Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage William Raveis has returned to the acquisitions business. Founded in 2006, Carson Realty serves clients in the South Carolina markets of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Lake Keowee. Founded in 2006, Carson Realty serves clients in the South Carolina markets of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Lake Keowee.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In turn, this will allow agents to provide even more value to their clients. Additionally, Florance believes this model will succeed because it focuses on selling homes and building brands for both agents and brokerage firms. The lead diversion model has genericized real estate brokerages,” Florance said. Brands matter.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Redfin is expanding an agent compensation plan it launched last year by adding seven new markets starting in May, the national real estate brokerage announced Thursday. No other brokerage can offer agents a big traditional split and all the benefits, support, technology and customer introductions that we provide here at Redfin.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public, and they stipulate that the brokerage conglomerate make significant changes to its practices. Anywhere will eliminate any minimum client commission requirements that company owned brokerages may have.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

After spending a decade building a proprietary technology and productivity platform, United Real Estate Group is seeing its growth explode, according to Q2 2021 earnings report. Is technology finally providing the key to success? In the past, when brokers thought about low-fee brokerage firms, they thought of low service.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

It was a part of the 2022 REACH Canada Cohort, a technology scale-up program backed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Backed by venture fund Second Century Ventures , Roomvu has been recognized as one of Canada’s 20 most innovative tech companies. Our partnerships with LeadingRE and RealtyOne are just the beginning.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Set the appointment To make a strong first impression with potential sellers, avoid overwhelming them with too many questions upfront. A trustworthy Client Relationship Management (CRM) system is an important asset, allowing agents to effectively manage and track interactions with clients.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Real estate brokers need to be able to target these clients effectively, so they can close deals quickly. Many real estate professionals discount the seller lead. But real estate seller leads are important because they represent commodities for brokers. By using this data, Buyside helps brokers generate and capture seller leads.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

While our industry is notorious for its lethargic adoption of new technologies, it is inevitable that AI will reshape many of the traditional and archaic processes that exist today. At the same time, there are numerous examples of ground-breaking implementations of this transformative technology that are already being used today.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If you’re an agent, team or brokerage looking to keep a pipeline of qualified listing leads coming your way, SmartZip may the solution you need. SmartZip uses predictive analytics to pinpoint likely sellers from 6 to 18 months in advance, offering a huge advantage in today’s low inventory market. Automated marketing: Yes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

While addressing all of these issues is important, should we not have more stories and conversations about how brokerages can capture the most important stakeholder of all? Let’s dive into two areas that technology partners and independent brokerages can align to ensure that demand is captured and more at-bats are won.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

million after the brokerage paid its commissions and related expenses. Compass agents are more likely to work in upper-echelon markets where buyers and sellers would work with agents, he said. Compass also requires their agents to ensure buy-side clients sign buyer-broker agreements. Revenue was revised down to $241.20

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Historically, though, professionals let their clients go after the transaction is complete rather than building a moat around the client that assures future transactions. The newest prop tech applications to moat the client relationship are home management tools. Evolve the technology stack.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. And the seller net proceeds continue to be a target.

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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. With the advancements in technology, finding homes online has become easy and straightforward.

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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. Many economists are predicting low mortgage rates for an extended period of time which will keep the red-hot seller’s market intact indefinitely.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. Regular communication keeps you top-of-mind when clients are ready to make a move. Of course, you can’t do everything — but consistency is important.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Many of them are determined to make an impact in industries that have yet to be significantly modernized by technology. The urge to innovate in real estate is only natural — any homebuyer or seller who is a creative problem-solver will notice glaring inefficiencies in the process. Both sellers and buyers have a lot to lose.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In The market, however, is expected to grow as HEI companies seek to partner with mortgage lenders and real estate brokerages. The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Industry players who spoke with HousingWire agree that the level of repurchase demands has increased this year and that is having an impact on some buyers and sellers of MSRs. If you [as an MSR seller] push the edge of the envelope, I’m probably going to walk away [from the deal].”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” However, it was deemed as too challenging technologically so it languished.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2019 and won class-action status in April, alleges that some NAR rules, including one that requires listing brokers to offer buyer brokers a commission to list a property in a Realtor-affiliated MLS, violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by inflating seller costs.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

“The biggest combined brokerage company in the country in terms of all their brands, just said, ‘We’re out. Worst case scenario, the broker representing the buyer will have to negotiate their own fee with their client and the seller can no longer be compelled to make a blanket offer of compensation in order to list on the MLS,” Murray said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The rule change will prohibit listing brokers from paying buyer’s agents and will instead require sellers to pay them directly if they choose to pay them at all. It seems we are headed toward a future where each agent will be paid by their own client. The MLSs are technology companies, period. They are not the NAR rule police.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2022

Lamacchia Realty ranked Number One Independent Brokerage by market share in Leominster , Hudson , and Worcester.* Additionally, Lamacchia Realty was ranked the #1 Real Estate Brokerage overall in Leominster! Lamacchia Realty Ranked #1 Brokerage in Leominster. Lamacchia Realty Ranked #1 Independent Brokerage in Hudson.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Anywhere Real Estate partnered with agent-client collaboration platform RealScout to allow the company’s affiliated real estate agents and franchise owners “to engage, nurture, and convert clients at each stage of the real estate journey,” according to an announcement on Friday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

25 and March 1, 628 said they would move due to natural disasters, extreme temperatures, and rising sea levels in their area, according to real estate brokerage Redfin, which conducted the survey. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. “I had one client in St.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space? Vance Loiselle: In the 20th century, the primary technology innovations in real estate were the telephone and the MLS. HW: What steps in the real estate transaction could benefit from further digitalization?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Our agents are telling us that if it weren’t for the Home Swap, many of their clients would not consider making a move.”. Explore three steps that enable technology to work more efficiently, which helps drive profitability. Knock Home Swap is offered by more than 30 brokerage firms and more than 24,000 agents, the company said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

We have provided our network with material that help them navigate a lot of the conversations that are happening with buyers and seller. So, we’ve been heavily focused on thinking about how we can help our brokers and agents continue to increase their market share at a time when the clients and transactions just aren’t happening.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

Lamacchia Realty is proud to announce their ranking as #1 Brokerage overall in Leominster by closed transactions per MLSPIN Brokerage Market Share Report*. Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006.  The post Lamacchia Realty Ranks #1 Brokerage in Leominster for 2022 appeared first on Lamacchia Realty.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

The same can be said about the mortgage industry as an ecosystem, and its technology as the coral reef. In order for brokers and lenders to work together in symbiosis as organisms of this ecosystem, the technology must also allow for it. For that ecosystem to maintain and survive each organism must work together in a symbiotic manner.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE The company’s mission has become to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. An Independent brokerage is a non-national franchise that is privately held.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Redfin is a publicly traded company, a nationally recognized listings website and one of the biggest brokerages in the country. Way back in the drab plaid of the 1970s, brokerages often classified agents as employees and offered them health care and pension plans. With a two-year-old, I couldn’t meet the quota,” she said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

HousingStack is a real estate technology landscape that provides a dynamic visual that reflects the rapid changes in the sector. The first is listing tools – the products designed for you to convert potential sellers into listing contracts. Not only do loads of brokerages offer it but also many of the top MLSs as well.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

The company’s mission has become to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. Lamacchia provides industry-leading training , support , systems , and technology to its agents so they can reach their fullest potential and best serve their clients. The company’s success is driven by agent success. *Per

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