Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Lamacchia Realty , a full-service real estate brokerage firm licensed in six states, acquired the Seekonk, Massachusetts-based brokerage, Keystone Property Group , the company announced on Monday. Meanwhile, Anthony Lamacchia, broker/owner of Lamacchia Realty also welcomed Hedrick and her agents to the brokerage. “I

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A common thought among brokers revolves around the idea that if your gross commission income or office size is not increasing, you’re not successfully growing your brokerage. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average tenure of an agent with a brokerage is six years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

Recruitment is a crucial determinant of growth and success for real estate brokerages. Like your customer, the recruitment process can be visualized as a sales funnel, where potential recruits enter at the top, and the best-suited agents emerge at the bottom as ideal members of your team or brokerage.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The real estate sector is constantly evolving, and one technology has emerged as a true game changer: virtual reality (VR). This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Brokerage giants RE/MAX and Keller Williams announced second-quarter numbers Friday, reflecting a business environment that had its share of ups and downs as a result of COVID-19. Keller Williams gave credit to its quick technology shifts during the pandemic to keep business going. RE/MAX reported total revenue in Q2 of $52.2

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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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 27, 2024

Mortgage technology firm Xactus named Michael Crockett as its chief operating officer. Its valuation solution, Appraisal Firewall X, connects mortgage lenders with vetted and trained property data collectors to deliver Fannie Mae’s Value acceptance + Property Data and hybrid appraisal solutions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As the commission lawsuits heat up, real estate brokers are gearing up to add buyer representation agreements and training, cut costs and hone value propositions, according to RealTrends Q4 2023 BrokerPulse survey. Only 1% of respondents say they are restructuring their compensation model. It ranked No. 9 of twelve possible challenges.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The brokerage noted that Lim will remain at Christie’s as a senior advisor and global brand ambassador, working to expand the relationship between the real estate business and the auction house, among other duties. Since leaving Compass in 2022 after a seven-year stint, he has consulted for real estate brokerages and proptech firms.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He also often looks to the robust marketplace of technology tools available to help automate the mundane to ensure he stays focused on his skill set: delivering stellar customer service. What changes can you make to your day-to-day business practices, technology stack or marketing plan to help avoid these in the future?

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

Austin-based real estate technology firm OJO is acquiring The LEAD Syndicate , a leverage platform for real estate professionals, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Now more than ever real estate agents and brokerages need a trusted ally so they can get back to basics and do what they do best.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

According to the annoucment, King, who has been with Keller Williams since 2001, will continue as a training and coaching leader for Keller Williams’ Franchise Systems Orientation and will continue his work updating the Team Leader and Keller Williams experiences.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

To make this goal a reality, Stellar has teamed up with MoxiWorks, who already powers the technology for 800 brokerages and 400,000 agents across the U.S. MoxiWorks also touts that its technology increases agents’ repeat and referral business by 54%, while lowering overall technology, training, and support costs for the brokerage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

“We run one of the largest brokerage websites in America, as well as a national network of contractors trained and licensed to provide low cost on demand property access. We’ve built self-service technology for buyers to set up their own tours and make offers on our listings without a buyer’s agent.”

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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

JUNE 5, 2023

DS: The growth of the channel has been significant, especially in terms of technology. UWM is focused and committed to building custom technology specifically for independent mortgage brokers. For this reason, we’ve seen a lot of retail LOs make the transition over to the wholesale channel by joining a mortgage brokerage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The company integrates with an existing brokerage website to provide homeowners with three valuations along with insight into the number of real estate buyer leads actively searching for a property just like theirs. By using this data, Buyside helps brokers generate and capture seller leads. Charles Williams, Founder & CEO.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

We caught up with Emily Kettenburg , a seasoned coach with Tom Ferry , at the Tom Ferry Success Summit in Dallas where she shared her insights on the current trends and challenges in the real estate brokerage world. “Their 30-day, 60-day, 90-day new agent training super important,” she says. The solution? ”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Technology plays a key role in managing a platform like JMG, where each real estate agent is under the JMG brokerage umbrella. Technology plays a vital role in this. All the opportunities, training and support from JMG were created to achieve high satisfaction from customers, and of course, partners. . .”

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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. Hint: think about technology here.) We recently created a Service Playbook that we integrate into staff and office meetings.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Because the larger brokerage firms, historically, tend to represent more buy side than sell side, they “may be looking at a big loss of revenue,” says Murray. “You must train all of your agents as to how you’re going to get compensated,” said Murray. “He got up to 20% to 30%, as I recall.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. Redfin is a publicly traded company, a nationally recognized listings website and one of the biggest brokerages in the country. Some agents, like ones at RE/MAX , even pay the brokerage fees for office space and marketing tools.

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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*. As a full-service, value-based brokerage, the company’s  mission is to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. I am so proud of them all. Jackie Louh.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The first thing we go through when I work with real estate brokerages — whether it’s in helping them to streamline their technology or to prepare for sale — is their financials. That might mean sitting through some training videos. And, one thing that I always spot in these financials is excess spending.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A full one-third of the compensation paid to non-controlling shareholder real estate CEOs is variable, according to the 2021 RealTrends Brokerage Compensation Report. Non-controlling CEOs are getting bonuses based on brokerage profitability.”. That’s true in many of the leadership positions at a brokerage today.

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CA Realty Training

JUNE 21, 2021

How to Change Real Estate Brokerages. Are you thinking about switching brokerages? Switching brokerages is not unusual in the real estate industry. Steps to Change Real Estate Brokerages. Not every brokerage can meet your needs. Not every brokerage can meet your needs. Call new brokerages.

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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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Inman

JANUARY 13, 2023

representative pitched the brokerage's training and coaching programs to BHS CEO Bess Freedman, although BHS already has its own in-house programs. In a bold move to start the new year, a SERHANT.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Davis alleges that these fees went to increasing technology fees and the purchase of “unneeded goods and services” from KWRI-owned and affiliated companies, such as MAPS training and coaching.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

3] [4] Step 2: Select a sponsoring real estate brokerage The state of Ohio requires anyone who wants to be licensed as a real estate agent to be sponsored by a brokerage before they take the licensing exam. Ready to find a real estate brokerage? Look for a broker who specializes in that niche.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One of the advancements this year has been the adoption of new technology platforms like chatGPT, using AI to mimic somebody’s voice to spoof phone numbers. And that’s all publicly available technology now. With so much technology, this is almost a borderless crime now which runs around the clock.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Home Swap is offered exclusively through local real estate professionals who have been trained as Knock Certified Agents. 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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Her office later had an infraction by the real estate commission and had to take extensive training on fair housing (surprise, surprise). Lee Davenport, PhD, is a real estate coach/trainer and blogger who trains real estate agents and brokerages on how to work smarter with technology. Okay, but that was 20 years ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Built using Rocket technology, the pricing calculator helps LOs see loan scenarios side-by-side so they can deliver better options to their clients. Rocket Mortage built the technology behind the TPO Pricing Calculator from the ground up using feedback from their broker partners. Speed Sets Mortgage Brokers Apart From Competition.

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