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47-year-old Florida indie brokerage joins RE/MAX

Housing Wire

The allure of the name recognition of large national brands is causing many independent brokerages to affiliate as mortgage rates rise and housing inventory remains low. The brokerage, which was founded in 1976 by Gene Boone, will now be known as RE/MAX Foxfire.

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United RE Q2 explosive growth driven by tech, low-fee+ brokerage model

Housing Wire

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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William Raveis acquires South Carolina-based Carson Realty

Housing Wire

Real estate brokerage William Raveis has returned to the acquisitions business. As operating partners, we help agents succeed with our world-class coaching, marketing, and innovations like Raveis365, a one-of-a-kind communication and technology platform developed exclusively for us by Microsoft.“ Our business model is unique.

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Joseph Ribeiro Joins the Business Development Team

Lamacchia Realty

After spending nearly a year as a REALTOR® with Lamacchia Realty, Joseph Ribeiro has made the exciting jump to the Business Development team. During his time as a REALTOR®, Joseph expertly served buyers and sellers throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island since 2017. "We We are so excited to add Joey to our team.

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NAR schedules proxy war with Zillow

Housing Wire

The development is intriguing for a few reasons. But, ironically, the emerging NAR-Zillow proxy battle comes three months after Zillow announced it is an NAR-member real estate brokerage. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Three yards and a cloud of dust

Housing Wire

Another issue is home sellers’ bias against buyers using FHA loans, where offers from non-FHA borrowers are often selected even though lower in price. CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers.

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A look behind this year’s Tech100 winners

Housing Wire

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.