After four years as Coldwell Banker’s chief marketing officer, Sean Blankenship has left the company. “We appreciate the numerous ways in which Sean helped advance our great brand and wish him well in his future endeavors,” said Charlie Young, President and CEO for Coldwell Banker Real Estate since July, in a written statement. Sean Blankenship During […]
Serving up property details, transportation data and local amenities, real estate websites contain a wealth of information especially helpful to the visually impaired. Ironically, the potential for these sites to make life easier for the blind may have put a target on the backs of real estate companies. A complaint filed against Walk Score — […]
Knock, an Opendoor competitor and consumer end-to-end platform that promises to sell homes within six weeks or buy the home for market value, announced the hiring of former Yelp VP of International Marketing Colleen Curtis and QuickAd founding team member Stephen Wegner, to help build the company’s brand and streamline daily team operations. Colleen Curtis […]
While real estate agents chase leads and close deals on houses, there’s another level of deal-making that takes place within the real estate industry: mergers, acquisitions, integrations and partnerships. We’ll be recapping every week’s noteworthy deals that didn’t make it into print (and some that did) for your perusal. This week’s deals May 30 The […]
We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news Friday, June 2 Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Summary The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for May: “Although job gains in May were […]
Schools, amenities, home price trends — these might seem like the sort of neighborhood features that would matter most to homebuyers. But while those factors are important to aspiring homeowners, “friendly neighbors” actually tops the list of selling points, according to a new survey. Half of respondents to Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices’ latest homeowner sentiment survey said that friendly […]
When metro areas across the country are booming with economic growth, that should be a good thing for real estate sales — spurring homeownership because jobs are plentiful. However, according to new research by Redfin — “Priced Out: The Housing Affordability Gap In America’s Largest Metros” — “no metro area gets a trophy” when it […]
Colorado’s two largest multiple listing services — REcolorado and Information and Real Estate Services (IRES) — have signed a letter of intent to merge, the MLSs announced in nearly identical blog posts Wednesday. The agreement appears to signal a thawing in months-long tension. After IRES rejected its surprise multimillion-dollar buyout offer in January, REcolorado cut off […]
The Miami Association of Realtors (MIAMI) is seeking to help its 46,000 members uncover new business opportunities through a partnership with “real estate deal-making platform” RealConnex. RealConnex is a global networking and transaction-management platform that facilitates collaboration on real estate deals (mostly commercial) between lenders, investors, property owners, brokers and real estate advisers. The partnership highlights a push by some […]
We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news Thursday, June 1 ADP National Employment Report Private-sector employment increased by 253,000 from April to May, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Freddie Mac: 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Moves Lower 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.94 percent with an […]
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