Christy Murdock

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The combined company is expected to "support more than 180,000 real estate professionals across more than 120 countries and territories."

Modular construction, senior living and luxury are diverging from the broader market and offering new opportunities for agents who specialize.

New research finds most top-producing agents never show up in AI search results — and the ones who do usually wrote their own "best agent" page.