Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Right-to-list agreement firm MV Realty has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 33 states. MV Realty currently faces lawsuits in multiple states for allegedly misleading consumers and homeowners. MV Realty operated in 33 states and has more than 500 real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Co-founded by Sean Soderstrom, Dan Breitbach and Joe Urciuoli, the proptech company sells an AI-powered software platform to help real estate brokerages with their recruiting efforts. Courted identified three main problems with how brokerages have historically recruited agents. over the past year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Brokerages took notice, resulting in a surge in companies and office locations competing for their share of listings, according to CoreLogic multiple-listing service data shared exclusively with HousingWire. In this environment of high rates and tight inventory, brokerages have had to become sharp elbowed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, home sellers Danielle and Jessie Kay (who sold a house in Baden, Pennsylvania, in December 2021 with the help of an agent from Realty One Group Gold Standard ) were added as a plaintiff. The addition of the five local brokerages is not the only recent change to the list of defendants.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

eXp Realty launched a new coaching platform, eXp Elevate Coaching, the company announced on Thursday. The platform is an extension of eXp’s University and Mentor programs and aims to help agents grow their business. The eXp Elevate Coaching platform boasts two main programs: Accelerate Live and Accelerate On-Demand. million in Q1 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Top-performing independent Florida brokerage Premiere Plus Realty has chosen to affiliate with Dallas-based United Real Estate , according to an announcement on Wednesday. According to the announcement, Premiere Plus Realty will continue to operate under the same name and leadership. “It 51 among independent firms.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The slower housing market and uncertain economic conditions took their toll on the number of real estate brokerages and firms that were named to Inc. Last year , over 60 real estate brokerage firms or real estate teams made the list, but this number shrank to just 36 in 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The ranking, which was created in partnership with RealTrends and supported by Sotheby’s International Realty , is the industry’s only list recognizing top-producing LGBTQ+ and ally members. The Alliance would rank as the nation’s 23 rd and 29 th brokerage in volume and transaction sides, respectively, on the 2023 RealTrends Top 500 list.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued orders against Freedom Mortgage Corporation and Realty Connect USA Long Island for illegal kickbacks on Thursday, the first enforcement action associated with the 1974 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act in six years. Freedom must pay $1.75 million fine.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. I’m talking about more than naming yourself John Doe Realty and ripping a logo off of Canva. The power of branding in real estate In the real estate world, there’s a prevailing belief that “You are the brand” as an agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Sudi Hernandez of Cloud 9 Real Estate Group loses leads when a client hears her Cuban accent. James Dunn of eXp Realty surprised a client with his answer to their question, “You’re white, right?”. Amy Kong of Trust Real Estate hosts open houses where people ask, “Where is the agent?”. That compares to a U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is welcoming yet another top-performing agent to the company. Arizona-based David Newman and his 12-member team, David Newman Partners, are moving to The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Paris-based brokerage is launching its Florida operation on Friday, marking its first expansion into the U.S. According to iad, the brokerage is the No. 1 brokerage by transaction sides in France, as well as No.3 Courtney and his agents also cited iad’s revenue sharing model. In addition to the U.S. 4 in Mexico.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Urban District Realty , a Washington, D.C.-based based brokerage, announced last week the launch of its custom real estate listing system, PROJETO. This system uses virtual reality technology which allows clients to be put in a virtual representation of a property that hasn’t been built yet.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Real Brokerage continues to add to its agent count. Lafayette, Louisiana-based District South Real Estate Co. has joined Real, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Led by Carrie Théard and Sean Hettich, District South’s 40 agents serve home buyers and sellers in Louisiana’s Acadiana region.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Low-cost residential real estate brokerage is not necessarily a new phenomenon. About 50 years ago, a trailblazer named Dave Liniger created the concept of “real estate maximums,” birthing RE/MAX. Are agents really keeping 100%? Low-cost brokerage has kicked brokers in the teeth over the years.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“We’re bringing together the best minds in the industry to elevate our services and redefine the future of real estate,” Adam Hergenrother, CEO of Livian, said in a statement. Together, we are poised to create unparalleled opportunities and set new standards of success in the world of real estate brokerage.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

GLG is a Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia, servicing Alpharetta as Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta , Roswell as Keller Williams Realty Consultants , Peachtree Corners as Keller Williams Realty Chattahoochee North and surrounding metropolitan Atlanta areas.

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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. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Flat-fee real estate brokerage Fathom Realty will hike its agent fees in 2024 to bolster the company’s revenue by more than $3 million next year. The brokerage will implement two main changes to its fee structure, effective on Jan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro, a Californian home seller, accuses the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. It was filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. 17, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Our brokerage is unique,” Michael Gifford told HousingWire. “It’s So that’s a major differentiator from us and other agents.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Christie’s International Real Estate is poised to enter the Austin market this fall as it launches a new affiliate. The brokerage firm will be owned and operated by Jerry Mooty Jr., Mooty, who owns @properties Christie’s International Real Estate offices in Dallas and Frisco, is also Jones’ nephew.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. In a copycat suit filed last Friday in U.S. Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.”

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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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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Three agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty — Jerri L. Hill — have taken legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing three separate class-action lawsuits, Inman first reported on Tuesday. But that policy did not impact agents who joined before April 1, 2020. Moulder, David L.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Realty Group joined Compass as its founding team in Madison, Wisconsin , the company announced on Tuesday. The team of three, led by principal Liz Quinn, was previously affiliated with Realty Executives. Realty Group as our first Compass team to join in Madison,” said Fran Broude, regional vice president with Compass.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the face of a copycat commission lawsuit , the Real Estate Board of New York has vowed to fight. In an email blast sent to REBNY members, the New York City real estate agent trade group said it would “vigorously defend the litigation.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Plaintiffs in Florida and Pennsylvania filed lawsuits on Monday, accusing real estate industry players of allegedly colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. More home sellers on the East Coast are getting in on the commission lawsuit action. Both lawsuits are seeking class-action status.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Another independent brokerage has chosen to align with RE/MAX. Yakima Valley, Washington-based The Real Estate Collective , is RE/MAX’s latest franchise, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The brokerage will now operate under the name RE/MAX The Collective.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

eXp World Holdings , the parent company of eXp Realty , said its profit soared to a record in the second quarter as the dollar-volume of transactions rose 26% from a year earlier to $13 billion. The post eXp Realty reports 33% revenue growth for Q2 appeared first on HousingWire. The company reported net income of $8.3

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Inman

MARCH 11, 2024

Not many real estate agents can say they’ve made a billion dollars in sales. But Ginger Martin, Real Estate Associate with Sotheby’s International Realty – St. Helena Brokerage, boasts more than $3 billion in sales — and that number just keeps growing.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On Wednesday, home seller plaintiffs in northern Georgia filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Roomvu , a Canadian-based video marketing platform for residential real estate agents, is partnering with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) and Realty One to mark Roomvu’s expansion into the U.S. Our expansion into 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

JANUARY 2, 2024

Filed last Wednesday in the Western District of Missouri, the Umpa suit, named after its lead and only plaintiff Daniel Umpa, accuses the real estate industry of allegedly colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The lawsuit is seeking class action status for everyone in the U.S.

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