#real-estate-team-growth

#real-estate-team-growth

For the first time in three years, more law firms are planning to expand their office footprint, rather than contract, according to a new report from commercial real estate brokerage CBRE.

The Gibson plaintiffs claimed that eXp negotiated the agreement with the Hooper plaintiffs after conducting prolonged, unsuccessful settlement negotiations with Intervenor Plaintiff counsel, conducting a reverse auction in an attempt to gain a sweetheart deal.

Most water claims start in the most ordinary places: under sinks and around toilets. A slow drip from a supply line or a small leak by a toilet can lead to severe water damage across several units.

Ginsburg stated that treating builder business as a core pillar rather than a side channel reflects a broader industry shift. He believes a healthy balance of builders should be around 15% to 20% of the overall retail book of business.

HousingWire's 2026 Rising Stars honor industry leaders age 40 and under who are making an impact across mortgage, real estate and homebuilding. The honorees represent a range of roles and are recognized for driving innovation, supporting their organizations and contributing to broader industry progress.

Jason Abrams has dedicated his career to helping agents and broker owners build businesses worth owning and lives worth living. He understands that in order to live your best life, you must give your best effort to the parts that matter most.

ERA has structured its recruitment model around four growth pathways; increasing existing agent productivity, recruiting outside agents, adding ancillary revenue streams, such as mortgage and title, and pursuing M&A. The approach has found traction among brokers who view the brand as a vehicle for expansion rather than a simple flag-planting exercise.

Interest in proprietary trading, or prop trading, has grown exponentially in recent years. By 2025, the industry is estimated at $20 billion, with more than 2,000 active firms worldwide, most of them in the United States.

"When deciding whether to sell quickly or rent out the home, many homeowners underestimate the logistics involved with moving only part of their belongings or staging while relocating. Storage may seem like a simple add-on, but it actually introduces multiple steps, additional labor, and can significantly increase costs, sometimes even doubling them."

Hal is a rare operator who is both fiercely competitive in business and genuinely empathetic in his relationships, and that combination so perfectly aligns with our values as a company that is growing. With his leadership and deep relationships across the residential ecosystem, Hal is a key player in our mission to capture meaningful market share in 2026.

We aren't just looking for the next listing; we're looking toward the next horizon of how global communities are built and experienced. The launch of eXp New Homes is our strategic response to the evolving needs of the new construction sector where precision and partnership are the ultimate currencies. We are empowering our agents to move beyond the traditional resale mindset and step confidently into the role of a strategic new home sales partner.

The more productive an agent is, the less likely they are to leave. In the U.S., the majority of departing agents continue to be our lowest producing cohort and agents in the highest producing cohorts are multiple times less likely to churn than our low producing agents.

We have mastered the art of onboarding brokerages that are otherwise incredibly gifted and market-share dominant, Duffy said. United's focus is not small-team tuck-ins. It is step-function growth. We're really good at going to 1,000- or 2,000-agent venerable firms and bringing them into the United platform culturally, operationally, financially and technology-wise to accelerate their growth, he said. That growth engine, he argues, is fully referenceable.

Our agents now have a community of like-minded investment-curious agents, experienced agent investor professionals and the tools to create their own income and wealth-producing portfolios, Dan Duffy, the CEO of United Real Estate Group, said in a statement. The company said the program is designed to help agents not only boost their income, but also build generational wealth for their families and communities. Due to this, the brokerage said it aligns with its core values of Family, Excellence, Fiscal Responsibility and Seeing Things Differently.

The global average building utilization rate dramatically jumped in 2025 to 53%, the highest since before the pandemic, validating the effectiveness of hybrid strategies in driving more in-office activity, according to CBRE. Utilization rates were 38% in 2024 and 35% in 2023, compared to the 65% that most respondents to CBRE's global workplace occupancy benchmarking program identified as their target.

To earn referrals, you must exceed expectations through a seamless client journey that creates memorable touchpoints from first contact to post-closing. Most agents focus on transactional milestones: contract, inspection, closing. But clients remember how you made them feel during one of life's most significant purchases. Your competition isn't just other agents, it's every premium service experience clients have had, from luxury hotels to high-end restaurants.