Celebrating 25 years of success, HomeSmart unveiled a new brand identity today complete with a new logo and messaging for the brand from the stage at its annual premier agent event, Ignite: Growth Summit 2025—back where it all began a quarter of a century ago in Scottsdale, Arizona, in front of agents, brokers and franchise…
Above, Robert Ott. Robert Ott Managing Broker and Owner Raintown Realty, under the JPAR franchise system Bellevue, Washington https://raintownrealty.org Region served: Washington metro area within the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue MSA Years in real estate: 33 Number of offices: 1 Number of agents: 58 Describe the strategies, philosophies and day-to-day practices you use to keep your brokerage ahead…
In the latest RISMedia webinar—“Breaking into the Luxury Market: Tips for Agents New to the High-End Market”—panelists included Jack Cotton, an agent and Realtor® with Sotheby’s International Realty; Mor Zucker, team lead of Team Denver Homes of LIV Sotheby’s International Realty; and Anam Hargey, team lead and broker with @properties Christie’s International in the North…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Judge denies Zillow’s request in Compass lawsuit Judge Jeannette Vargas has denied Zillow’s request to rule on several initial disputes and issues over an injunction in the Compass vs. Zillow lawsuit. Zillow had…
Above: Walther Vasquez Johnson, an agent with Sterling, Virginia’s J&C Real Estate Solutions, is RISMedia’s 2025 Rookie of the Year winner. Photos by AJ Canaria. Behind many a successful real estate agent is the story of what might have been. A fork in the road that could have resulted in a very different outcome. In…
Universal Consulting Opportunities (UCO), a subsidiary of Stellar MLS, has announced an alliance with the Confederación Inmobiliaria Latinoamericana (CILA), a private international organization representing 700,000 real estate professionals in Latin America, to deliver Multiple Listing Service (MLS) expertise and education across the region. With this agreement, CILA and UCO will work to elevate real estate…
Corcoran Horizon Realty has announced the opening of its newest office in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Led by CEO/broker of record Cliff Rego, this expansion is part of the brokerage’s continued growth across Ontario. Heading up the new Hamilton office as broker/managing partner is Marinus Geleynse, a real estate professional whose deep roots…
Blue Line Group, a team of real estate professionals in Antioch, California, has officially returned to the RE/MAX network, joining forces with REMAX Gold. Founded in 2010 by Mike Barbanica, originally REMAX Blue Line, the company says Blue Line Group has created a reputation for excellence and innovation. Under Barbanica’s leadership, the brokerage expanded to…
Agents are always looking for prime listing opportunities—and zombie properties are an often overlooked resource. These homes sit in limbo: the owner has abandoned them—often after a foreclosure notice—but the foreclosure was never completed. The bank doesn’t own them; the homeowner still does, and the property sits vacant, deteriorating and lowering neighborhood value. Unlike typical…
Editor’s Note: Peculiar Properties is a new series highlighting just that—peculiar properties, from former military assets to repurposed funeral homes and anything in between. Contact our editor Clarissa Garza at cgarza@rismedia.com if you have a property peculiar enough to be featured. In the small town of Chester, Connecticut, one home easily stands apart from the…
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