Real Estate Agents

New brokerage Showings bets on buyer leads over listing commissions

A new real estate brokerage aims to eliminate traditional listing agents and listing fees altogether — a model its founder says could challenge decades-old assumptions about agent compensation. Showings announced it will officially launch May 22 in New York City, Atlanta, Chicago and Orlando. The company describes itself as the first nationwide real estate brokerage […]

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ONE Sotheby’s International Realty expands into New Jersey

Mayi de la Vega and Daniel de la Vega, the leaders behind luxury brokerage ONE Sotheby’s International Realty, have announced the company’s expansion into New Jersey through the acquisition of the 80-year-old Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty. The move connects two longtime family-led affiliates within the Sotheby’s International Realty network and creates a new luxury

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Momentum MLS adds Rayse as member benefit

Momentum MLS and Rayse announced a new partnership aimed at improving transparency, communication and client engagement throughout the real estate transaction process. The collaboration will provide Momentum MLS subscribers with access to Rayse as a member benefit, giving agents tools to guide buyers and sellers through transactions with real-time updates and structured client communication. The

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Real estate agents hope Kevin Warsh can calm roller coaster housing market

The Senate’s confirmation of Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve is already reshaping conversations across the housing industry — particularly among real estate agents watching mortgage rates, affordability and transaction volume. Warsh is set to officially succeed Jerome Powell after a contentious confirmation process held against a backdrop of elevated inflation, geopolitical instability

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Roomvu expands AI marketing platform for agents

Roomvu, a platform for residential real estate agents and brokerages, announced an expansion of its Autonomous Visibility System, a tool designed to automate online marketing and content distribution for real estate professionals. The company said the updated system is intended to address challenges in maintaining consistent local marketing efforts by automating content creation and distribution

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Benutech offers predictive analytics suite for agent and loan officer prospecting

Benutech has launched two predictive analytics products aimed at helping real estate agents and mortgage loan officers identify potential home sellers and refinance candidates before they enter the market. The products, SellScore and RefiScore, are available through the company’s TitleToolbox platform. “SellScore and RefiScore give our clients the ability to stop guessing and start closing,”

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MoxiWorks expands AI platform to enhance follow-ups, marketing

MoxiWorks has released new updates to its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered RISE platform — designed to help real estate agents manage client relationships and improve follow-ups. Changes expand the platform’s ability to combine marketing outreach and transaction execution into a single workflow for brokerages, teams and individual agents. A new feature called Top 5 Contacts identifies

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NAR says policies already align with new HUD stance on sharing school, crime data

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) says its existing policies already align with new federal guidance allowing agents to discuss neighborhood crime rates and school quality without violating the Fair Housing Act’s prohibition on racial steering. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the new guidance last week, reversing Biden-era policies that led

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Build-to-rent explodes in Atlanta — and agents are taking notice

No major U.S. metro area has more single-family rental (SFR) homes owned by institutional investors than Atlanta, with current totals sitting at roughly 72,000 houses — nearly doubling No. 2 Phoenix. That concentration represents about 30% of Atlanta’s single-family rental market, a share 10 times the national average, according to a new report from the

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New Luxury Presence platform combines AI tools and marketing

Luxury Presence has introduced a new technology platform designed to consolidate marketing, customer management and advertising tools into a single system for real estate agents. The product — called the Presence Platform — brings together several functions typically handled across multiple vendors, including customer relationship management (CRM), social media marketing, listing advertising and client engagement

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