REsides, a technology-focused MLS, has introduced a three-tier subscription model aimed at providing agents and brokers with greater flexibility and control. The new options — REsides Essential, Select and Premier — are priced at $29.95, $80 and $75 per month, respectively. “Agents and brokers have been asking for smarter tech, fewer barriers, and the freedom […]
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Union Home Mortgage announced Tuesday the expansion of its footprint in the Midwest. A team of 16 employees, led by two former UMortgage managers, will join UHM’s existing team in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to a news release. Ravi Patel and Justin Allen, who spent more than two years at mortgage brokerage UMortgage, will both serve
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Brandi Lewis, a prominent Atlanta-based real estate agent, has rejoined Keller Williams as of July 1, affiliating with Keller Williams Realty West ATL. Lewis, who began her real estate career with Keller Williams, has been appointed as director of luxury at the brokerage. The firm includes more than 350 agents. “I’m excited to be coming
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Compass has added The Korman Group — a high-performing real estate team led by Michael Korman — to its South Florida operations. The group will base its work out of Compass’s Boca Raton office, with operations extending into Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Jupiter. Korman, who previously served as founder and principal of the
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Miami-based Atlas VMS on Wednesday announced the acquisition of appraisal order management platform AIM-Port. Atlas called the move a “significant step” in developing technology-driven solutions to better serve U.S. mortgage lenders and appraisal management companies (AMCs). “The acquisition of this platform is a key component of Atlas’s broader mission to bring smarter, high-touch solutions to
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RentSpree has partnered with Hive MLS to integrate rental application and tenant screening tools directly into Hive’s multiple listing service platform. The new integration will be available at no cost to Hive MLS subscribers in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Hive MLS services more than 18 MLSs in the Southeast — representing about 15,000
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Compass is welcoming a new regional vice president for its Louisiana and Mississippi region. David Favret is joining Compass in this role, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Favret most recently served as the managing broker at Rêve Realtors, but has previously served as a broker at Latter & Blum, which was acquired by Compass
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is once again seeking to dismiss allegations brought by former employee Roshani Sheth in her ongoing discrimination lawsuit against the organization. NAR filed another motion to dismiss the suit on Tuesday. This filing deals with Sheth’s second amended complaint, which she filed in early June, after all but her
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The housing industry is currently rife with consolidation, but the same wave of mergers and acquisitions has not taken the multiple listing service (MLS) sector by storm. Over the past two decades, the number of MLSs across the country has greatly decreased. As recently as a decade ago, there were more than 900 MLSs. But
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The U.S. faced a shortfall of 4.7 million homes in 2023 — the largest housing deficit on record — according to a new Zillow analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Persistent inventory shortages continue to drive the national housing affordability crisis, limiting access to homeownership and forcing millions of people to share homes with non-relatives.
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