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An additional working day, one more salvo in the at any time-simmering recruiting wars of 2024.

This day brings news that TJ Lewis Genuine Estate, an unbiased brokerage dependent in Austin, Texas, has joined Keller Williams. In accordance to a statement from the franchisor, TJ Lewis has carried out 81 sales so significantly this 12 months, totaling $27.9 million in quantity, and has 31 agents. Topher Rogers serves as the broker for TJ Lewis, and explained in the statement that “with the backing of KW, we are energized to see the place the merged street will take us.”

“Our group at TJ Lewis Real Estate is effective to build an surroundings related to what KW embodies,” Rogers extra.

Previous calendar year, TJ Lewis shut 141 revenue, which amounted to $39.5 million in volume. As a aspect of Keller Williams, TJ Lewis will be affiliated with the KW Austin Southwest market center.

The indie joins Keller Williams at a time of intense competitors for actual estate talent. While brokerages and franchisors have extensive been competitive, the slower current market of the very last a number of several years has shifted the narrative considerably away from sheer head counts and on to star performers with tested track information.

Circumstance in stage: Just in the final 7 days, brands including Coldwell Banker and some others have produced multiple splashy bulletins about the agents and groups they’ve managed to bring in.

All of these several recruiting victories also occur versus a backdrop of an business in flux, with a collection of antitrust lawsuits in excess of agent commissions elevating inquiries about how marketplace pros will get paid in the long term.

In TJ Lewis’ case, even so, the enterprise was optimistic in this week’s assertion about its agents’ futures.

“Like KW, we want to build self-confident brokers, and we are below to gameplan and look at every single and every single agent obtain their accomplishment tale,” Rogers claimed. “We are a spot for new brokers to start out their occupations and see continued development, as well as a place seasoned agents can see their present-day marketplace placement climb to new heights.”

Email Jim Dalrymple II