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Lamacchia Realty acquires family brokerage of NAR President Kevin Sears

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On Monday, the independent brokerage announced that it had acquired Springfield, Massachusetts-based Sears Real Estate. Anthony Lamacchia The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Lamacchia said the possibility of a merger has been a topic of discussion between himself and Sears family since 2015.

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Real estate brokerage Radius unveils mortgage-lending arm

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Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Presented by: Axis Technical Group.

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Better.com to acquire UK-based digital mortgage brokerage

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The company, which is expected to go public later this year, has agreed to acquire United Kingdom-based digital mortgage brokerage Trussle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported that SoftBank -backed Better bought Trussle for a “cut-price,” one that values the mortgage brokerage at just $9 million.

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Xome names industry vet Mike Jansta COO

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Founded in 2015 as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Mr. Cooper Group , Xome is a real estate marketplace that serves mortgage servicers, originators, real estate professionals, financial institutions and homebuyers and sellers.

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Scott Durkin named CEO of Douglas Elliman

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To stay up to data on real estate brokerage news, please check out RealTrends’ BrokerSource newsletter. Durkin was identified as a replacement to Herman in 2015 and has been groomed to step in when Herman was ready to move out of leadership. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in October 2016 and named President in 2017.

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UWM and broker shop Mid Valley settle ‘ultimatum’ lawsuit

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The settlement, reached on June 5, dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, requiring Mid Valley to pay $40,000 to UWM, as the brokerage firm acknowledges that it sent loans to Rocket and/or Fairway after the ultimatum was in effect. The lender also sued Californian brokerage shop Kevron Investments Inc.

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Have you clearly defined your brokerage’s value proposition?

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Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. In 2015, according to RealTrends data, gross margins were at 16.4% for the largest brokerage companies in the United States. Another factor is that leading market-share brokerage ?rms

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