Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

When it comes to handling compensation eXp Realty is not mincing its words — it is not sharing its listing fee with the buyer’s broker. But it will be their sellers who make the decision on an offer of compensation to a buyer broker. They are set by each broker individually and may be negotiated between Seller and Broker.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Imagine if you could bottle the enthusiasm your clients have for working with you and use it to capture new business in 2024. In this article, we’ll show how to procure top-notch client testimonials, where and how to share them, and how to leverage them to bolster your reputation and close more deals in 2024.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The deal will refund buyers and sellers after the brokerage allegedly failed to disclose to its clients that it had received payments from Home Security of America to advertise HSA's home warranties.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

According to a news release, through the partnership, My State MLS agent members will be able to receive estimated cash offers on qualifying properties within minutes to present to their clients. If the seller chooses to pursue Opendoor’s offer, they will then be directed to Opendoor to continue the process.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Opendoor and eXp Realty officially launched their new partnership on Thursday, Inman first reported. This integration is making Opendoor cash-offer solutions available to eXp Realty’s nearly 90,000 agents. The Opendoor option will be part of every single one of my listing presentations going forward. “The million in 2022.

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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. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More home sellers on the East Coast are getting in on the commission lawsuit action. Like the other commission lawsuits, the Parker suit alleges that the defendants colluded “to impose, implement, and enforce anticompetitive restraints that cause home sellers in Florida to pay inflated commissions in connection with the sale of their homes.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In a new episode of the HousingWire Daily podcast , Editor in Chief and host Sarah Wheeler sits down with eXp Realty CEO Leo Pareja to discuss the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit, the new rules that agents are facing, and how eXp is helping agents navigate these challenges to thrive in the marketplace.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has entered into an affiliated business agreement with Orlando, Florida -based title fi r m Citrus Closing Group , according to an announcement on Thursday. “We Citrus Closing Group serves clients in the Florida counties of Lake Seminole, Osceola, Orange, and Brevard.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

District Court for the Western District of Missouri , the lawsuit is named after its lead plaintiff, Maryland home seller Daniel Umpa. Due to how HomeServices and its affiliates handle their client contracts, if a dispute arises, each client is entitled to individual arbitration of their claims. Filed in late 2023 in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This has felt a lot more like Y2K versus some other stuff that we were warned about but were not prepared for, which is what I wanted,” said Leo Pareja , the CEO of eXp Realty. “My 17 deadline, much of the industry concern was over how home buyers and sellers would react. Would sellers suddenly stop offering buyer’s agent compensation?

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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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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Newman and his team serve clients in Phoenix, Scottsdale , Paradise Valley and Southeast Valley. David’s dedication to maximizing marketing and optimizing value for sellers aligns with the Real platform and our mission to give our agents the tools they need to succeed by providing the best consumer experience possible.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Not many people in any profession enjoy making cold calls to potential clients, but a venture capital-backed technology startup hopes to make it a little easier for real estate agents. The tool can initiate calls and engage with people using AI-generated, personalized scripts that adjust to the client as the call unfolds.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

.” According to the brokerage conglomerate, the proposed settlement includes injunctive relief requiring practice changes in Anywhere Advisors, the company’s owned brokerage operations (which includes Coldwell Banker Realty , Corcoran , and Sotheby’s International Realty ), for a period of five years following final court approval.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. Sellers can receive a 1% real estate agent commission reduction when selling with a Newzip-affiliated agent.

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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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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, real estate startup Homie Technologies claims that home seller consumers were not the only ones harmed by the real estate industry’s allegedly anticompetitive practices. Buyers using Homie would receive some or all of any BAC offered by the seller,” the complaint states.

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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. This, I think, does work for our sellers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the other are sellers who are choosing to advertise the buyer broker compensation they are offering in all allowable channels.” If your listing agreement has a number there and you aren’t disclosing it when your seller said you can, then we have an ethical issue.” It is a seller decision, not an agent decision.”

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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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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This substantial reduction in inventory has intensified competition among Chicago’s more than 15,000 licensed real estate agents, making it increasingly challenging to secure listings and clients. It should come as no surprise that the top real estate agents continue to command a significant portion of the market. Click Here

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Home Sweet Home Real Estate of Berkshire County Joins Lamacchia Realty Anthony Lamacchia, Laiken Rapisarda, and Jackie Louh at Lamacchia Realty Headquarters Tuesday, October 8, 2024 – Lamacchia Realty officially welcomes Home Sweet Home Real Estate to the company.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The firm is based in Peabody, Massachusetts and serves clients in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Florida, Arizona and Utah. RedBird Realty (No. 5000 this year include Worth Clark Realty (No. 3,307), Lamacchia Realty (No. 3,393), ONE Sotheby’s International Realty (No. 3,818), Realty Group (No.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Lamacchia Realty's Top Producing REALTORS® for September 2024! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Eileen has been a consistent member of the Lamacchia Realty Presidents Club making it in 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , and most recently 2024. In 2023, she took home the award for Most Acquired Clients company-wide.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Lamacchia Realty's Top Producing REALTORS® for October 2024! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for October 2024!

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In late November, the firm announced that Elizabeth Ruehrwein, a top agent in the Rehoboth, Massachusetts area joined RE/MAX Integrity , leaving Lamacchia Realty , previously known as Keystone Property Group. The firm currently serves buyers and sellers in Essex County, the Merrimack River Valley and Southern New Hampshire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Altos Research’s Market Action Index score for the county, which has 70 municipalities, illustrates the challenges agents and their clients have faced. I was able to bring my clients to multiple listings for their consideration, but now I can only show them one or two in a given week. as of March 6, 2024. “We

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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 But unlike reAlpha, Modern Realty is much newer, having officially launched only three months ago. The company has two service tiers. “So,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Anywhere Real Estate partnered with agent-client collaboration platform RealScout to allow the company’s affiliated real estate agents and franchise owners “to engage, nurture, and convert clients at each stage of the real estate journey,” according to an announcement on Friday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Based in Madison, Wisconsin, the team of eight had been affiliated with Keller Williams Realty Madison East since its debut in 2020. “We The team specializes in buyer and seller representation as well as new construction. We are thrilled to be among the first teams to join Compass in Wisconsin,” Crim said in a statement.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Lamacchia Realty Dalton Wins Best Real Estate Agency in the Berkshires On October 26th, 2024, The Berkshire Eagle announced the winners of its annual Best of the Berkshires Awards. Lamacchia Realty Dalton , formerly Berkshire Dream Home, is honored to be officially named the Best Real Estate Agency in the Berkshires for 2024!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

They also brought in a forms specialist, who really dug into the new forms to really explain them to us, so we know when and how to use each one and so we can explain the contracts to our clients in plain English.” And the agents are scared,” Lamacchia said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Name Job Title Company Name Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amy Jo Plummer Vice President of Customer Experience Maxwell Anita Blue President LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance Candy Nowak Chief Credit Officer CMG Financial Cecilia Choy Chief Operating Officer ICE Mortgage Technology Cerita Battles Head of Community & Affordable Lending Chase Charis (..)

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

It was mid-February when clients, family and friends began asking Jason Posnick about strange postcards appearing in their mailboxes. Thanks to Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner at Chinatti Realty Group , he was not completely caught off guard. Lisa is super on the pulse. What do the postcards say?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. A wise agent right now is talking to buyers and sellers,” Brown said.

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