Real Estate IndustryReviews

Residential brokerage profiles

Last updated: 2026-10-20

Residential firms are listed unscored. Our published rubric was written for commercial service firms and software, and we have not published how it applies to residential brokerages. Firms are listed alphabetically, not ranked. See methodology.

Tech-led and company-owned

Compass

Unscored

Public (NYSE: COMP). Acquired Anywhere Real Estate on January 9, 2026.

The FY2025 10-K describes one company, and the business it now runs is two.

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Tech-led and company-owned

Douglas Elliman

Unscored

Public (NYSE: DOUG).

Fewer deals, more dollars.

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Cloud and revenue-share

Fathom Realty

Unscored

Public (Nasdaq: FTHM). Got a Nasdaq minimum bid-price notice on August 21, 2026. A merger agreement with Neighborhood Intelligence, Inc. (formerly Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.) was terminated on October 5, 2026.

The only firm here that publishes flat per-transaction pricing in its 10-K.

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Cloud and revenue-share · Traditional franchise

Real REMAX Group (Real and RE/MAX)

Unscored

Public (ticker REAX in the SEC tickers file). Formed by combining The Real Brokerage Inc. and RE/MAX Holdings, completed August 24, 2026.

One holding company now sits on top of two opposite models: Real’s capped 85/15 split with revenue share, and RE/MAX’s franchise system, which earns fixed fees per agent.

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Tech-led and company-owned

Redfin

Unscored

Acquired by Rocket Companies in an all-stock deal effective July 1, 2025. No longer files its own reports.

Redfin is now one part of a mortgage company’s funnel.

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Cloud and revenue-share

eXp Realty (AGNT, Inc.)

Unscored

Public (ticker AGNT). Renamed from eXp World Holdings on June 10, 2026; now a Texas corporation.

The 10-K says plainly that its revenue-sharing plan “pays under a multi-tiered compensation structure similar in some respects to network marketing,” that the company has received regulator requests for information about it, and that it may have to modify the plan in some jurisdictions.

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Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.

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  • Residential section published: hub, three model sub-hubs, six firm profiles, three comparisons. All firms unscored.