The announcement of Open Real Estate was welcome news. It also raised an uncomfortable question: How did we reach the point where keeping the housing market open required an announcement? Buyers should be able to find available homes. Sellers should understand who can see their property and what they may sacrifice by limiting its exposure.…
Four brokerage giants are launching what they call “shared infrastructure” to keep listings shared broadly, seemingly in direct opposition to Compass and its campaign to undo cooperation-focused rules, in an initiative dubbed “Open Real Estate.” The four companies founding the initiative are Keller Williams, AGNT (parent of eXp and NextHome), HomeServices of America and Real…
Above, left to right: Matthew Leone, Ashley Brennan and Lauren Henss Brown Harris Stevens and FirstTeam recently launched their first bicoastal networking event by hosting the third annual Luxury Real Estate and Design Summit in partnership with Luxury Marketer. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matthew Leone, Chief Marketing Officer of Brown Harris…
The environment I’m mini golfing with my kids on a day off when a request comes in from one of my agents. She needs market data to present to a client. After 20 years in this business, I know where the market stands. Years ago, a presentation this big would have taken me hours to…
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REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York) built the RLS (Residential Listing Service) opt-out for a reason. Some sellers have a legitimate need for privacy: a high-profile divorce, an estate sale, a public figure who cannot have their address splashed across a consumer portal. The “participants only” status lets those sellers still benefit from cooperation…
Brown Harris Stevens has announced that two Hamptons real estate professionals, Bonita DeWolf and Janifer Jaeger, have joined the firm from Christie’s International Real Estate. Both agents are now based in Brown Harris Stevens’ Sag Harbor office. DeWolf brings more than 30 years of experience living and working in the Hamptons and is widely recognized…
Before I entered the world of real estate PR, I spent many years as a news writer and producer at a top station in Philadelphia. I learned how to work under intense pressure while meeting deadlines. I learned the value of fact-checking because it’s better to be right than to be first. I covered everything…
The strangest part of the fight over private real estate listings is not that powerful companies are fighting for control of valuable inventory. That is business. It’s that what is too rarely said plainly is that consumer benefits and corporate benefits can coexist, and sometimes conflict. Compass calls its private listing strategy “seller choice.” Zillow…
For a recent lunch meeting, I walked into a restaurant I had not been to in years, and before I even sat down, the owner greeted me by name. He remembered where I liked to sit, asked about my family, and introduced me to a few new staff members who had joined since my last…
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Above, Rachel Glazer Brown Harris Stevens announces that top-producing luxury broker Rachel Glazer has rejoined the firm from Compass alongside her team, marking a return to the brokerage where she previously spent 12 years building one of New York City’s top luxury real estate businesses. Glazer and her team closed more than $119 million in…
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