Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In the past few weeks, 12 agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams — Jerri Moulder, David Bueker, Robert Hill, Kevin Ortiz, Edward Fordyce, Paul Davis, Penny Alper, Jana and Dennis Caudill, Eric Mendoza, Jack Levine and John Exnicios — took legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing a host of class-action lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

Keller Williams Realty in Portland, Maine grew 751% in sales volume percentage over the last five years — 2017-2021, ranking No. The 2022 RealTrends 500 brokerage companies are breaking records. This ranking shows the firms that had the largest increase in sales volume percentage between 2017 and 2021. eXp Realty was No.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services closed a huge deal late Tuesday, announcing a strategic partnership with Rand Realty , giving the massive independent brokerage a sizable foothold in the booming suburbs of New York City. The post Howard Hanna acquires New York brokerage Rand Realty appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Realty ONE Group International , a global real estate franchise, recently promoted five women to drive the company’s global growth. Cory Vasquez was promoted to the position of co-president, alongside Vinnie Tracey, who has been the company’s president since 2017. states and 20 countries and territories. The company ranked No.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued orders against Freedom Mortgage Corporation and Realty Connect USA Long Island for illegal kickbacks on Thursday, the first enforcement action associated with the 1974 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act in six years. million fine.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

It became very obvious that you had this segment of real estate professionals that was unlike most others,” said Gal, who launched San Francisco-based Side in 2017 with Edward Wu and Hilary Saunders. When we looked at the industry, every brokerage that existed served the 1.3 Guy Gal CEO at Side. “It

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

GLG is a Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia, servicing Alpharetta as Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta , Roswell as Keller Williams Realty Consultants , Peachtree Corners as Keller Williams Realty Chattahoochee North and surrounding metropolitan Atlanta areas.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

Technology has rapidly changed the process for listing and buying homes, and the general public is taking note and adjusting their expectations of what a real estate broker should be. The public is demanding a broker that offers the same cost savings and efficiencies in the real estate market that they receive everywhere else.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

Compass once again comes out on top in the 2022 RealTrends 500 brokerage rankings , with a $237 billion increase in sales volume over the last five years — 2017-2021, ranking No. This ranking shows the firms that had the largest increase in sales volume between 2017 and 2021. 1 of the Top 5-Year Movers by Sales Volume.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2022

Two Myrtle Beach Century 21 franchises have filed a lawsuit against eXp Realty , alleging that eXp Realty agent Joel Barber stole profits and private real estate data during secretive, “unauthorized” late night office visits. Barber had been working for the Harrelson Group on a contract basis since March of 2017. and 5:30 a.m.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Makinney made the leap with his two agents, Jill Giorno and Jen Goodale.The top team was previously at brokerage @properties. The Makinney Group, recognized for their community involvement and referral transactions, brings 35 years of combined experience in the Chicagoland real estate market to Compass.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

The 2022 RealTrends 500 brokerage companies are gaining market share an historic rates. This ranking shows the firms that had the largest increase in closed transaction sides between 2017 and 2021. This ranking shows the firms that had the largest increase in closed transaction sides between 2017 and 2021.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

After a nearly two-year search, RE/MAX Holdings , the parent company of brokerage firm RE/MAX , has found its new CEO. Prior to becoming the president of DISH in 2017, Carlson held several leadership roles at the firm, including president and chief operating officer. Earlier in his career. Carlson led DISH’s indirect sales operations.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

The top agents were previously at brokerage @properties. “We I’m excited to be working alongside the top real estate agents in Chicago and look forward to tapping into the Compass tools that are proven to scale agent business,” Hodge said in a statement. Dobbs, on the other hand, has nearly four decades of experience.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

Despite that, the 2022 RealTrends top real estate brokerage firms did a record number of transaction sides in 2021 (our 2022 rankings are based on 2021 data). The top four — Realogy Brokerage Group , HomeServices of America , Compass and eXp Realty — now have 20% market share in the U.S. In the franchise category, No.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

The 2022 RealTrends 500 rankings offer a unique inside view of the top brokerage firms in the country. This ranking shows the firms that had the largest percentage increase in closed transaction sides between 2017 and 2021. RealTrends has been the undisputed leader in the ranking of real estate brokerage firms, agents and teams.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

With four other real estate tech acquisitions in the last year, Lone Wolf Technologies recently added Boston Logic-owned Propertybase to its tech toolbox. “This acquisition brings these leading products together and puts our combined team in position to deliver the ultimate unified technology platform for the real estate world.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Real estate agents gathered at the Palladium Theater in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to learn networking and lead generation strategies from some of the nation’s top luxury real estate agents at the Goldbar Live conference. Eventually, in 2017, he heard back from the husband. You know what he said?”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

To stay up to data on real estate brokerage news, please check out RealTrends’ BrokerSource newsletter. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in October 2016 and named President in 2017. Herman was one of only three women running a top 20 brokerage firm, according to RealTrends 500.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Most brokerages are only a loose affiliation of independent agents, and none of us wants to impose a policy that could alienate any of the people who generate our revenue.” In leaving NAR, the brokerage said it will explore other ways to achieve those goals. We love our industry. We’ve tried to love NAR.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

residential real estate companies. Brokerage and franchise conglomerate Realogy reported its yearly financials Thursday, and the Madison, New Jersey-headquartered company tallied $343 million in net income for 2021. The brokerage, however, does more high-end deals. Once the $4.8 We have gained market share.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

Rocket Homes Real Estate , a real estate affiliate of Rocket Companies , is being investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for possibly violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) when it charged fees for referring Quicken’s mortgage clients to real estate agents, according to officials.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

We do see this as a new asset class in the real estate ecosystem and we see it as complementary to traditional debt options that exist today,” Dan Burnett, head of investor product at Hometap, said in an interview with HousingWire. Burnett: After being founded in 2017, we made our first investments in 2018 and 2019.

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Inman

MARCH 14, 2023

EXp Canada has appointed veteran real estate agents John Tsai, Nadia Habib and Nathalie Goodyer to three C-suite positions, according to the company. Tsai joined the brokerage in 2017.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Online real estate platform Clever has raised $8 million in a Series B funding round to expand its team and accelerate its mortgage efforts, the company said on Wednesday. Since its creation in 2017, the company has raised $13.5 Since its creation in 2017, the company has raised $13.5 It also works with buy-side agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

When Hometap launched in 2017, the Boston-based fintech offered an unorthodox answer to this question for homeowners looking for an alternative to a loan. We do see this as a new asset class in the real estate ecosystem and we see it as complementary to traditional debt options that exist today,” Burnett said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. The buy is Compass’s first since the residential brokerage started publicly trading shares earlier this month.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

And in 2017, I decided to go on full-time as a lead agent.”. Redfin is a publicly traded company, a nationally recognized listings website and one of the biggest brokerages in the country. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

After a review of Atlanta area property records, it would appear Kim Klir is the most successful real estate agent in world history. Led by CEO Eric Wu , Opendoor is arguably normalizing iBuyers in real estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Redfin’s Homebuyer Demand Index hit a new all-time high since at least 2017, according to a new report from Redfin , a real estate brokerage. This is a sign of strong ongoing housing demand during a time of year when the market typically slows.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Guaranteed Rate Affinity is a joint venture established in 2017 by Guaranteed Rate and Anywhere Real Estate (former Realogy ). The company originates and markets its mortgage lending services to Anywhere’s real estate brokerage and relocation subsidiaries.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

Climate change and the rising threat of natural disasters is likely to significantly impact migration plans of American families, potentially changing the landscape of American real estate. ” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Out of 2,000 people surveyed between Feb.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Stone Point Capital has purchased Vista Equity Partners’ stake in real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies. “Stone Point’s investment aligns with our vision to create a truly connected, fully digital real estate experience. ” Lone Wolf provides real estate technologies to over 1.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fathom Holdings is the latest brokerage to make a significant C-Suite change. Prior to this, Fregenal also served as Fathom’s chief operating officer from 2012 to 2017. ” Cary, North Carolina based Fathom was among the biggest movers by transaction sides in the RealTrends 2023 brokerage rankings.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Guaranteed Rate, the Chicago-based mortgage lender , and Compass, the New York City-headquartered residential real estate brokerage , “entered into a definitive agreement to form OriginPoint , a new mortgage origination company,” according to a press release Tuesday. Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated $13.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. In response to a lawsuit over the accuracy of the Zestimate, Zillow in 2017 said the tool was within 5% of the sale price 53.9%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Lessinger joined the corporate side of the firm in 2020 when she sold her ownership interest in the brokerage and joined the RE/MAX world headquarters team. Bailey remained at Zillow until 2017 when he made the jump to Century 21 , where he served as president and CEO for two years.

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