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Side’s Hilary Saunders discusses the evolution of brokerage models

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Photo credit: AJ Canaria Hilary Saunders , the co-founder and chief broker officer at Side , sees the current challenges facing the real estate industry as yet another opportunity for brokerage models to further evolve. “I The brokerage models have to adapt,” Saunders said. “We

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Real estate brokerages: Tech won’t ruin us

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“The thing we need in real estate is more buzzwords about tech,” deadpanned Craig McClelland, vice-president and chief operating officer of BHGRE Metro Brokers in Atlanta. So began one of the more compelling panels at RealTrends’ “Gathering of Eagles” conference in Colorado Springs – “Intersection of tech and brokerage.”.

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Fathom Holdings names industry veteran Jon Gwin as COO

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Fathom Holdings , the parent company of cloud-based real estate brokerage Fathom Realty , appointed Jon Gwin as chief operating officer. The company’s brands include Fathom Realty , Encompass Lending , intelliAgent , LiveBy , Real Results , Verus Title and Cornerstone.

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Former Keller Williams agents continue their legal actions 

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Louis Ronayne first joined the brokerage as an agent and later became a team leader, serving at the brokerage from July 2000 to September 2014. He was also a regional director for Michigan and northern Ohio from 2006 to 2012, when he oversaw up to 30 KW market centers. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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The evolution of the more productive real estate agent 

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Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. As more and more people enter the real estate industry – membership at the National Association of Realtors has ballooned to a record 1.6 For brokerages – and agents themselves – transaction sides and sales volume are easy ways to measure productivity.

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DataDigest: New data shows how brokerages, agents, landlords & homebuilders were reshaped by the pandemic

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Census Bureau shows how the business landscapes changed for homebuilders , lessors, agents , brokerages and other real estate professionals in the first full year after the pandemic began. The number of firms jumped by almost 10,000 to 162,286, the most homebuilder firms since 2006. Now, newly released data from the U.S.

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William Raveis acquires South Carolina-based Carson Realty

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Real estate brokerage William Raveis has returned to the acquisitions business. Founded in 2006, Carson Realty serves clients in the South Carolina markets of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Lake Keowee. On Thursday, the family-owned firm announced that it had acquired South Carolina -based Carson Realty.

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