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Productivity report: The data on real estate agents vs. teams

Housing Wire

While most brokerage firms have embraced teams, some have not. This report can serve as guidance when choosing teams for your brokerage. Production of teams vs. individual agents RealTrends has provided verified ranking information since 2007 for individual agents and teams in the United States.

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Redfin acquires Bay Equity, pink slips 121 staff

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The acquisition is intended to enable Seattle-based Redfin to expand its loans products nationally, as it wants to be a one-stop-shop for brokerage and lending. Founded in 2007, Corte Madera-based Bay Equity originated a volume at $8.5 billion in 2021, nearly ten times the size of Redfin’s existing portfolio.

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Lincoln slog: Why home prices don’t rise in Springfield

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Barack Obama uttered those words on the footsteps of the Illinois state capitol in 2007 – a speech where the former Illinois state senator declared his candidacy for president. median home price of $207,000.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Brian Gubernick

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He has more than 15 years of industry experience, holding multiple positions in the industry including being an investor, team owner/leader, brokerage operating partner, coach and trainer and corporate executive. Brian Gubernick : No question, the greatest learning opportunity I’ve experienced was the 2007-2008 housing market crash.

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Steve Harney, founder of Keeping Current Matters, has died

Housing Wire

Four years later, Harney founded his own brokerage, National Homefinders, using market insights to grow the business to 500 agents. He sold the brokerage in 2005. In 2007 Harney founded Keeping Current Matters to help agents understand what was happening in the run-up to the great financial crisis.

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Top of the list: An interview with Ben Caballero

Housing Wire

You said before 2007 that you were providing services for homebuilders manually. That began to change around 2007, and we were able to take on clients more efficiently. HousingWire : How much revenue does HomesUSA generate each year? Ben Caballero : Not enough! We are just under $3 million in our revenue for this year right now.

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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 industry segment totaled 823,091 jobs in 2021, the highest total since 2007. Now, newly released data from the U.S. That total was a 4.9%

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