March homebuyers blew the roof off housing markets as they heeded warnings about the limited supply of homes for sale. Needless to say, they found houses in record time. National monthly market reports on March transactions chronicled surge of sales as the spring season kicked off and tens of thousands of new listings turned over […]
Inventory is 5.3 percent lower than a year ago, which means many buyers will rush to put an offer on the first home that meets their needs. Well, according to Zillow’s latest study, agents may be wise to tell buyers to pump the breaks and wait until August and September — the best time to […]
Real estate broker-owner Jim Weix received an unexpected letter a year ago from his multiple listing service: If he did not pay subscriber fees for 12 of his 27 agents by August 1, 2016, his firm’s MLS service would be suspended. MLS services are not free, and no MLS is obligated to provide its services to anyone […]
In an earnings report today, Zillow Group, the operator of listing portals Zillow, Trulia and RealEstate.com, posted a net loss of $4.6 million in the first three months of 2017, down sharply from a $47.6 million loss in the first quarter of 2016 and a $23.5 million loss in the fourth quarter. The company’s revenue […]
Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. I’m not a fan of the “paperless office” goal to which so many companies aspire. It’s a semantics issue. The goal should be to streamline the way business is done, not reduce office supply overhead. A […]
Re/Max reported a strong first quarter, as revenue and agent count climbed and more affiliates set up mortgage brokerages under the company’s new Motto Mortgage franchise. The real estate franchisor posted net income of $4.9 million for the first quarter of 2017, “essentially in-line with the first quarter of 2016,” along with a 6.6 percent rise in agent […]
Save My Spot It’s no secret that real estate teams are growing at a steady rate. In fact, according to a 2016 Real Trends study, team transactions are now outpacing top producer transactions. Join Rivers Pearce, Director of Industry Relations at BoomTown, and Dustin Abney, VP of Customer Experience at dotloop, as they take you […]
On Wednesday, hackers targeted Gmail users by sending out an invite to open a Google Doc, which asked users to give permission to manage the users’ email account before being able to open the link. From there, the hackers were able to access personal information and send a similar email to each users’ contact list. […]
You just got your listing. All that matters now is keeping your client happy, which means it’s time to market and sell your client’s place for a price he or she is satisfied with. Marketing is as simple as Newton’s third law — every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Essentially, the more energy […]
Have you ever chosen a restaurant or hotel based on the reviews you read on sites such as TripAdvisor and Yelp? If you’re like most, you rely on those other opinions to guide your own decisions despite the fact that you know nothing about their taste in restaurants. Dr. Robert Cialdini, the author of Influence: […]
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