Real Estate — Brokerage Firms Consolidate with Major Acquisitions and Expansions

Real Estate · 2026-05-07

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The real estate industry is consolidating at every layer of the value chain simultaneously. In brokerage, eXp World Holdings acquired NextHome to bolt on a franchise model alongside its cloud-native platform, while Real Brokerage outlined $30M in savings from its pending RE/MAX deal — meaning two mega-brokerages now collectively field roughly half a million agents. In mortgage…