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. Here are a few pointers to keep in mind for building out your digital presence — whether you’re a solo agent or a global brokerage. Content plays the long game.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2021

It’s been quite a ride for real estate brokerages this year. They’ve gone from a market shutdown due to the pandemic to a market boom, and it shows in the results of the RealTrends top 500 brokerage firms. 2020 was a record year for the top brokerage firms in the nation, according to the 2021 RealTrends 500.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2021

Low-fee, team brokerage and alternative models lead the 2021 Inc. Some 69 fast growing real estate brokerage firms, teams and alternative models made the list. At the top of the real estate/alternative model category, at No. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Top Verticals.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2021

Christian Wallace, Head of Real Estate Services at Better.com. Better.com , a digital mortgage lender that is set to go public later this year, unveiled Thursday another expansion of its in-house real estate group , one that has a unique business model in the world of brokerage. Become a member today.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When the I Heart Real Estate team isn’t busy with clients, it’s a safe bet that the company is helping someone, somewhere, in a time of need. On the I Heart Real Estate blog section of the company website, a post authored by Stevens entitled “Do You Have Heart?” HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The excited and at times nervous first-time homebuyers that James Dunn often represents ask him how that whole process of taking out a mortgage works, and Dunn, a Los Angeles-based real estate agent with eXp , replies with a few trusted names. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

After more than 20 years with the Anywhere Advisors entity of Anywhere Real Estate and the HomeServices of America entity of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices consistently being number one or two in both categories on the RealTrends 500 , eXp Realty and Compass rose to these positions and displaced the old guard in less than 10 years.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

Also, we figured they would wake up one day, and say, ‘Hey, we’re a brokerage.’”. Zillow, for years, made money selling leads to real estate agents, a practice that agents like Herrera already felt ambivalent toward. The post Where real estate agents fit into Zillow’s grand vision appeared first on HousingWire.

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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. Extending a broad (but strategic) net is part of knowing how to generate buyer leads in real estate. Of course, you can’t do everything — but consistency is important.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

But the session did not reach a looming inflection point for real estate agents: Whether they must tell homebuyers what commission percentage they stand to make. At issue is unprecedented transparency required out of real estate agents. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Another result?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2021

But while Blefari has a clearly defined personality, the residential real estate brokerage he runs doesn’t. HW+ includes weekly long-form digital content, HousingWire Magazine, access to HousingStack, and free admission to all HousingWire virtual events. I’d like us to have more of an identity,” Blefari admitted.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2021

In 2002, Natalya Delcoure and Norman Miller, two real estate economists, set about to learn what fees consumers pay real estate agents in America. They were especially interested in real estate commissions. On average 6% of the proceeds from each home sale went to the participating real estate agents.

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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

JULY 23, 2021

The following Q&A comes from the HW+ exclusive Slack channel, where HousingWire Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake answered questions about his latest coverage on the impact of the DOJ’s decision and how the industry is gearing up to respond. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

This is the final of a three part series on residential real estate sales commissions. Part one explained the history of sales commissions , and the labor market for real estate agents. Few professions are told that more repeatedly than real estate agents. Join today with an HW+ Membership !

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2021

The following Q&A comes from the HW+ exclusive Slack channel, where HousingWire Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake answered questions about his three-part HW+ series on the past , present , and future of real estate commissions. The following Q&A has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

It became very obvious that you had this segment of real estate professionals that was unlike most others,” said Gal, who launched San Francisco-based Side in 2017 with Edward Wu and Hilary Saunders. When we looked at the industry, every brokerage that existed served the 1.3 Guy Gal CEO at Side. “It

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Three top agents from Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty moved to The Agency ’s outpost in Seattle, Seattle Agent Magazine reported on Friday. million in real estate. Together, the three agents will cover West Seattle and the Eastside areas of Seattle. In total, the team sold $68.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Sudi Hernandez of Cloud 9 Real Estate Group loses leads when a client hears her Cuban accent. Amy Kong of Trust Real Estate hosts open houses where people ask, “Where is the agent?”. These are instances of racism experienced by Hispanic, Black and Asian real estate agents. That compares to a U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingStack is a real estate technology landscape that provides a dynamic visual that reflects the rapid changes in the sector. And, of course, the brokerage down the street is already a customer (you’re told), so to remain competitive you need to buy it too. The HousingStack is exclusively for HW+ members. Not so fast.

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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. Buyside works as a solution to this problem.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This HousingWire Daily interview transcription features an episode with REAL Trending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate. Today, you’ll be listening to an exclusive interview that features Linda O’Koniewski, CEO of Leading Edge Real Estate in Boston. It got hairy.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Real estate brokers are a chatty bunch, but a few can be draining socially. Discuss the weather, how your pets are handling the pandemic, even the housing market, but these brokers will steer the conversation to one subject, and one subject alone – the residential real estate brokerage Compass. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Compass wants to make a big splash in the nation’s smallest state, and it’s fueling intrigue and apprehension in a close-knit brokerage ecosystem. Like Bold, Lila Delman reports having 120 real estate agents. said Jonathan Miller, real estate appraiser at Miller Samuel. The rest of this content is for HW+ members.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Texas Realtor associations and 20+ brokerages and teams are being sued by a home builder and magazine publisher who call NAR the “creator of the conspiracy.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2021

“They showed a $270 million loss in an insanely booming housing market,” noted Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser at Miller Samuel. Going public appeared a logical next move for the nine-year-old real estate brokerage. Compass and its CEO Robert Reffkin have likely braced for such criticism. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Some 15 years ago, real estate agents had only a few choices when deciding which real estate business model to choose. Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. Today, the choices are abundant.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Is Keller Williams rising or falling — or has it settled into a role of venerable franchise network in a growing ecosystem of international brokerages? Holding company KWx was created, with Carl Liebert, someone outside the real estate industry, named as its CEO. The brokerage is bursting with agents — 186,000 in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2022

We’re looking for strategic finance executives who are enabling, supporting and navigating this growth and innovation within mortgage banking or a real estate brokerage. Winners will be announced in the May issue of HousingWire magazine and online at HousingWire.com.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

You may have never heard of Christy Budnick, but she is suddenly one of the most powerful people in residential real estate. Last week, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices , a hulking network of franchisee brokerages, named Budnick its CEO. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. BECOME A MEMBER TODAY.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2021

Residential real estate brokerage eXp continues to be profitable, and company CEO Glenn Sanford became a fan of Glenn Stearns through reality television. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Glenn Stearns, founder and CEO at Kind Lending. Start an HW+ Membership now for less than $1 a day.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

On her website bio, Pittsburgh real estate agent Jen Crouse describes why she finds meaning in her work. “At But who Crouse invests her own time with is a heated dispute between the agent’s old brokerage, the venerable Howard Hanna , and her new one, meteorically growing Compass. Compass CEO Robert Reffkin. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

Each business had a minimum revenue of $190,000 in 2019 and $2 million in 2022, according to the business magazine. 5000 list in 2023 — just 16 mortgage lenders and brokerages appeared, down from nearly 70 a year prior. Similarly, only 37 real estate brokerages and teams made the 2023 list, down from over 60 the year prior.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2021

Mortgage, title, appraisal, servicing, iBuying, real estate brokerage , green energy — the gamut. They’d then utilize the services of a real estate agent found through the growing Rocket Homes platform. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office. Become a member today. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2021

The New York City-headquartered residential brokerage lost money again in the second quarter. million in the second quarter of 2020 – when the real estate market faced its pandemic low point – but $212 million of negative income in this year’s first quarter. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office.

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The Robert Weiler Company

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Every year, new commercial real estate investment blogs and podcasts are started and books published. Whether you are a seasoned commercial real estate investor or just entering the game, it’s important to have “go-to” resources to support – or strengthen – your growth in the industry. Urban Land Magazine.

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