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Brokerageraise the barSelectshowings
January 23, 2015

This showing may be recorded for client satisfaction purposes

Should real estate agents just assume that they’re on camera anytime they walk into a listing these days? For anyone who missed out on the media frenzy when two real estate agents were allegedly caught on camera using a client’s home as a “love nest,“ consider the case of a…
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Brokeragereal estaterobert reffkinSelecturban compass
January 22, 2015

Robert Reffkin: ‘Hiring the right people is the best investment’

Robert Reffkin is the CEO of Urban Compass. Describe what you do in one sentence: I guide the strategy of Urban Compass by hiring talented and passionate people and empowering them to solve big problems. Age: 35 Degree, school: BA and MBA at Columbia University Location: New York City Social media: Twitter,…
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Brokerageleading real estate companies of the worldleverage global partnerspartners trustSelect
January 21, 2015

How brokerage networks are stoking growth of independents

When Carolina One Real Estate’s nine-year franchise contract with Prudential Real Estate expired in 2008, the brokerage wanted to eliminate franchise fees and operate with more flexibility, but didn’t want to give up its national presence. So the Charleston, South Carolina-based firm turned to a global independent brokerage network, Leading…
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BrokerageluxuryScott MitchellSelectWEAWestside Estate Agency
January 21, 2015

TMZ and Architectural Digest flip out over Beverly Hills broker’s home

You know you must have done something right if TMZ and Architectural Digest are both gushing over the home that took you seven years to build. Architectural Digest calls real estate broker Kurt Rappaport’s Malibu home, situated on 6 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a “masterful composition of intersecting planes and…
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BrokerageJason WaughMike GainportlandseatlleSelect
January 21, 2015

Merger of Warren Buffett’s Portland, Seattle brokerages creates regional powerhouse

Outsiders may never even have realized that they were separate companies, but the merger of two brokerages doing business as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate — one in Seattle and one in Portland — has created a regional powerhouse with 725 agents and “a tremendous amount of growth potential.”…
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BrokerageSelectthe agencyTori Barnao
January 20, 2015

4 LA agents leave The Agency for Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Real Estate is expanding its new Beverly Hills, California, office at the expense of rival brokreage The Agency, which is losing Jeeb O’Reilly and her team of three top agents Julia Brodsky, Tori Barnao and Gersh Gershunoff. The former owner of a catering business that served stars like…
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Brokerageflat fee brokeragequill realtySelect
January 20, 2015

Startup brokerage offering flat-fee services — to buyers

A Seattle startup brokerage is providing services to buyers including legal representation on a flat-fee basis, offering clients several options depending on the level of service they need and what they’re willing to pay.  Quill Realty, which launched last year offering to represent buyers for a commission equal to 2…
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January 19, 2015

Realtor association’s defamation suit against member headed to trial

With a defamation suit filed more than two years ago by the Chicago Association of Realtors and its CEO against a member who questioned the handling of the association’s finances heading to trial in March, colleagues of the defendant have created a legal defense fund on her behalf. Andrea Geller,…
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