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Which is better: high volume or high profitability? How about both?

Jun 4, 2024

While awards and honors are geared toward high volume, it's high profitability that offers the rewards you're really looking for, coach Verl Workman writes.

Median price per square foot is up 52.7% since 2019: Realtor.com

Jun 4, 2024

Home values have boomed over the past five years, with New York, Boston and Nashville experiencing double-digit gains in the median price per square foot.

RE/MAX announces more changes in its C-suite offices as COO resigns

Jun 4, 2024

RE/MAX Chief Operating Officer Serene Smith is leaving after 7 years in the role. Rob Fuchs has signed on as a new EVP. Changes follow departure of former CEO Nick Bailey, who exited in February.

Gwyneth Paltrow asks nearly $30M for Brentwood mansion

Jun 4, 2024

Now that Paltrow's kids and those of her husband, Brad Falchuk, are all college-bound, the couple is downsizing. She originally bought the property in 2012 with then-husband Chris Martin for $9.95 million.

Convergence and divergence: The future of residential property

Jun 4, 2024

Understanding technology adoption and service integration, Brandon Dobell of Brown Gibbons Lang & Company writes, will, in turn, unlock operational efficiencies and value creation.

Microsoft’s mysterious real estate portal sparks data safety concerns

Jun 4, 2024

Industry watchers are sounding the alarm about Microsoft's Bing Real Estate, a site that for several months has been reposting listings from Zillow, Realtor.com and Redfin without explanation.

Dual agency is gaining momentum. Should you walk the tightrope?

Jun 4, 2024

Real estate compliance expert Summer Goralik looks at the projected prevelance of dual agency and offers a prescription for determining whether it's the best option for agents and their clients.

Will dual agency become common after NAR’s settlement?

Jun 4, 2024

Some believe more buyers will come to the table without agents. That could lead to fertile breeding grounds for the polarizing practice sometimes known as "double ending."

Frontgate team returns to Compass after stint at Side

Jun 3, 2024

Led by Jeffery Biebuyck and Dana Olmes, the team has closed $2 billion in lifetime sales and is ranked No. 4 in Los Angeles and No. 20 in California among medium teams, according to Real Trends.

Renters are staying put for longer as housing costs rise

Jun 3, 2024

Affordability continues to create challenges for would-be buyers, keeping renters in place for longer, according to a new report from Redfin.

5 key reasons buyer agents should consider teaming up by Aug. 17

Jun 3, 2024

While teams are not for everyone, team leader Carl Medford believes teams and their agents stand a good chance of coming out ahead as market changes are enacted on Aug. 17, 2024. 

Commission disclosure platform aims to sidestep NAR, MLS rules

Jun 3, 2024

Nesthook claims it allows agents to "communicate commission amounts while remaining fully compliant with settlement requirements." Whether it runs afoul of the new rules remains unclear.