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Why BrokerSumo is a powerful brokerage management solution

Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. BrokerSumo is a web-based real estate office management software. Platforms: Browser-based Ideal for: Mid-size and large offices; shops with multiple teams; any brokerage in need of streamlining operations Top selling points Electronic agent onboarding Easy, detailed […]

Gary Gold: Close leads by asking the right questions

When people tell you they aren’t interested in your real estate services, they might just not be ready yet: They could be busy They might need to talk to someone else first You might not have shared enough interesting information The way you asked them may not have been compelling enough Gary Gold says you […]

Financial CHOICE Act, rolling back Dodd-Frank regulations, passes the House

Remember when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fined Wells Fargo $185 million for creating unapproved customer accounts to meet sales quotas last September? Under new legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives yesterday — the Financial CHOICE (Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers and Entrepreneurs) Act — the CFPB’s power to regulate […]

Haute houses and food porn: A real estate agent’s double life

Real estate is Max Shapiro’s bread and butter. But on the weekends, the 33-year-old Westside Estate Agency agent serves bread and butter as part of a 15-course gourmet meal at Oxalis, his underground restaurant. Max Shapiro During the week, Shapiro serves clients out of WEA’s Beverly Hills office in addition to Bel Air and along […]

Daily market update: June 7, 2017

We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news Wednesday, June 7 A Seller’s Market? Consumers Express Diverging Sentiment on Home Buying and Selling in May The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 0.5 percentage points in May to 86.2. The slight decrease […]

Why people are the best marketing tools the world has ever seen

Bill Svoboda, co-founder of CloseSimple, believes that a good party advertises itself. We caught up the serial entrepreneur to get a sneak preview of the advice attendees can expect to gather from his session. We know he will turn up the stage with his infectious positivity along with his secrets on how to approach customer care in an e-commerce world. “I’m […]

Trulia study: Neighborhoods with high ‘Pride Scores’ show increased demand for housing

In 2012, the premium to live in a neighborhood with a high “Pride Score” — a ZIP code in which a significant portion of the population comprises same-sex couples and single people searching for same-sex relationships on dating websites — was $209 per square foot, $47 higher than the respective metropolitan median value. But since […]

Does the public still want real estate agents?

I started working in real estate back in 1995 — one year before realtor.com was founded, nine years before Trulia (2004) and 11 years before Zillow (2006). Along the way, I’ve seen providers, sites and tests come and go, and each had been accompanied by some fear from agents and Realtors who thought they’d lose […]

What happens to the real estate market if mortgage rates go up?

The mortgage rates in Europe and the U.S. have been declining in recent years and finally fell to a record low in 2017, while property prices have been quickly increasing. In 2015, the Federal Reserve System (Fed) began gradually increasing the refinancing rate. Many assume that the mortgage burden will also increase, putting pressure on […]

The first 3 things you notice in a home

So many elements of a home can impress or disappoint a buyer immediately. Two agents share their different takes on the ones that strike them first…. Source: click here

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