Brown Harris Stevens isn’t for sale — but rumors persist

In a letter to the company’s more than 1,000 agents, CEO Bess Freedman and President Hall Willkie emphatically say the company is not for sale, and accuse an unnamed brokerage of spreading rumors to support unethical recruitment tactics. Continue reading

The broker-owner blueprint: This RE/MAX leader’s secrets (Part 2)

Broker-owner Mark Butterfield has 100 agents, three offices and 12 teams who raked in $565 million in sales this past year. Here’s part 2 of how he does it. Continue reading

Why the only constant in real estate is change

Everyone is experimenting with new models, ideas and concepts as the needs and expectations of millennials change in a world upended by digital technologies, home automation and artificial intelligence. Continue reading

Illinois Realtors get new safety tool to screen potential clients

The Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe) is making background check website and mobile app available as a benefit to all 17,000 of its members Continue reading

Keller Williams reveals tech acquisition spree in first quarter 2019 earnings

Keller Williams gave the world its first peek at its customer relationship management tool and forthcoming consumer app in the first quarter of 2019, but it’s really just the start. In its first-quarter results, the company revealed that it’s implement… Continue reading

Earnnest app streamlines and protects real estate transactions

Buyers can link accounts from up to 12,000 banks across the country using their existing personal login information, and even link the specific account to the Earrnest workflow. Continue reading

Office meetings a snooze? 5 tips for giving them pizazz

In today’s high-tech office environment, are face-to-face meetings necessary, or even possible, when so many brokerages are virtual? Here’s how to host a meeting that your officemates will enjoy attending. Continue reading

Is Realtistiq the next total business solution for brokers?

This brokerage software solution helps real estate offices manage and market their businesses. Continue reading

BREAKING: RE/MAX and Redfin end exclusive partnership after 2 months

RE/MAX and Redfin are ending their nascent referral partnership after Redfin introduced a new platform last week that would allow consumers without buyers’ agents to make offers on Redfin-listed homes in Boston.  Continue reading