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Aug 03 2020

eXp World Holdings Acquires Leading Real Estate Search Technology Company Showcase IDX

Companies to Create Consumer Home-search Platform

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Aug. 3, 2020 — eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI), the parent company for eXp Realty and VirBELA, today announced it has acquired all the assets of Showcase IDX, the leading real estate search technology company that helps agents market and grow their businesses and online presence.

Showcase IDX’s services include property search for online and mobile platforms, lead generation, state-of-the-art mapping, and CRM tools and integrations. With this acquisition, eXp will be able to strategically focus on creating a consumer portal and continued innovation in the home-search technology space. Showcase IDX will continue the growth of its existing IDX product and business, providing customers ongoing value and improvements over time.

Founded in 2003, Showcase IDX’s customers include thousands of agents from the United States’ most successful brokerages. Showcase IDX will be wholly owned by eXp World Holdings, but its business will remain separate and continue to operate its services for customers. Showcase IDX’s Founder and CEO Scott Lockhart and all staff will remain, moving the company’s Atlanta-based operations to a team suite in VirBELA Open Campus, a free virtual world where anyone can host or attend immersive online events, meetings and classes.

“We’re very impressed by the technology and talent that Showcase IDX has assembled, and we look forward to working together to expand eXp’s reach by creating a consumer portal for home search, market intelligence and agent marketing,” said eXp World Holdings CEO and Founder Glenn Sanford. “Together, we have big plans to help agents engage with consumers in a more significant way, and ultimately build their business.”

“The Showcase team has always had a mission of helping agents meaningfully connect and engage with online consumers, and joining the eXp World Holdings family will allow us to accelerate that,” said Lockhart. “We both are focused on creating new ways to help people find and buy the home of their dreams with the expertise of a professional real estate agent. This approach puts the home buyer and seller at the heart of the process, guided by innovative cloud-based tools for agents and teams that help provide consistently exceptional experiences at scale.”

About eXp World Holdings

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI) owns eXp Realty, Showcase IDX and VirBELA.

eXp Realty, The Real Estate Cloud Brokerage, is one of the fastest-growing, global residential real estate companies with more than 32,000 agents in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. As a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, eXp Realty uniquely offers real estate professionals within its ranks opportunities to earn eXp World Holdings stock for production and contributions to overall company growth.

Showcase IDX is the leading real estate search technology company that helps agents market and grow their businesses and online presence. Showcase IDX’s services include property search for online and mobile platforms, lead generation, state-of-the-art mapping, and CRM tools and integration.

VirBELA is an immersive technology platform for business, events and education. Its modern, cloud-based environment provides a virtual experience for workers, attendees, students and more to communicate, collaborate, meet and socialize.

For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.expworldholdings.com.

Connect with eXp World Holdings and its companies: https://expworldholdings.com/social

Media Relations Contact:
Cynthia Nowak
Vice president, marketing and communications, eXp Realty
360.419.5285 ext. 116
press@exprealty.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Raymond “RJ” Jones
Executive Vice President, finance and growth, eXp World Holdings
360.761.4393
investors@expworldholdings.com

Jul 30 2020

eXp Realty Announces July ICON Agents

Honorees Recognized for Achieving High Production Goals

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — July 30, 2020 — eXp Realty, one of the fastest-growing, global residential real estate companies, today announced that 73 agents were honored as eXp Realty ICON agents for July 2020.

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The eXp Realty ICON Agent Award honors agents who achieve exceptional production goals and positively impact company culture. ICON status is reserved for agents who meet or exceed high production goals and operate in alignment with eXp Realty’s core values.

eXp Realty ICON agents for July 2020 are as follows:

Angelica Albanese, Texas
Emillie Albrecht, Pennsylvania
Patrick Alderson, North Carolina
Victor Alonzo, Texas
Mario Baez, Texas
Matt and Renee Beaver, Texas
Rob Bell, Missouri
Alex Blythe, Kentucky
Eric Bogert, Florida
Colin Breadner, British Columbia
Jamie Broderick, Michigan
Martie and Matt Burnett, Tennessee
Jenn Carr, North Carolina and Virginia
Tina Caul, North Carolina
Christian Charron, Ontario
Sabre Cofer, Texas
Steven Croy, Florida
Gene Darden, Alabama
Angelo DePaola, Alabama and Florida
Rick and Tracy Ellis, Missouri
Nicole Espinosa, Texas
JP Fluellen, Wyoming
Aileen Fountain, Alabama
Lisa-Marie Franco-Garcia & Jesse Garcia, Wisconsin
Tracy and Brandon Frans, Nebraska
Renee & Maic Friedrich, California
Janette Friend-Harrington & Doug Harrington, Texas
Tiffany Gelzinis, Virginia
Martha and Bill Givens, Alabama
Richard and Tara Gowen, New Hampshire
Marc Hansen , Oregon
Seth Hellinga , Iowa
Kristjan Higdon, California
Harriet and Mike Hinson, Georgia
Erica Hoffman and Joshua Conzemius, Arizona
Andrew Iremonger, Florida
Kristi Jencks, Arizona
Erik Kelly, Arizona
Brandon Landry, Louisiana
Aaron Lebovic, Colorado
Kaila Lindsey, North Carolina and South Carolina
Heather Littrell, North Carolina
Allison Long, North Carolina
Tiffany Maddux, North Carolina
Jose Mayol, California
Spencer McDuffy, Texas
Katie McKinney, Oklahoma
Robert Mitchell, California
Jason and Sachi Mitchell, Hawaii and Texas
Matthew Mittelstadt , Texas
Kevin Mullaney, New Mexico
Marc Nespoli, Pennsylvania
Jacob Oommen, Texas
Andres Ospina Rivera, Florida
Cory Otto, Wisconsin
Christina Potter, Nevada
Jim Pruett, Indiana and Kentucky
Ally Puentes, Oregon
Mark and Sarah Raumaker, Florida
Della Runnels, Oklahoma
Enrique Serrano, Texas
Robin Wilson, Oklahoma
Nicole Smith Woodard, Texas
Robert Snyder, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Holly and Mike Stark, Michigan
Amy and Spike Steinhoff, Maryland
Farris Tarazi, California
Javier Tello, Texas
Somer Tinsley, Texas
Joseph Trujillo, California
David Vanassche and Priscilla Distelvelt, North Dakota
Gay Young, Tennessee
Chuck Zepp, Maryland

The eXp Realty ICON Agent Award provides each qualified ICON with up to $16,000 in publicly traded eXp World Holdings, Inc. common stock upon the achievement of certain production, cultural and event attendance goals. The company’s cap is presently set at $16,000. Through the program, ICONs effectively can earn up to their entire cap amount back in the form of stock. ICON agent qualification and benefit details are available in the ICON Program Overview.

About eXp Realty

eXp Realty is an eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI) company. eXp World Holdings also owns VirBELA.

eXp Realty, The Real Estate Cloud Brokerage, is one of the fastest-growing, global residential real estate companies with more than 30,000 agents in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. As a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, eXp Realty uniquely offers real estate professionals within its ranks opportunities to earn eXp World Holdings stock for production and contributions to overall company growth.

Connect with eXp World Holdings and its companies: https://expworldholdings.com/social.

Media Relations Contact:
Cynthia Nowak
Vice president, marketing and communications, eXp Realty
360.419.5285 ext. 116
press@exprealty.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Raymond “RJ” Jones
Executive Vice President, finance and growth, eXp World Holdings
360.761.4393
investors@expworldholdings.com

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Jul 28 2020

eXp World Holdings to Announce Second-quarter 2020 Results August 5, Host Virtual Investor Q&A August 6

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — July 28, 2020 — eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI), the holding company for eXp Realty and VirBELA, today released preliminary second-quarter 2020 business highlights and announced it will report its second-quarter results after the market close on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The company also will hold a virtual fireside chat between eXp World Holdings CEO and Founder Glenn Sanford and eXp World Holdings CFO Jeff Whiteside and John Campbell, Managing Director with Stephens Inc. on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET.

The investor Q&A is open to investors, current shareholders and anyone interested in learning more about eXp World Holdings and its companies.

Date: Thursday, Aug. 6

Time: 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET – 9 a.m. PT / noon ET

Location: VirBELA Open Campus in the Auditorium. Join at virbela.com.

Livestream: expworldholdings.com/events

About eXp World Holdings

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI) owns eXp Realty and VirBELA.

eXp Realty, The Real Estate Cloud Brokerage, is the fastest-growing, global residential real estate company with more than 31,000 agents in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. As a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, eXp Realty uniquely offers real estate professionals within its ranks opportunities to earn eXp World Holdings stock for production and contributions to overall company growth.

For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.expworldholdings.com.

Connect with eXp World Holdings and its companies: https://expworldholdings.com/social

Media Relations Contact:
Cynthia Nowak
Vice president, marketing and communications, eXp Realty
360.419.5285 ext. 116
press@exprealty.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Raymond “RJ” Jones
Executive Vice President, finance and growth, eXp World Holdings
360.761.4393
investors@expworldholdings.com

Jul 16 2020

VirBELA Accelerates Growth as Go-to Platform for Virtual Events

Virtual worlds become the future of events, as companies seek human connection and meaningful interaction

LA JOLLA, Calif. — July 16, 2020 – VirBELA, an immersive technology platform that’s redefining the future of business, events and education, today announced tremendous growth and momentum in the virtual events space. In the first half of 2020, VirBELA has become the industry go-to for hosting large-scale virtual events, business conferences and online educational programs through an immersive 3D experience.

With 42% of the U.S. labor force1 now working from home full-time, remote work and video conferencing solutions have become a popular substitute to one-on-one or smaller group meetings, but they’re not built to scale. The pandemic has put a halt to events around the world, causing businesses and event organizers to find alternative solutions that provide the human connection and spontaneous social interaction one gets with in-person events.

VirBELA builds virtual worlds to help organizations bring their in-person experiences to life online — from expo halls that hold thousands of attendees, to auditoriums for speaking engagements and presentations, to a music stage for social events. Event attendees can create and customize their own 3D avatar, explore different venues, and network with other attendees as they would in the real world.

Event Farm, an innovative event technology company with dozens of Fortune 1000 customers, is one of VirBELA’s strategic partners helping bring this technology to the events industry. VirBELA and Event Farm have become pioneers in the virtual event space, producing all types of events including conferences, business meetings, summits and even music festivals, without defined walls or the need for travel. Since partnering with VirBELA, Event Farm has seen a massive shift in engagement, with hundreds of people attending their own virtual events and thousands attending customers’ virtual events.

“The event industry has been turned upside down. There’s a lot of great options available for remote work and collaboration, however, it’s incredibly hard to replicate the experience you get at an in-person event,” said Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm. “VirBELA has built a solution that is the closest thing I’ve experienced to real life and yet doesn’t require custom hardware or a headset. We’re excited to have partnered with them and are already seeing an overwhelming amount of adoption in the market.”

Other organizations that have turned to VirBELA to host large-scale industry events include:

Bordeaux Geekfest, which held its first fully immersive, two-day virtual festival in VirBELA in June. The event brought together more than 200 guests from around the world, with nearly 400 hours of content and entertainment through meetings, video games tournaments, concerts, and more.
iLRN brings together an international group of developers, educators, and researchers dedicated to advancements in immersive learning technology. Their annual conference saw more than 3,300 registered attendees and 300 speakers/paper authors who presented almost 200 sessions during five days.
Laval Virtual, a key facilitator in the discussion around VR/AR, which has hosted numerous events in VirBELA. Most recently, Laval Virtual World 2020 drew more than 6,600 people from 110 countries who participated in business meetings, an award ceremony, as well as fun activities and challenges.

In addition, eXp World Holdings, the parent company of VirBELA, hosted their annual Shareholder Summit virtually on the platform with more than 9,500 people from 27 countries in attendance. The four-day event brought together the eXp family of real estate agents, brokers and staff for networking, business updates, a keynote speaker, expo hall and 75 breakout sessions.

“VirBELA provides an all-in-one virtual venue with expo halls, auditoriums, music stages, and social spaces like a soccer field and beach for attendees to explore and stay engaged,” said VirBELA Founder and President Alex Howland. “In this new world we live in, the future of the industry is virtual and we’re honored to be able to offer so many companies the ability to host unique, personalized and memorable event experiences in the virtual worlds we build.”

About VirBELA and eXp World Holdings

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI) houses VirBELA and eXp Realty. VirBELA is an immersive technology platform for business, events and education. Its modern, cloud-based environment provides a virtual experience for workers, attendees, students and more to communicate, collaborate, meet and socialize. For more information, visit the company’s website at virbela.com.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.expworldholdings.com.

Connect with eXp World Holdings and its companies: https://expworldholdings.com/social.

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VirBELA Media Relations Contact:

Amanda Schlussel
Krupp Kommunications
973-493-7839
aschlussel@kruppnyc.com

Jul 01 2020

Top Agents and Teams Join eXp Realty During Second Quarter of 2020

Industry Leaders Attracted to Cloud-based Brokerage

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — July 1, 2020 — eXp Realty, one of the fastest-growing, global residential real estate companies, today announced some of the new agents and teams who joined the brokerage during the second quarter of 2020.

“eXp Realty provides an innovative platform for agents and broker-owners to scale and propel their businesses forward,” said eXp Realty President of U.S. Growth Dave Conord. “We’re thrilled that more than 15 brokerages transitioned to eXp during the second quarter. Top producers embrace eXp’s technology and training, and we’re pleased to continue to welcome nationally recognized agents to our brokerage.”

Following are some of the new agents and teams who joined eXp Realty during the second quarter.

Jim Black & The Jim Black Group, Massachusetts

Jim Black has been a licensed Realtor since 2004 and founded The Jim Black Group in 2013. Since then, Black and his team have sold more than 800 homes. In 2019, the team sold 212 homes with $56 million in closed volume. The team has also been recognized as the top-producing team in Central Massachusetts by the Realtor Association of Central Massachusetts in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Annette Fraley & Synergy One, California

Annette Fraley began her career in real estate more than 20 years ago, working as a mortgage servicer. Today, she has more than 15 years of experience selling luxury properties and has been recognized by the industry for her expertise and production. In 2015, 2018 and 2019, the National Association of Hispanic Realtors recognized Fraley as one of the top 250 real estate agents in the nation. In 2016, Fraley also was awarded the prestigious Latina Pioneer award by the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Kathie Lea & The Kathie Lea Team, Florida

Kathie Lea began her real estate career 20 years ago, and her husband John Rigg joined her in running the team in 2013. Today, they run a top team in the Tampa Bay area and consistently rank in the top four in their market for closed buyer transactions and in the top 15 for total closed volume. In 2019, they closed $49 million in sales with 156 transactions. Since the team started, they have closed more than 1,300 transactions.

Alex Tooke & The Peak Properties Group, Colorado

Alex Tooke has 10 years of experience in real estate and co-founded The Peak Properties Group, a full-service real estate team serving buyers and sellers in the Denver metro area and Northern Colorado. Since its founding in 2010, Peak Properties has sold more than 1,600 homes, achieved over half a billion dollars in sales volume and received more than 350 5-star reviews on Zillow. The team was ranked among the top 1% of all teams by REAL Trends, named an Inc. Fastest-Growing Private Business in America and recognized as The Best of Zillow over the past year.

Peggy Urieff, California

Peggy Urieff is consistently ranked among the top solo agents in the greater Sacramento and Tahoe marketplaces. With more than 350 closed transactions and $150 million in closed sales volume, Urieff is a top-producing agent who receives more than 95% of her business from repeat clients and referrals. Committed to ongoing education, Urieff completes 250 hours of continuing real estate education and coaching every year. Urieff is also a recognized real estate speaker on relational marketing.

About eXp Realty

eXp Realty is an eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI) company. eXp World Holdings also owns VirBELA.

Connect with eXp World Holdings and its companies: https://expworldholdings.com/social.

Media Relations Contact:
Cynthia Nowak
Vice president, marketing and communications, eXp Realty
360.419.5285 ext. 116
press@exprealty.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Raymond “RJ” Jones
Executive Vice President, finance and growth, eXp World Holdings
360.761.4393
investors@expworldholdings.com