New commission lawsuit in New York may draw FTC attention

The antitrust case from homebuyer and homeseller Hao Zhe Wang alleges MLS and broker services are illegally tied. Continue reading

Realty One Group promotes 5 women into leadership roles

The strategic promotions will help “drive the next era of Realty One Group’s unprecedented global growth,” as the franchiser continues its quest to grow to 30,000 agents. Continue reading

Video automation suite Roomvu lands at LeadingRE, Realty ONE

Marketing software company Roomvu has landed a pair of enterprise brokerage relationships that stand to push it into the everyday marketing arsenal of thousands of agents. Continue reading

Realty ONE Group plants flag in Cayman Islands and Cyprus

The new franchises add to the brand’s presence across the globe in more than 400 offices in 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Canada and several other countries. Continue reading

Nearly two-thirds of brokerage sites aren’t displaying commissions

Consumer Federation of America: Despite an NAR rule change, only Redfin displays buyer-agent compensation in virtually all of the major cities examined. Continue reading

NextHome lands No. 1 franchise ranking for third straight year

The flexible-spending model real estate franchise beat out a number of other real estate franchises assessed by Franchise Business Review this year, including Keller Williams, Weichert Real Estate, Sotheby’s International Realty and others. Continue reading

Realty One Group’s rental agents add RentSpree to tech stack

RentSpree’s property technology allows agents to support landlord clients and begin to build relationships with tenants as they begin their journey towards homeownership. Continue reading

These sisters didn’t meet until age 48. Now they sell Vegas together

They share the same DNA. They lived in the same city for decades. And their children even graduated from the same high school on the same day. But real estate sisters Michele Dugan and Trish Morgan didn’t know each other existed until mid-life. Continue reading