The results are in! Based on thousands of votes, these are this year’s finalists in the annual DFW Agents’ Choice Awards.

It’s time for the second annual DFW Agents’ Choice Awards! Recognize your peers and cast your vote today.

The online marketplace fleshed out the rules of its new listing access standards policy that was unveiled in the wake of the National Association of REALTORS’® Clear Cooperation update. 

The annual report surveyed agents in the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network to find out how they’re helping clients get their homes ready to list. 

The new policy allows sellers to put off marketing their properties for a period of time to be determined by their local MLSs. 

The new director is the owner and CEO of the Shanan Steere Group in Olathe, Kansas, which is affiliated with KW Overland Park. 

The new firm will be called the Stegeman/Gill Real Estate Group after the principals Bill Stegeman and Scott Gill. 

“As the saying goes, ‘always be marketing.'” — Jennifer Swoope, real estate agent, Jennifer Swoope Real Estate

The three-person team was previously affiliated with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate. 

The association will be led by 2025 President Johnny Mowad of Ebby Halliday REALTORS®. 

The latest National Association of REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey found that 16% of respondents expect a year-over-year increase in buyer traffic in the next three months, compared to 13% a month earlier.

The strategic acquisition expands COMPASS’ Gulf reach from Texas to Florida and brings with it a brokerage that closed $3.6 billion in transactions last year. 

Real estate technology platform MoxiWorks recently announced the acquisition of ActivePipe, a lead nurturing platform for real estate professionals.

Nationally, investors bought a record 18% of homes sold in the third quarter of this year, and they are increasingly turning to single-family homes, according to Redfin. 

The demand for housing in the U.S. has reached a new all-time high since 2017, a rare occurrence for this time of year when the market typically slows. According to a Redfin report, a recovering economy and all-time low mortgage rates are critical factors in the current market. 

As the economy recovers from COVID and the housing market gains traction, homeownership is top of mind for Americans, according to the latest survey from Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.