Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It has already been a busy week for Howard Hanna Real Estate Services (HHRES) and it is only Thursday. While Ohio is already a stronghold for the Pennsylvania -based firm, Howard Hanna strengthened its position in the buckeye state through its recent acquisition of Dayton-based Big Hill Realty. The firm is led by Jeff Owens.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. According to the suit, the Campolis worked with Mark Grieger, their neighbor and an agent brokered at Anywhere-backed Coldwell Banker Realty , to list their home in Deephaven, Minnesota, for $3.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Launched in 2004, Redfin was named after the companys mission to redefine the real estate industry. At the same time, agent counts at other publicly traded companies have exploded, with The Real Brokerage (+1,173%), Fathom Realty (+136.6%), Compass (+78.8%) and eXp Realty (+64.9%) leading the way.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Real Brokerage is a already a top 10 company in terms of transaction volume and sides and it continued its growth this week in two of the nation’s most populous states. Miami -based Real on Tuesday announced the addition of Harvest Realty , an independent brokerage in Southern California with 550 agents. billion.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The luxury real estate market is on a growth trend early in 2025. This success pushed one of the countrys top luxury real estate brands to a strong year for sales volume. Sothebys International Realty recently released its 2024 performance report. sales volume increased 9.4% year over year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Disaster-stricken areas can place undue hardship on real estate agents looking to sell houses and sales volumes often take a hit. The Wall Street Journal spoke to agents in disaster-prone areas to gauge the difficulty of selling high-end homes and detail their methods for bringing buyers aboard.

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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. Lane offered more thoughts in her op-ed.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2025

The company announced this week that it secured $8 million in funding to offer better insights and cohesiveness to real estate agents. Shaival Shah and Wei Gan, co-founders of Ribbon , launched the company as an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution for transparent real estate negotiations.

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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. This would lead to competition among buyer brokers to offer lower commission rates. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Miami stands as one of the most dynamic and valuable real estate markets in the United States. This places Miami among the top-tier real estate markets in the country, attracting both local and international buyers and driving intense competition among real estate agents. As of Sept. Click Here

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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

MARCH 26, 2025

Despite the headlines , Phillip Cantrell, the founder of Benchmark Realty, characterized the move as a nothing burger. Reffkin has also called out Washington State-based Windermere Real Estate for its role in upholding Northwest MLS ban on office exclusives in a post on Instagram. It is just classic NAR propaganda.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty , a New England-based residential real estate brokerage , welcomed James F. Wood “Coldwell Banker Realty is proud to partner with James F. With more than 16 years of real estate experience, Wood brings extensive expertise in sales, rentals and real estate investing.

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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. What does a real estate reporter do to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sitzer/Burnett jury verdict ? Funny you should ask.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A pair of top-producing agents are returning to Coldwell Banker Realty. Walsh departed Coldwell Banker Realty in April 2024 to join Lamacchia Realty , but she recently made the decision to return. Walsh cited Coldwell Banker Realty’s marketing programs as one of the reasons for her return.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Keller Williams Realty has partnered exclusively with the online learning platform Coursera to offer a comprehensive introduction to the business of real estate. Dubbed the KW Real Estate Agent Professional certificate, the program will give participants a head start in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Over the weekend, CoStar Group announced that it has agreed to acquire real estate tech company Homesnap. Homesnap has spent years building tools that reinforce the agent-client relationship and arm both home buyers and agents with the data and software they need to find homes and do their jobs,” said John Mazur, CEO of Homesnap. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

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

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A copycat commission lawsuit filed on Thursday by home sellers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accuses 47 real estate industry defendants of allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Alanna Strei of eXp Realty in San Diego and Cornerstone Communities’ new San Diego townhouses. Real estate agent Alanna Strei’s client wanted to check out “Tesoro Vista Del Sur,” 134 newly built townhouses in the Ocean View Hills area of San Diego. Do you need an agent when you have 10 buyers for every home?”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

White-label brokerage Side is joining several other real estate firms in launching educational resources that are available to agents across the industry. On Thursday, the firm announced the launch of PartnerUp Coaching, a platform that allows agents to learn from other top agents in the industry.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

housing market is split into two groups: first-time buyers struggling to enter the market and current homeowners buying with cash,” said Jessica Lautz, NAR Deputy Chief Economist and VP of Research. First-time buyers decreased to 24% of the market share (32% last year). For first-time buyers, this number jumps to 64%.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

California is the latest state to take a stand against the right-to-list agreement business plan of now bankrupt brokerage MV Realty. On Tuesday, the office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that it was granted a preliminary injunction against Florida-based MV Realty after filing a lawsuit in December 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It named UtahRealEstate.com , the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere Real Estate , Keller Williams Realty , HomeServices of America and RE/MAX as defendants. But the MLS defendant was dismissed without prejudice, which means Homie could refile its suit against UtahRealEstate.com.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Real estate technology company reAlpha Tech Corp. launched Claire, a generative artificial intelligence -powered, zero-commission buyers’ agent chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. The tool helps match buyers with the ideal property while providing insights into market trends and property values.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Optimism is a prerequisite for success as a salesperson, and real estate professionals have it in spades. At the Tom Ferry event last month and at the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) going on right now, this attribute is on display everywhere.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

PureWest Christie’s International Real Estate , a Montana -based real estate brokerage, is expanding into northern Idaho , the firm announced on Tuesday. The brokerage , which is a longtime affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, is the largest independently owned brokerage in Montana.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The three plaintiffs are real estate professionals. Hardy is the owner of Snyder Kinney Bennett and Keating LLC , which does business in southeast Michigan as Signature Sotheby’s International Realty. The plaintiffs are asking for damages, injunctive relief and a jury trial.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services closed a huge deal late Tuesday, announcing a strategic partnership with Rand Realty , giving the massive independent brokerage a sizable foothold in the booming suburbs of New York City. The post Howard Hanna acquires New York brokerage Rand Realty appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Luxury Realty Group , a subsidiary of Luxury Realty Group Holdings , launched the beta testing for its conversational AI services website vuHome.ai, the company announced on Tuesday. The conversational avatar will take prospective buyers on a property tour to uncover more details.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

While many real estate brokerages have made the choice to settle the commission lawsuits including Side and JPAR just this week others are still attempting to fight. Lyon & Associates each filed responses to claims made in the Gibson commission lawsuit. 31, 2019, and the present. 31, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Chicago has cemented its position as one of the most valuable real estate markets in the United States, recently surpassing the $1 trillion mark in real estate asset value. It should come as no surprise that the top real estate agents continue to command a significant portion of the market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

In the age of COVID-19, Peck Barham knew that prospective home buyers would pepper him with questions about home offices as they decamped downtown Birmingham for the spacious suburbs. And about 70% of the people he works with are getting pools installed, specifically buyers with older kids. The post Two home offices?

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