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Recruiting real estate agents: A complete roadmap for 2024

Housing Wire

The data are sobering: The Agent Movement Index , the number of experienced Realtors switching brokerages each month, was at its lowest level since 2016. To help, we put together this guide to walk you through our nine-step system to recruit, nurture, and retain producing agents in 2024. They listen.

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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Awards Lamacchia Realty for Most Outgoing Referrals in 2023

Lamacchia Realty

Being a part of LeadingRE® has allowed our department to elevate its level of service to our buyers and sellers, no matter the location!” Lamacchia Realty became a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World in 2016, marking the beginning of the company’s intensive focus and dedication towards relocation.

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A look behind this year’s Tech100 winners

Housing Wire

In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ Real estate is a $206 billion industry, according to IBISWorld. Knock.com offers solutions for both buyers and sellers. And, why not?

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Are you prepping for worst-case commission lawsuit outcomes?

Housing Wire

The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2019 and won class-action status in April, alleges that some NAR rules, including one that requires listing brokers to offer buyer brokers a commission to list a property in a Realtor-affiliated MLS, violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by inflating seller costs.

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The real estate industry battles the rising tide of email fraud

Housing Wire

Among those targets were a Memphis-based real estate company and a title company in Washington state that combined were swindled out of more than $200,000 through the scam. The victims targeted can be lenders, real estate agents, title companies and other escrow agents, attorneys as well as homebuyers and sellers.

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2023 Loan Limits Increase by $79,000

Lamacchia Realty

.” The WSJ covered the loan limit increase, for which Anthony Lamacchia was featured: “ Mortgage bankers and real-estate agents say the new limits are needed to reflect higher home prices. Seller Resources. No Comments. Anthony Lamacchia was quoted in a new article published by The Wall Street Journal.

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Pay later platforms: A superhero for the housing ecosystem? 

Housing Wire

Atlantic Magazine did a sweeping survey of Americans in 2016 and found that 50% of them suggested that they would not be able to find an extra $400 in an emergency. It’s a sellers’ paradise in many cities. About one-third of Americans fully own their homes. Still, vast swaths of the U.S.