty announced that Michael Valdes, the former chief growth officer at fellow cloud-based firm eXp Realty , has been named as the CEO of LPT International. I look forward to contributing to the unparalleled growth we are about to embark on.”

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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. In addition to Perenicks, three staffers and 22 agents will be joining Lamacchia Realty through the acquisition.

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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

MARCH 20, 2025

The Georgia-based Tim Stout Group is making the move to eXp Realty , according to an announcement on Wednesday. Tim Stout represents the kind of disciplined, high-performance leadership that thrives at eXp Realty, Leo Pareja , the CEO of eXp Realty, said in a statement. The team ranked at No. million in sales volume.

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MARCH 4, 2025

While Alabama-based brokerage leader Anna-Marie Ellison said she supports the state associations efforts, she also said her agents have not expressed concerns about signing a buyer representation agreement prior to touring a house with a prospective client. Buyers dont really seem to care, Lamacchia said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But as many as 200 real estate agents , brokerage firms and landlords are alleged to have violated this law by discriminating against applicants with federally subsidized Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI). We are reviewing the claims.”

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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

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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Inman

JANUARY 16, 2025

Since its founding in 2011, Home Experts Realty has built an ethical and diverse team of agents who are dedicated to providing exceptional service. The brokerage's founders have ensured that their agents are well-trained to operate both independently and as part of a cohesive team.

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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

JUNE 21, 2022

Capitalizing on these market factors, brokerage firms in the 2022 RealTrends 500 brokerage rankings broke records in market share, closed transaction sides (there must be inventory somewhere!) The top four — Realogy Brokerage Group (RBG), HomeServices of America , Compass and eXp Realty — now have 20% market share in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Before acquiring the firm two years ago from his predecessor’s family, Carrion served as the CEO of Coldwell Banker Alliance Realty in California. Velt starts the conversation by asking Carrion for background on his purchase of the brokerage. Carrion also leads the firm’s office sales and investment advisory group. Following the Aug.

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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. The webpage is open to agents across the industry regardless of their brokerage affiliation.

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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 15, 2024

To participate in real estate transactions in Alaska, you will need to go through the state’s entire licensing training and exam. To participate in real estate transactions in Indiana, you will need to go through the state’s entire licensing training and exam. No additional training or exams are required.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2021

the holding company for eXp Realty announced that it has exceeded 60,000 agents globally. Our growth is a direct result of our agent-centric value proposition and our commitment to providing the best possible resources for our agents to succeed,” said Jason Gesing, CEO of eXp Realty. “Our eXp World Holdings, Inc.,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

1 brokerage in the country by transaction side count is getting bigger. Troy Palmquist is bringing his team of nearly 30-agents at DOORA Properties over to eXp Realty from white-label firm Side. The educational and professional development opportunities at eXp were also a draw for Palmquist. “For

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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 want to provide agents an assistant for writing impactful content,” Cox said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

have been busy training and preparing to be ready for Aug. In only a matter of weeks, real estate professionals nationwide will find out whether their training has paid off. VantHof has spent several months training to prepare for the business practice changes. Like the athletes in Paris, Realtors and brokers across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

eXp Realty launched a new program to attract more teams, the Thrive program, to agents in the United States and Canada, the company announced Friday. Earlier this year, the company launched its Boost Program , followed by the Accelerate Program , to incentivize independent teams, brokerages and agents to join eXp Realty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

In the 24 hours after news broke of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement agreement in the commission lawsuits , Doug Danzey, the leader of the eXp Realty -brokered teamerage The Cobalt Group , said the most pervasive emotion among his agents has been panic. “I It is really going to go backwards.

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Inman

JANUARY 21, 2025

With 550 agents and 35 staff members expected to transition to Keller Williams in March, the partnership will clinch Living Realty as KW's largest market center in Canada by agent count.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Naples, Florida -based Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is shaking up its C-suite. Additionally, he will also hire, train and manage sales teams; develop strategic relationships with developers and brokers across the company’s markets; and exclusively represent select new development projects.

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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

JULY 20, 2021

Szalecki previously served as director of brokerage operation for Fathom Realty and as a regional operations manager for eXp Realty. The KW Expansion Network is a nationwide brokerage. Heading up the new Network will be Matthew Szalecki, who was named senior director of strategy and operations for the Expansion Network.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Home Swap is offered exclusively through local real estate professionals who have been trained as Knock Certified Agents. In these markets Home Swap will be offered through Keller Williams Realty of Central Florida , Keller Williams LeHeup Group and Keller Williams Suburban Tampa – The Chadwick Group. Presented by: Total Expert.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

It is really leveling the playing field,” said Jason Posnick, the sales manager at Lamacchia Realty. Another wrinkle is that not all agents, brokerages or sellers are handling offers of buyer broker compensation the same way. It is just the Wild West again.”

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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

MARCH 7, 2024

He became a top-producing real estate agent in the area and in 1991 became the manager of the largest office for Prudential Long Island Realty , training agents throughout the East Coast markets. Four years later, Harney founded his own brokerage, National Homefinders, using market insights to grow the business to 500 agents.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. for the largest brokerage companies in the United States. The first cause of the decline is the growth in competition for productive agents and a variety of new brokerages. Now, they’re at 13.5%

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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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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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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Thrive Real Estate of Shrewsbury, MA is now a part of Lamacchia Realty Tuesday, October 29, 2024 – Thrive Real Estate of Shrewsbury has joined forces with Lamacchia Realty. Their location at 26 Maple Avenue in Shrewsbury, MA will now be the Lamacchia Realty Shrewsbury branch location. I am happy that day is finally here.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

She said that HomeServices does not meddle in operations, give advice, or advise on commissions or how the brokerage approaches Realtor association membership. Ketchmark asked Warner if those statistics suggest that agents are practicing the messages they are receiving in their training. It is human nature,” Frazier said.

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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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MARCH 11, 2024

According to the annoucment, King, who has been with Keller Williams since 2001, will continue as a training and coaching leader for Keller Williams’ Franchise Systems Orientation and will continue his work updating the Team Leader and Keller Williams experiences.

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