Broker News
On the eve of Juneteenth 2020, Frisco-based JP & Associates Realtors is launching a new company-wide initiative to drive communication about social injustice in the world called Real Estate Professionals Against Injustice and Racism, or R.E.P.A.I.R. “We want peaceful, constructive action and communication to build mutual respect among all races,” says Giuseppe JP Piccinini, founder…
By Robbie BriggsPresident and CEO, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty With apologies to Bob Dylan, these real estate times, they are a-changin’. I’ve been telling you these last few weeks about how our agents and our brokerage have been adapting at supersonic speed to the way homes are being shown in this new age. Just…
From Staff Reports Curt Kastan is the new sales leader of Ebby Halliday’s Plano/Willow Bend Office. Kastan will also continue in his role as sales leader of Ebby’s Preston Plano Parkway Office. “We are thrilled Curt has accepted this additional responsibility and know he is absolutely the right person at the right time in just the right…
As more and more brokerages look for ways to survive the coronavirus outbreak, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin announced another round of cost-saving measures for the brokerage. After a round of layoffs that shed 15 percent of Compass’ staff and curbed executive salaries by 25 percent, the brokerage will now trim salaries by 10 to 50…
The company chose to furlough agents instead of laying off in order to benefit from the $2 trillion CARES Act stimulus. Seattle-based Redfin, one of the very first disruptive brokerages to set the scene for upending the traditional brokerage model, announced Tuesday that it will furlough 41 percent of its agents, totaling nearly 600 people,…
