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. If you want a shot at generating seller leads online, you need one, too.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Home sellers are chomping at the bit. As the economy reopens, vaccinations continue to roll out and stimulus checks reach bank accounts across America, home sellers are increasingly optimistic. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process.

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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

APRIL 22, 2024

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. With the lead diversion model, however, brokerage branding is less prominent. Brands matter.”

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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

MAY 2, 2024

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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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

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mike’s passion for leveraging technology to facilitate online property auctions makes him a perfect fit for Xome,” the company said in the post. Cooper Group , Xome is a real estate marketplace that serves mortgage servicers, originators, real estate professionals, financial institutions and homebuyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This tool uses technology from Roomvo , a home design visualization platform. It’s one way Redfin ‘s using AI to make real estate better for buyers, sellers, and agents.” and Redfin plans to extend its partnerships to other MLS s and brokerages. It also works on sold listings, according to the press release.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Another independent brokerage has chosen to align with RE/MAX. The brokerage will now operate under the name RE/MAX The Collective. I love the RE/MAX values and the company’s emphasis on technology while not replacing the agent.” The new firm is owned by Haley Larson, who joined RE/MAX with her 17 agents.

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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 expansion into the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“We are doubling down that all fiduciary relationships with buyers and sellers be in writing and that sellers understand their rights regarding commissions,” said a Keller Williams Real Estate leader in the Northeast. Another 10% are honing their value proposition , particularly as it relates to buyers’ agents.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Justin Tesar highlighted @properties’ technology as one of the reasons for the move. According to data from BrokerMetrics , the Tesars have closed a combined sales volume of $25.4 million since the start of the year, which is 30% higher than their sales volume for the full year 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Although Compass failed to achieve its much publicized goal of being free cash-flow positive in 2023, brokerage executives were still positive about the company’s performance over the past year. We believe that 2023 was the bottom of the downturn and we are constantly prepared for a better 2024,” Reffkin said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

No seller must use a real estate agent to sell a home — ever. They may buy directly from a seller, whether that seller is represented by an agent or not. Consumers have had lots of choices in brokerage services, including those with lower costs, but they have chosen not to use them in any meaningful way.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

” In the past, low-fee brokerages were thought to be low service. Low-fee brokerages, according to Scott Wright , partner with RTC Consulting, “Low-cost brokerage has kicked brokers in the teeth over the years. Now, franchising criteria are stringent, with only 1 in 50 brokerages qualifying.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, there is an opportunity in the closing process for better integration between platforms to improve communication and sharing of documents between the brokerage, lender and closing company, each of which has its own process and technology, to relieve some of that stress.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

Real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies announced Monday the acquisition of two real estate technology companies, LionDesk and Homespotter. “We’re bringing the best technology together to dramatically simplify the work that agents and brokers do every day, but this is more than just connecting the dots. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Independent brokerage Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has partnered with Zillow ’s ShowingTime+ to allow agents in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas to leverage the Listing Showcase tool. This is a huge benefit for buyers, sellers and Howard Hanna agents alike.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

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. Real estate brokers need to be able to target these clients effectively, so they can close deals quickly.

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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. Staying updated on the newest technologies and industry trends ensures you’re ahead of the competition. Teamwork Joining a brokerage or team can be a game-changer for securing listings.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Most brokerages are only a loose affiliation of independent agents, and none of us wants to impose a policy that could alienate any of the people who generate our revenue.” In leaving NAR, the brokerage said it will explore other ways to achieve those goals.

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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

APRIL 13, 2021

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. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Presented by: Propertybase.

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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

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. for the largest brokerage companies in the United States. The first cause of the decline is the growth in competition for productive agents and a variety of new brokerages. Now, they’re at 13.5%

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If added together, Nestfully’s five MLSs have 343,000+ agent and brokerage subscribers. South Florida homebuyers and sellers will now have the freshest and most accurate listing information directly from the MIAMI SEFMLS and BeachesMLS,” MIAMI CEO Teresa King Kinney said in a statement.

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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 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 14, 2022

HomeSmart is a growing real estate brokerage that may go public, but the company faces questions about its business model and the compensation of founder and CEO Matt Widdows. HomeSmart, like Compass , Keller Williams , eXp and other brokerages, states it has unique technology to modernize real estate.

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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

APRIL 7, 2021

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and home sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors.

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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

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. in California.

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