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Top indie firm Portside acquires another brokerage in Central Maine

Housing Wire

In 2018, the brokerage onboarded RE/MAX Heritage in Yarmouth, Maine , led by Mike Lepage. As a result, Davin’s brokerage boasts 165 agents all over Maine and on the seacoast of New Hampshire. The brokerage has been ranked as one of the top private independents in the country by RealTrends in 2024. .

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Opendoor launches… a brokerage?

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The line between traditional iBuyer and brokerage is getting ever-so-blurry for venture-backed startup Opendoor. Hanging your license with Opendoor Brokerage as an independent contractor means you are eligible for a consistent, steady stream of highly motivated seller & buyer clients,” the job post reads.

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Jason Christie returns to Compass in NYC

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Christie said he returned to the brokerage because of its technology, agent network and culture. Compass’s client-centric service is incomparable to other brokerages,” Christie said in a statement. And on top of that, the platform allows for a user-friendly experience on behalf of both the client and the broker.”

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Compass welcomes back industry veteran Bob Gerlach

Housing Wire

The Robert Reffkin -helmed firm is welcoming back Bob Gerlach, who retired from the brokerage in 2021, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Gerlach is joining Compass as a sales manager supporting brokerage professionals in the Palo Alto market as part of the firm’s management team.

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Salt Lake City team leader Dustin Brohm makes the move to Real

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The fast-growing real estate firm The Real Brokerage just added to its agent count. Brohm and his team have been with eXp since 2018. We just no longer felt that it was the best brokerage for what we are building.” When The New York Times is writing about it , it is not good,” Brohm said.

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LeadingRE promotes Reisinger to COO, Edgerton to Chief Legal Officer

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Edgerton and Reisinger will have an impact on the global network of 550-plus independent real estate brokerages. Edgerton moves up from her position of executive vice president of operations, which she’s held since 2018. million global transactions a year.

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Robbie Lindo takes his boutique real estate firm to Jack Conway 

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Massachusetts -based boutique real estate firm Lindo Realty Group has joined the commonwealth’s top independent real estate brokerage, Jack Conway & Co. Prior to founding the Lindo Realty Group in 2018, Robbie Lindo worked at Jack Conway for more than a decade as a top salesperson and then as a manager.