Keller Williams parent company CEO Carl Liebert departs

Carl Liebert took the reins of Keller Williams parent company kwx in 2020. Following his departure, top executives will now report directly to company co-founder Gary Keller. Continue reading

Pending home sales hits slowest pace in nearly 10 years

Pending home sales dropped 3.9 percent from March to April, marking the sixth-straight month of declines amidst climbing mortgage rates, according to data released Thursday from NAR. Continue reading

KW mega team Livian expands reach in New England with merger

Keller Williams’ two top-performing teams in New England have merged, according to a joint announcement on Wednesday. Connecticut-based The Miale Team has joined Livian, the Vermont-based mega team that Keller Williams purchased an ownership stake in l… Continue reading

Keller Williams’ lending arm, Keller Mortgage, posts new round of layoffs

The scale of the latest round is unclear, but more than a dozen Keller Mortgage employees posted notices on LinkedIn Tuesday that they’d been laid off, with some describing the cuts as “huge.” Continue reading

Keller Williams to open new Caribbean franchise

The new franchise will operate in Bonaire, an island off the coast of Venezula. The expansion comes at a time when international growth represents a major bright spot for Keller Williams. Continue reading

NAR, franchisors face long odds in effort to appeal class action status

NAR and co-defendants Realogy, Keller Williams, RE/MAX and HomeServices of America are asking a higher court to let them appeal a decision to make an antitrust commission suit a class action. Continue reading

Does a good earnings season foreshadow trouble ahead?

Many real estate companies did very well during the first quarter of 2022, but their leaders also repeatedly mentioned the specter of “headwinds” on the horizon. Continue reading

A recipe exists to build a sustainable team; read some of the ingredients

Inman reached out to industry experts and team leaders, who shared insights based on first-hand experience about what works and what doesn’t. Here’s what they had to say. Continue reading

Keller Williams posts $108B in sales volume as transactions fall in Q1

The Texas-based franchisor’s transaction and sales volume see-sawed for the third quarter in a row, as record home price growth bolstered commissions, according to a Q1 earnings report. Continue reading