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Airbnb teams with Pillow in new home-sharing initiative

Pillow, the San Francisco-based short-term rental management service, is teaming with Airbnb to help landlords and tenants more easily navigate increasingly complex home sharing laws (including some laws passed specifically to regulate Airbnb-type rentals). Veritas Investments, one of the largest owners and operators of multifamily and mixed-used properties in San Francisco, will be the first […]

MLSs at risk of losing weapon against data theft

CHICAGO — A tool that allows multiple listing services to combat unauthorized use of real estate listing data is at risk. In 2012, when two multiple listing services sued the operator of third-party listing and referral site NeighborCity for alleged copyright infringement, they were able to do so because the U.S. Copyright Office had allowed […]

New step-by-step merger guide tackles MLS dysfunction

CHICAGO — More and more, brokers and agents have been calling for their MLSs to merge … and MLSs are listening. Rick Harris The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) announced a new toolkit at NAR’s annual conference that may help make the bumpy road smoother for MLSs considering […]

NAR’s new lobbying proposal could raise Realtor dues

CHICAGO — The National Association of Realtors is considering increasing its political advocacy spending by $30 million annually, which may lead to an increase in annual dues per member if the trade group decides not to shift spending elsewhere. Bob Goldberg New NAR CEO Bob Goldberg and NAR President-Elect Elizabeth Mendenhall announced the potential change […]

Five ways to bring real estate tech forward

Josh Team, chief innovation officer for Keller Williams, is in charge of creating platforms and tech solutions meant to drive the franchise and its agents to success. In order to push the organization forward in a tech-minded way, Team follows five key guidelines: Remove the baggage. Make it easier to partner with. Create real tech […]

RealKey launches with promise to speed up mortgage applications

San Francisco-based startup RealKey launched its mortgage and real estate automation software today after two years of preparation, aiming to accelerate loan processing and drastically shorten property transaction closing times. “Traditional mortgage applications are like a terrible game of tag, telephone calls, passing notes from borrower, to banker or originator, to processor, to underwriter, and […]

Trump takes one more step toward deregulating drones

Drones are fun, useful tools of the trade, and as companies like Amazon emerge with innovative product delivery, we can all expect to see new rules and regulations. But not for another three years. Last week, however, President Trump signed a memo empowering the Department of Transportation to begin research on new commercial rules. But […]

NAR board does away with forced MLS membership rule

CHICAGO — After much debate in the days leading up to Monday’s meeting of the National Association of Realtors board of directors, the board passed four multiple listing service policy changes with little fuss, including a broker-backed policy known as “MLS of Choice.” The changes prevent MLSs from requiring agents to pay for their service even […]

How to create an engaging neighborhood Facebook page

About 1.37 billion active users visit Facebook daily. One of the best ways to be a real estate influencer in your area is to create a community or neighborhood Facebook page. Let’s talk about content that fosters engagement. Watch the video above for ideas on creating community page content. Rick Guerrero is the Director of Branch […]

Construction is still rising, but where are the workers?

Construction outlays rose in September, up 0.3 percent led by government spending. Overall construction spending this year has been on an uptick running at a seasonally adjusted annual $1.22 billion rate according to the Commerce Department. Despite facing serious headwinds, construction is up 9.5 percent for the year, mostly in single-family housing. The demand for […]

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