Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

Fast-growing, publicly traded The Real Brokerage announced Monday that it had reached a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the Umpa commission lawsuit. The Umpa suit is the only commission lawsuit in which Real has been named as a defendant. The brokerage will pay $9.25 The Real Brokerage closed $14.4

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Check out these nine downloadable real estate prospecting letter templates to help you make an impression in your neighborhood or zip code. My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). Please think of me as your go-to resource for all things real estate.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

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. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Engel & Völkers , the global luxury real estate brand, just partnered with Dilbeck Real Estate , one of Southern California’s top real estate teams. Under the leadership of Mark Dilbeck, the company’s majority owner since 1998, the indie brokerage achieved $1.04 million in volume.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sure, your real estate landing pages look great — but do they convert? A good real estate website includes more than just drool-worthy images of homes priced to sell. Most importantly, your website should be designed with prospective clients in mind, giving them the exact information they need and steps to get in touch.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A second home seller in Nevada has filed a lawsuit alleging that real estate industry players in the state have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

While there is plenty of noise out there, we dug for podcast gold to come up with a list of the best real estate podcasts that are worth your time. We curated a shortlist of the top real estate podcasts that provide useful information for agents at every stage of their careers. Apple Podcasts Spotify 2.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

Rocket Homes has plans to start iBuying – and discount real estate. Such are the ambitions of an array of companies today including Zillow and real estate brokerage Compass. But Rocket’s announcement provides a couple of specific ways it wants to cut into the real estate market and challenge traditional agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

On Monday, the independent brokerage announced that it had acquired Springfield, Massachusetts-based Sears Real Estate. Founded in 1971 by Paul Sears, Sears Real Estate is owned and operated by the family of current National Association of Realtors president Kevin Sears. Based in Waltham, Mass.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Podcast: Comparing real estate team and brokerage profitability. Study: It’s true, real estate teams outperform brokerage firms. RealTrends Brokerage Compensation Report. However, these super-sized teams aren’t the only ones turning a profit — a profit that dwarfs most real estate brokerage’s profit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

I’m sharing a transformative announcement with you today, one that marks a new era for RealTrends and propels forward the vision of bringing transparency to what it means to be a top-performing real estate brokerage, team or agent. In real estate and data alike, clarity and trust are paramount.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

First impressions matter, especially in the luxury real estate market. And often your first impression as a brokerage or an agent is your online presence. From your website to your social media platforms, setting a high standard creates a lasting positive impression on potential clients. Content plays the long game.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Anchor Real Estate of Long Island, Inc. is the latest independent brokerage to affiliate with a major national brand. The Patchogue, New York -based firm announced Wednesday that it was affiliating with Century 21 Real Estate LLC. Gina obtained her real estate license in 2002.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Top-producing mega team PREMIERE Group is joining fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage , according to an announcement on Monday. His vision of building a tech-first, agent-centric brokerage aligns with our mission at Real. The Real Brokerage currently has over 13,000 agents across all 50 states. million.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For many real estate agents, a logical step on their path of professional development is becoming a real estate broker, then working as either a managing broker or a broker-owner. For brokers who are franchise owners in a big-box brokerage model , upstream costs can make it difficult to maintain profitability.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. Yet, the complexity of real estate transactions lies beyond the initial online search.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It’s a weird time to be a real estate agent , and I see it all around me here in the Denver metro. Brokers who rode the proverbial wave of real estate during the pandemic and have now had to reroute or pivot to figure out how to navigate a market that was once boasting the lowest rates in decades are disoriented.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Christie’s International Real Estate is poised to enter the Austin market this fall as it launches a new affiliate. The brokerage firm will be owned and operated by Jerry Mooty Jr., Mooty, who owns @properties Christie’s International Real Estate offices in Dallas and Frisco, is also Jones’ nephew.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Florida -based Keyes Company , an independent real estate brokerage , partnered with housing data aggregator BHR , the company announced Tuesday. They are an incredibly advanced real estate tool and one of the first AI-powered products we believe will 10x our agents’ business.” 38 with 12,458 transactions and $7.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With the residential real estate pendulum swinging from blissful exuberance in the second half of 2020 to extreme consternation for many today, brokers have had to pivot like never before. As such, it certainly feels like that pendulum is a labrys slicing through our brokerage firms. Retain and develop.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

California-based RE/MAX Proper has acquired All Nations Realty and Investments , an independent brokerage in Rancho Cucamonga. In total, 126 agents and staff members at All Nations have joined RE/Max Proper, increasing the total agent count to 203, up from 70 when the former indie brokerage affiliated with the RE/MAX brand in May.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

Over the past year or so, we have seen an uptick in questions relating to commission disputes between brokers and their clients. A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. A seller-client cancels a listing.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Regardless of the outcome, real estate brokers are doing all they can to prepare their brokerages and their agents for more transparency, education on the value real estate agents bring to the transaction, and more, according to the 2023 Q4 BrokerPulse survey , a forward-looking housing market sentiment survey by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is welcoming yet another top-performing agent to the company. Arizona-based David Newman and his 12-member team, David Newman Partners, are moving to The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Newman has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Just hours after securing a victory for his home seller clients in the landmark Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit, Michael Ketchmark, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, filed another class action antitrust lawsuit against some of the real estate industry’s biggest players, in U.S. District Court for Western Missouri.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kofi Nartey, a top real estate broker with a client list of celebrities and prominent athletes, has joined The Real Brokerage as a national growth leader. As part of his role at Real, Nartey will teach agents how to pitch the value proposition of The Real Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Massachusetts -based boutique real estate firm Lindo Realty Group has joined the commonwealth’s top independent real estate brokerage, Jack Conway & Co. Lindo Realty Group functioned independently as a small, boutique-style real estate firm for five years before joining back Jack Conway in 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

With low housing inventory nationwide, agents are using innovative ways to find real estate seller leads and convert them into listings. To help you snag more listings, we updated our list of proven strategies to win more real estate seller leads in 2024. Drive leads to home valuation landing pages It’s the 21st century.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has been sending shockwaves across nearly every industry, and real estate is no exception. This piece will explore some of the key domains where AI is having the greatest impact for real estate agents, brokers and the innovative companies leading the charge.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the passions that has spanned my career in its entirety is creating exceptional experiences — for agents and their clients, our brokerage staff and anyone who interacts with our brand. At The Agency, we have a unique position as both a real estate brand and a lifestyle brand. We make great impressions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

These lawsuits threaten to radically reshape the residential brokerage landscape, and could be the catalyst for a fat decline in the annual commission pool as well as the industry shedding as many as 80% of agents, according to a team of analysts at Keefe Bruyette Woods. “Homebuyer survey data may provide some clues.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

On Thursday, the Anywhere brand announced that Northern California firm Vista Real Estate had joined the Sotheby’s network. The new affiliate currently has 36 agents who serve clients in Shasta County, Siskiyou County, Trinity County and Tehama County. This marks Sotheby’s 111th office in California.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Santa Rosa-based Bay Area Real Estate Information Service (BAREIS) and other MLSes, who are clients of Rapattoni, fell victim of the cyberattack. Several days without MLS access can add up for a brokerage, Gerrett Snedaker, broker at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate|Wine Country Group, told North Bay Business Journal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Boutique luxury brokerage Tate Property Group has joined Coldwell Banker , the company announced last week. The Austin , Texas-based brokerage was founded in 2008 by Pat Tate, who will be jumping to Coldwell Banker with her son, Drew Tate, and three other agents. The group will relocate to the Coldwell Banker’s Westlake office.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable client relationship management (CRM) tools that offer a cost-effective means to automate and manage client interactions.

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