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Two-Thirds of Americans Say They Would Likely Move If It Wasn’t Such a Hassle

Brothers paddled from Bimini to Palm Beach to support Cystic Fibrosis

There are many reasons why real estate brokerage owners request a valuation. The sheer number of companies we’ve worked with show why we’re the experts in valuing brokerage companies.

I began my career at an executive search firm but soon came back to run my family’s real estate firm started by grandfather in 1920. I have done so for more than 20 years.

Balancing risk and potential growth prospects in the global real estate market. 

Brokers must still be diligent about marketing service agreements Two events have upended the federal regulatory environment over Marketing Services Agreements (MSAs) in recent months:  the departure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in PHH Corp. v. CFPB.

South Region experiences highest year-over-year increase for third consecutive month while theWest continues to decline, according to the ShowingTime Showing Index®

Brokerage firm buyers are changing from large independents and networks to private equity firms. In the 31 years of REAL Trends work in valuations, mergers and acquisitions, there have always been owner-operators of brokerage firms desiring to acquire other brokerage firms. Most recently, these were firms like NRT, HomeServices, and Howard Hanna to name a […]

Predictive analytics is one of the new sciences that is capturing the imagination of our industry. One can use big data to analyze everything from social media and credit card activity to demographics and GPS movements; data scientists predict who is most likely to buy and sell real estate in the next year. Then, they […]