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Reside outlines growth strategy at first event since acquisition

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The recent Reside Oceanside Mastermind Conference in Florida marked the first major in-person gathering for the brokerage-agnostic coaching platform since it was acquired by Robert Palmer — who leads LPT Realty and its parent LPT Aperture Holdings. Attendees included team leaders, coaches and brokerage operators from across the U.S. and Canada. Palmer, who announced the […]

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Keller Williams names Christopher Brodhead chief revenue officer

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Keller Williams Realty has hired Christopher Brodhead as chief revenue officer, a new role that will oversee revenue growth strategy across the real estate franchise’s ecosystem, according to an announcement on Tuesday In this role Brodhead will be responsible for aligning Keller Williams’ revenue-driving functions under a unified growth plan intended to support agents, franchises

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LPT Realty’s Robert Palmer on growth, mortgage independence

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LPT Realty founder and CEO Robert Palmer took the stage Tuesday at HousingWire’s The Gathering in Austin, Texas — outlining growth strategy built on team empowerment, agent retention and a deliberate separation from mortgage origination. Palmer, who spent roughly 20 years in the mortgage business, has made a pointed decision not to attach a mortgage

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Case-Shiller: Home price growth remained slow in February

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The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index rose just 0.7% year-over-year in February, down from 0.8% in January. For the ninth consecutive month, inflation outpaced home price appreciation. Consumer prices rose 2.4% — leaving any housing gain deep in negative territory in real terms.  Chicago led all Case-Shiller metros at 5.0% annual growth, followed by

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Rethinking the CRM: How Sure Send is Redefining Daily Execution for Real Estate Professionals

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For years, CRM platforms have been positioned as the backbone of productivity for loan originators, agents and sales teams. However, in practice, many have failed to evolve beyond static databases, becoming repositories of stale contacts rather than true systems of execution. As teams scale and pipelines grow, the gaps in maintaining meaningful relationships and operating

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‘Off to the races’: Real, REMAX CEOs on tech and culture after acquisition

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Just after announcing an $880 million acquisition of REMAX Holdings, Tamir Poleg, CEO of The Real Brokerage, described the deal as historic for the real estate industry — combining two companies whose leaders say share a common vision for an evolving business. In an interview with HousingWire, Poleg and REMAX Holdings CEO Erik Carlson said

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The Group Real Estate’s Brandon Wells on AI ‘slop,’ independents’ edge

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Brandon Wells, president and CEO of The Group Real Estate, doesn’t buy into the fear that artificial intelligence will replace real estate agents (AI). But he also doesn’t buy into most of the AI tools being sold to brokerages today. “I think there’s a lot of AI slop out there,” Wells said on the latest

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First-time homebuyers’ shrinking presence — what it means for real estate agents

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The share of first-time homebuyers has fallen to 21% of all transactions — the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) began tracking the data in 1981. For real estate agents, the shift is not a temporary blip. It’s a structural change reshaping how agents build their businesses, talk about value and prepare

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Coldwell Banker: ‘Life doesn’t stop’ as comeback buyers return

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More than three years after mortgage rates began their climb from historic lows, a subtle but significant housing market shift is underway. Homeowners are finally letting go of sub-5% rates, “comeback buyers” are re-entering the search and regional markets are moving in opposite directions — all shaping what Coldwell Banker Real Estate calls a spring

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MRED opens private listing network to agents nationwide with Compass data deal

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Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is opening its multiple listing service, including its Private Listing Network (PLN), to any licensed real estate agent nationwide and has secured a nationwide listing feed and membership subsidies from Compass International Holdings, the organizations announced Friday. The move extends MRED’s reach beyond its current footprint serving real estate professionals

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