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CoreLogic’s Trestle now open for business — will tech vendors bite?

Opening its doors to tech companies yearning for a single, combined, standardized data feed from multiple MLSs, real estate data company CoreLogic launched its data marketplace, Trestle, to vendors this week.Trestle will function as a “one-stop shop” where brokers and real estate technology companies will be able to request access to aggregated data from MLSs as well […]

Real estate market recap, March 20-24, 2017

Check Inman every day for the daily version of this market roundup. Mortgage rates: 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Rates for the Past 6 Months | Credio 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Rates for the Past 6 Months | Credio Home equity rates: Average Home Equity Loan Bank Rates by State | Credio Average Home Equity Loan […]

Top 10 posts from March 20-24, 2017

Here were the most popular stories on Inman this past week: Pola Damonte / Shutterstock.com 10. How to rub shoulders with the richest of the rich in real estate Alexander Raths / Shutterstock.com 9. What would killing the health care mandate mean for agents? ekkawat / Shutterstock 8. Another $50M poured into Placester’s tank Your Design […]

The week in industry hires and promotions: March 20-24, 2017

Who got hired or promoted this week? Here’s our weekly rundown, in chronological order. March 20 Carlo Siracusa Carlo Siracusa is the new head of residential sales for Weichert, Realtors. “In this role, Siracusa will be responsible for leading sales production and sales force growth for Weichert, Realtors, while delivering Weichert’s full-service value proposition to all […]

Would-be borrowers could be another $150B in business

With the big drop off in refinancing, lenders are beginning to realize there is a whole world of would-be borrowers who have been unable to find financing for their deals — business they can address to offset lost production.And that could mean more business for the real estate professionals who serve those borrowers. ‘The game […]

Agent fined $5K by Minnesota Department of Commerce for alleged title company ties

Have you ever crashed on the hotel-room couch of a title agent or lender friend — and did you know that it could potentially get you into trouble?Minnesota real estate agent Brandon Doyle was recently fined $5,000 by the Department of Commerce (DOC) for allegedly receiving “things of value” in exchange for referrals to a title […]

How to rethink the lead lifecycle

What if there was a magic equation that could tell you what each client was really worth to your real estate business? Would it change: How you market yourself? How you handle that first conversation? How you handle the follow up? That’s what Billy Ekofo, Director of Leads Management at Century21 Redwood Realty, wants you […]

Listing Bits: The MLS then, now and in the future

Reposted with permission from Greg Robertson. Rebecca Jensen is busy. She is the President and CEO of Midwest Real Estate Data LLC (MRED), the real estate data distributor for the greater Chicago area. She also serves on the boards of Broker Public Portal (BPP), a national consumer-facing property search experience powered by MLS data, and […]

A tale of two housing markets

This week the National Association of Realtors announced February sales of existing homes had fallen 3.7 percent from January, based on an estimated, seasonally adjusted and annualized 5.48 million homes, the decline attributed to a shortage of homes for sale.Source: NARBlah, blah, blah. That could be the first paragraph of any national housing report in […]

Voodoo Agent: How to avoid being a secret agent in your business

If the idea of promoting yourself doesn’t sit well with you, and you’re a real estate agent, you’ve made a huge vocational error. You simply can’t be a successful agent without letting people know what you do. The key to promoting yourself is consistency. Focus on consistency and then quality. Don’t get so caught up […]

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