Above, a listing photo of a room staged by Alexandria Pearl. Homes are not purchased with logic alone. They are purchased with emotion. Thoughtful staging creates the emotional connection that allows buyers to envision their life unfolding within a space. I often refer to it as the “Disney effect” for homes. It’s about creating an…
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Brown Harris Stevens has announced that agent Chloe Chasanoff has returned to the firm from fellow Manhattan-based brokerage Magnetic RE. Chasanoff will be based out of Brown Harris Stevens’ West Side office in Manhattan. Brown Harris Stevens shares that Chasanoff first joined the company in 2018. She grew up in a real estate family, surrounded…
While Howard Hanna saw some allegations thrown out in the homebuyer commission lawsuit facing the brokerage in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (known as Davis v. Hanna Holdings), the company must face claims that it conspired to inflate commissions. Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled on Monday, March 9 to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims of a conspiracy…
Above: Marta Grace. Marta Grace Broker/Owner United | Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri www.UnitedRealEstateKansasCity.com Region served: Greater Kansas City Years in real estate: 25 Number of offices: 3 Number of agents: 350 Key to continued growth and success: It comes down to retention. Recruiting is its own art, but so is keeping the agents you…
Above, Greg and Tiffany Bachman The Real Brokerage recently announced that Bachman Realty Group (BRG), led by wife and husband Tiffany and Greg Bachman, has joined forces with the company. The team brings 65 agents, further strengthening Real’s growing presence across the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metros. The team was founded seven years ago, and…
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part story examining the impact of the Redfin-Compass deal. Look for part two in the coming days. “The future is bright. Look forward to building it with you.” Those words, from Compass CEO Robert Reffkin to Rocket Companies CEO Varun Krishna, have a little bit of subtext.…
Above, photo credit: Maximillian Conacher While bringing a period of quiet uncertainty for much of the real estate industry, 2025 proved in stark contrast to be a year of monumental change for HomeSmart. After spending decades shaping real estate’s first and most successful 100%-model brokerage into an industry powerhouse, Founder and CEO Matt Widdows now…
U.S. homebuilders say a mix of demographic, economic and technological forces will significantly influence the long-term health of the home-building industry and housing demand, both positively and negatively over the next decade. The results were tallied from special questions included in the most recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI),…
The residential real estate industry is experiencing an unprecedented wave of consolidation and change. Change creates challenges—but it also creates opportunities for the prepared. Major transactions in recent years highlight this trend. Compass acquired Anywhere and @properties, Rocket Companies acquired Redfin, and Stone Point Capital has made a significant investment in Keller Williams. These headline…
Two federal judges this week appeared inclined to let a parallel homebuyer antitrust case against several brokerages move toward settlement, mostly denying plaintiffs who have fought to block or consolidate the competing litigation. The controversy came after Anywhere Real Estate struck a $9.6 million settlement in a copycat case that lawyers in the original and…
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