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San Francisco-based OWN Real Estate makes the leap to Keller Williams

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San Francisco-based real estate team OWN Real Estate joined Keller Williams , the company announced on Wednesday. Founded by Wilson Leung, the team has 19 real estate agents and six staff members. In 2022, OWN Real Estate sold 80 homes, amounting to more than $107.1

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Collabra names real estate veteran Charron to its board

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Collabra Technology , a real estate marketing and analytics firm, has appointed former Bright MLS executive David Charron to its board of directors, the company announced on Monday. In 2017, MRIS merged with TREND to form Bright MLS.

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As insurance costs rise, real estate agents have more buyer concerns to assuage

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As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. That just shows you how impactful the cost of insurance is in the real estate market.”

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Joint ventures between title firms and real estate companies are under the microscope

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In 1983 Jim Campbell launched what is believed to be the first joint venture experiment between a real estate brokerage and a title and settlement firm. Campbell is now something of a JV guru, having completed over 80 joint ventures with real estate or lending firms. Image was created using MidJourney.

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IPO no: Why real estate companies stopped going public

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The chief executive officer for real estate brokerage Side announced a fresh $50 million in venture capital money spearheaded by ultra-prolific financier Tiger Global Management. For many years, everyone thought brokerage was ripe for major disruption,” said Gilles Duranton, real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Lenders, don’t overlook real estate investors

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As the market moves into a post-refi-boom era, loan officers face tough competition for purchase loans. HousingWire recently spoke with William Tessar, president of Civic Financial Services , about the private lending space and how LOs can benefit from serving real estate investors. .

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eXp Olympian Chad Hedrick on the power of a real estate team

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Hedrick and his team provide the best possible service to the luxury real estate market in Houston, Texas. He founded the Gold to Sold Group in 2017, and the organization now represents the “gold standard” in the Houston housing market. HW: How did you make the transition into real estate?