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What’s old is new: A deep dive into the ‘teamerage’ revival

Housing Wire

Today, the Massachusetts-based Cobalt Group has its core team of agents who operate as a traditional real estate team, but it also has other independent agents who work under the group’s overall umbrella, a key characteristic of what many in the real estate industry are now referring to as “teamerages.” That depends on who you ask.

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How one real estate company is navigating the industry’s shift to B2B transactions

Housing Wire

Lenders and search companies alike need to look for trusted agent partners to provide the client with the experience they deserve. All our agents have an incredible amount of accountability to each of our partners to make sure all clients have a world-class real estate experience.”. Technology plays a vital role in this.

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Reverse pros in high-value markets look ahead to 2024 opportunities

Housing Wire

and ensuring that potential clients have the reverse mortgage option visible is a key focus for Bruser. I’m working with a couple of brokerage firms on a multi-part agent training series,” Borg said. “I’ve Florida is already an extremely popular retirement destination in the U.S.,

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Are you prepping for worst-case commission lawsuit outcomes?

Housing Wire

Right now, the first suit to go to trial should be the Sitzer lawsuit (named after its lead plaintiff), which was scheduled to begin on February 21, 2023, but at the request of Anywhere (referred to as Realogy in all court filings), it has been postponed indefinitely, as reported by Real Estate Reporter Brooklee Han. Judge Stephen R.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019. For example, Realfinity pays LOs 1.4%

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Retail reverse mortgage production took a hit in January

Housing Wire

“I’m working with a couple of brokerage firms on a multipart agent training series,” Frank Borg, a Seattle -based originator with Fairway said in a February interview.

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Cardinals of a different feather: Inside Samson Properties’ unique model

Housing Wire

Samson is the CEO of Samson Properties , a rapidly growing Northern Virginia-based brokerage. Samson has a different business model and branding than Compass, but both brokerages identify as “agent-centric.”. DOJ has swooped into lawsuits against the National Association of Realtors and top brokerage firms.

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