COMPLIMENTS OF APRIL 2016 NEWSLETTER FIRST PERSON REAL TRENDS VALUATIONS 2016 REAL TRENDS 500 RESULTS WANT TO KNOW LARGEST FIRMS GREW how much your brokerage is worth? FASTER THAN THE MARKET Contact Scott Wright Some observations from this year’s REAL Trends 500 or Steve Murray by Steve Murray, publisher today to get more information about We just posted the results for the REAL that had more than 500 sides in 2014. brokerage valuations. Trends 500 for 2016 at Realtrends.com. • The top 10 firms recorded an average Here are some observations: gain of 23 percent in closed sides in 2015.
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[email protected] recorded more than 500 closed sides in Report gain for closed sides was only 9.5 303.741.1000 2015. This number is up from 1,460 firms percent. The largest firms grew faster Continued on pg2 1-4 FIRST PERSON 9-10 CEO CORNER 14-15 REGULATORY • Largest Firms Grew Faster Than • Bob Hale, CEO, Houston Association of AFFAIRS the Marketl ® Realtors • Signs of Increased Online Lender Regulatory • How to Grow Your Company 11-12 HOUSING MARKET Scrutiny? • Using Stats to Find Productive Agents • February Housing Up Strongly 16 VALUATIONS 5-8 BROKERAGE 13 FEATURED LEADER • The People Side of Deals • Stop Selling; Start Solving • Chris Meyers, Managing Principal, 17 TECHNOLOGY Houlihan Lawrence, Rye Brook, NY • The Rise of the Team • The Future of Smart Home Technology 1 19 PUBLISHER’S NOTE than the market as a whole. In fact, they recorded a significant market share gain over the market as a whole.