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Florida Realtors builds e-sign tool available nationwide

Form Simplicity — a transaction management platform created and owned by Florida Realtors — has launched Sabal Sign, a fully integrated e-signature tool for its Ultimate Edition users nationwide. Sabal Sign provides unlimited signing sessions, mobile-friendly workflows and full compliance with U.S. electronic signature laws, eliminating the need for third-party services, Florida Realtors said. “Sabal […]

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Coldwell Banker’s Jason Waugh urges agents to ‘own the moment’ in shifting housing market

Speaking to thousands of real estate professionals at Coldwell Banker’s Generation Blue Experience 2025, company president Jason Waugh told agents that today’s market — despite volatility — represents one of the greatest opportunities of their careers. “We’ve been through three years of a contracting or flat market,” Waugh told attendees at Las Vegas’ Fontainebleau. “It’s

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Emilia Bechrakis Serhant joins SERHANT. as licensed agent

Nine years after marrying Ryan Serhant, Emilia Bechrakis Serhant is joining the brokerage that bears her surname. On Tuesday, SERHANT. announced that Bechrakis Serhant was joining the firm’s New York City office as a licensed real estate agent. She will work alongside Melissa Post. Born in New York and raised between New York and Athens,

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Real Estate One expands with Michigan acquisition

Michigan-based Clients First Realtors of Canton has joined the Real Estate One Family of Companies. Founded in 1995, Clients First has operated within Michigan for more than 25 years. “Clients First Realtors’ values align closely with our own, especially when it comes to giving back to the communities where we live and work,” said Dan

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Compass adds top-producing agent couple in DC area

Dave and Patricia Smith — a husband-and-wife real estate team with more than two decades of experience in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia region — have joined Compass. The pair has closed more than $500 million in career sales volume, averaging about $50 million annually. They have consistently ranked among the top 1% of

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Oscar Arellano and team join Coldwell Banker Realty in Miami

Coldwell Banker Realty has added Oscar Arellano, one of Miami-Dade’s top-producing real estate professionals, and the Oscar Arellano Team to its Coral Gables, Fla. office. Arellano joins from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty — bringing more than 20 years of experience and nearly $1 billion in career home sales. Arellano launched his real estate career

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Las Vegas Realtors removes incoming board member over Charlie Kirk comments

Mark Sivek, an incoming member of the 2026 Las Vegas Realtors’ (LVR) board of directors, has been stripped of his appointment, according to LVR. The local trade group took this action in response to comments Sivek made on social media about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. “We want to make it clear that

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Christie’s International Real Estate names SVP of strategic growth

Christie’s International Real Estate has appointed G. Scott Hurlock as senior vice president of strategic growth, a new role at the company. Hurlock will oversee network expansion for the luxury real estate brand by pursuing new partnerships and working with affiliates on organic growth, mergers and acquisitions. “Scott comes to us with an incredibly impressive

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Avoiding a ‘sea of sameness’: Small real estate teams talk AI

Artificial intelligence is elbowing its way into real estate, promising efficiency while threatening the very thing agents trade on: human connection. For Jeff Funk in Orlando and Michael Franco in New York City, the daily experiment isn’t whether to use AI, but how far to lean in without losing authenticity. Funk, leader of eXp Realty-affiliated

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Compass taps former NAR settlement attorney Ethan Glass as chief legal officer

Compass has appointed Ethan Glass as its new chief legal officer. Glass — a veteran antitrust lawyer — previously led the global antitrust and competition practice at Cooley LLP and directed U.S. Department of Justice teams that investigated and sued multiple listing service (MLS) organizations over anticompetitive conduct. “I’m honored to join Compass, a company

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