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Brokerage executives double down on their lead generation strategies

Housing Wire

With home sales still at historically low levels and uncertainty over the commission lawsuits , real estate brokerage executives prize good leads more than ever. To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates.

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Indie brokerage Nationwide Real Estate Executives joins eXp Realty

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Daryl Owen , the founder of top California independent brokerage Nationwide Real Estate Executives , is joining eXp Realty and taking 200 agents along with him. RealTrends couldn’t independently confirm those figures; NRE has not submitted data to the RealTrends brokerage rankings since 2019.

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NAR, brokerages say Sitzer/Burnett plaintiffs are trying to dodge cross examination

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“The sudden decision on the eve of trial to withdraw three class representatives raises questions about whether the withdrawal was designed to avoid testimony that could conflict with other class representatives, raising questions about the merits and/or the propriety of the class,” the defense motion states.

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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. Kate Reisinger was promoted to COO from EVP of member services Reisinger’s role will be to design and conduct the company’s operations. million global transactions a year.

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Maryland home seller files commission lawsuit in Missouri

Housing Wire

The complaint argues that the NAR and the brokerage defendants collude “to impose, implement and enforce anticompetitive restraints that cause home sellers to pay inflated commissions on the sale of their homes, in violation of federal antitrust law.” “Because this blanket offer must be made available to every buyer-broker using the MLS (i.e.,

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Anywhere Real Estate appoints its first ever chief product officer

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Real estate brokerage and services company Anywhere Real Estate announced last week that it is appointing Tony Kueh as its first chief product officer. The Anywhere franchise, formerly known as Realogy , includes brokerages, consumer programs, lead generation, relocation, and title settlement services.

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AI in real estate: Assessing current and future use cases

Housing Wire

Lickstein helped craft an AI-powered tool designed to educate brokers and is currently developing a compliance framework. If I was a brokerage owner on both sides, I’m thinking internally and externally: if I don’t embrace this tech internally, I’m a dinosaur in the brokerage world,” he said.