Real Trends: Real Trending

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry trends and news, this is REAL Trending, episode 81. We're analyzing the most important trends affecting brokerage companies and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends, today we're discussing recent housing market news, information about top agent preferences and merger and acquisition activity. What do these trends mean and how can brokerage firms best deal with them?

  Gorman says he's learned one big lesson during his time in leadership: provide clarity and communicate continually. This has especially been vital during the pandemic when the Realogy headquarters building has been closed for business. Find out what Gorman and the leadership team are doing to serve network agents and brokers through a challenging market.

  The Thousand: No. 16 team-owned brokerage by volume and No. 12 by transaction sites Find out the details of Lindahl's real estate scholarship program which will net him 75 new sales associates in August 2020.

  Mid-Atlantic United States: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia

  Starting the brand as a small, luxury firm, Chinowth said that the plan was never to grow as large as they are today. But, the relationships they built with agents working the luxury market propelled them into growth mode. Find out more about the process and her lessons learned in this podcast.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry trends and news, this is REAL Trending episode 80. We're analyzing the most important trends affecting brokerage companies and their agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today, we're going to take a little trip to the future and discuss the future of brokerage, the future profile of great agents and teams, and the importance of core services. What do these trends mean now and how can brokers firms best deal with them in the future? So let's talk first about the future of brokerage. I want to be straight and get to the point with anyone tuning in many

With a hybrid iBuyer-ish model, House Buyers of America has continued to buy homes throughout the Pandemic. Find out where Ron is seeing opportunity in the market and how he's making this model work when others chose to shut down buying homes early on.

With a growth plan to be in all 50 states and to double their agent count by the end of 2023, HomeSmart and its leadership team led by Bowers is strategically moving toward success. Find out about their growth plan in this podcast.

With a focus on staying debt-free and looking for ways to beef up ancillary services, Conway stays growth-minded. The company ranked No. 30 by transaction sides in this year's REAL Trends 500 Top Brokerages. Find out more about Conway's growth strategies in this podcast.

  Since joining RE/MAX last September, Bailey revamped the company's recruiting strategy, culminating in a new campaign that was recently launched. REAL Trends editor in chief Tracey Velt talks to Bailey about recruiting trends and tells us the biggest mistakes brokers make when it comes to finding and recruiting good agents

Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, talked about how almost every asset he owned he overpaid for, but, with time, because the asset was high quality, it worked out.  Hearing that Hosack and his team changed their strategy about how they looked at real estate deals and recruiting and became much more aggressive than before.  Find out how that impacted his company positively.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news and trends, this is REAL Trending episode 79. We're analyzing the most important trends affecting brokerage companies and agents. I'm Steve Murray, President of REAL Trends and today we're discussing this housing recovery, where to focus now and lessons from the agent rankings, what these trends mean and how can brokerage firms best deal with them.

Because of its extensive use of technology, McLeod says that Side agents were able to navigate the Pandemic with little impact on their businesses. Find out how McLeod and his leadership team implemented new protocols and programs to serve agents in a new normal market. 

An AHA moment with a stressed-out agent led to a clarity of focus on serving their most important customer—the agent. From there, Meessman and his leadership team built the organization around that premise. Find out how. 

Ranked No. 145 by transaction sides and No. 95 by volume, REAL Trends 500 After starting several businesses together, Sam and Oliver realized that the path to success was defining Big Block Realty as a service-first company. They redefined their value proposition and the rest fell into place. Find out about their path to success.

  Focusing on agents first allowed Brigham and Bevis to retain quality agents while dealing with stay-at-home orders. Now that their market is opening up, it's paid huge dividends in business volume. Find out more about their retention and recruiting strategy in this podcast.

128.2% growth between 2014 and 2018 Deciding to stop running a team and, instead, become managing brokers, the Macklin's turned their focus to recruiting. That set them on the course to the success they have today. Learn more about their strategy in this podcast.

Today we're going to talk about the housing recovery, new mobility patterns and competition for agents. What do these trends mean and how can brokerage firms best deal with them?

When COVID-19 hit, Averbuch scheduled one-on-one calls with all of her agents. Now that the market is reopening, that strategy has paid off. Find out more about how she is leading her team through unprecedented times. 

136.4% Growth between 2014-2018 Taking a leap of faith with some strategic acquisitions helped Lauri build his brokerage. That acquisition coupled with a strong training program helped Lauri and his team grow. Find out his lessons learned in this informative podcast.