Housing News

This week on Power House, Diego sits down with Leo Pareja, CEO of eXp Realty, the world's fastest-growing, cloud-based brokerage with over 83,000 agents across 27 countries. Leo discusses his transition to CEO during the NAR settlement announcement and how eXp has evolved from a bootstrapped startup to a major industry player.  He shares how eXp built a distributed workforce and why transparency in real estate data benefits everyone. Leo explains eXp's strategy of attracting entrepreneurial agents who build their own brand and how their virtual-first approach creates competitive advantages in today's hyper-localized market. Here’s what you’ll learn: How eXp scaled from just a startup to a global brokerage without physical offices Why 2026 will be a hyper-localized real estate market and what that means for agents The importance of transparency sharing versus private listing strategies How eXp's distributed workforce model creates operational advantages over traditional brokerages