Why Howard Hanna was missing from Open Real Estate launch list

When the Open Real Estate initiative launched on Monday, one brokerage’s name was noticeably missing from the list of founding firms and initial participants. “It would have been nice to be at the table, but obviously those guys didn’t see me at their level,” Hoby Hanna, the CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, told HousingWire. Since the nationwide residential real estate data sharing initiative was announced on Monday, Hanna, a HousingWire Vanguard award winner, said the Open Real Estate founders have been in touch with him to discuss the initiative. “We were approached to see if we’d like to have a discussion to learn more and find out what direction they want to go in,” Hanna said. “I’ve agreed to meet with them, but no dates or anything have been set yet. I’m curious to learn more because right now I can only speculate off off the information that is publicly available.” Hanna said he is really curious to learn what the end goal of the initiative is and if they have any plans in place for governance and funding. As of right now, given the limited amount of information he has, Hanna said he is unsure if Howard Hanna, a RealTrends Verified brokerage, will join Open Real Est...