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Bay Area team bolts Compass for Side

Housing Wire

OWN Marin, a veteran team of five agents, announced last week that they switched from the New York-headquartered brokerage to the San Francisco-based outfit. The brokerage, which declined comment, has hundreds of agents in Marin County – which lies just north of San Francisco County – and is the no. billion in VC cash.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Redfin is a publicly traded company, a nationally recognized listings website and one of the biggest brokerages in the country. Way back in the drab plaid of the 1970s, brokerages often classified agents as employees and offered them health care and pension plans. With a two-year-old, I couldn’t meet the quota,” she said.

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Top brokerage execs see silver linings in commission lawsuits

Housing Wire

I remember leading KW back in 2004 when Zillow showed up and everyone thought the sky was falling. Agents need to have a certain level of skills in order to educate buyers, sellers, negotiate, etc. In terms of transparency, I don’t think we have anything to fear here. I think it is time to be transparent,” Willis said. “I

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