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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. The way Saunders views it, today’s consumers are more savvy.

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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. A licensed real estate broker since 2006, he managed a brokerage in San Diego and he also played a crucial role in establishing some of the first compliance management systems in the mortgage industry.

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Real estate brokerages: Tech won’t ruin us

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So began one of the more compelling panels at RealTrends’ “Gathering of Eagles” conference in Colorado Springs – “Intersection of tech and brokerage.”. Any real estate talk about technology can degenerate into to just saying the word “technology.” “We Don’t go out and build a consumer-facing technology,” McClelland advised.

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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. “Our On Thursday, the family-owned firm announced that it had acquired South Carolina -based Carson Realty. Our business model is unique.

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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

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Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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Opinion: All the ways the class-action commission lawsuits are misguided

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RealTrends + Harris Insights ‘ studies from 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2014, and 2019 all show that consumers know that commissions are negotiable. Consumers have had lots of choices in brokerage services, including those with lower costs, but they have chosen not to use them in any meaningful way. It’s not a pretty sight.

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The evolution of the more productive real estate agent 

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million – brokerages have become less focused on attracting new agents into the industry and instead more focused on increasing the productivity of the agents they have. For brokerages – and agents themselves – transaction sides and sales volume are easy ways to measure productivity. Brokerages Invest in Tech.