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Startups unveil $4,000 home built with a 3-D printer

Technology startup Icon thinks that one day, 3-D printed homes could populate swaths of the United States. But to start, the early-stage company is building a prototype for affordable, 3-D printed housing for the developing world. Icon partnered with the nonprofit New Story, which provides housing to families in need in El Salvador, Haiti and […]

Amazon could seize opportunity in fractured mortgage market

At Inman Connect New York, Compass COO Maëlle Gavet told the audience that she believes “what Amazon has done to retail, someone is going to do to real estate.” Is it possible that Amazon itself could be that someone, starting with mortgages? Last week the news broke that Amazon is talking to big banks about […]

Capital Connect NY 18: What does Wall Street think of Zillow?

“From a Wall Street perspective, we just care about … growth and, ultimately, profitability,” said Ron Josey of JMP Securities onstage at Inman Connect New York’s Capital Connect. “And if you’re doing it in a way that’s sort of partnering with existing infrastructure but then also growing the overall pie, that’s sort of the magic sauce, […]

Sotheby’s International Realty posts record $108B in annual sales volume

A strong global economy led to Sotheby’s International Realty (SIR) booking $108 billion in sales volume in 2017, an annual sales volume record for the luxury real estate brand, the company reported this month. The Realogy franchisor spanning 69 countries was able to leverage that international economic expansion to post $96 billion in sales stateside, […]

A loan officer’s presence at closing can make or break referrals: study

Every real estate professional knows the importance of attending the closing along with his or her buyer and sometimes seller-clients. But it’s just as crucial for the buyer’s lender to be there, too, according to the latest research by the Stratmor Group. According to the Colorado-based mortgage industry consulting firm, borrower satisfaction plummets when a […]

Why Howard Hanna views middle management as crucial company leaders

The idea of big brokerage “leadership” is often associated with executives in the C-suite, vice presidents, regional directors and the like, but when Howard Hanna president, Howard “Hoby” Hanna, talks about developing leadership at the country’s largest privately owned firm, he emphasizes the need to focus on middle management. “The bigger development challenge is the branch […]

ICNY 18 Marketing: How to fight rising costs of social media advertising

Everyone is raising their prices — Google, Facebook and Zillow – how do you manage to their greed? Watch more sessions from ICNY 18 here. Email Inman Save My Seat for ICSF Now… Source: click here

Is your real estate brand in desperate need of a revamp?

As a real estate agent, you offer a plethora of unique services that your competition does not. You go above and beyond for each and every one of your clients. Yet your competitors are thriving, and you are just barely keeping your head above water. Does this sound like you? Before you decide to change the […]

Why managing your own social media is a waste of time as a business owner

What’s the basic building block of success for you or your business? That’s easy. The very first thing to do is make sure other people know you exist, what you do and how you can solve their immediate problem or help their situation. And what’s the simplest way to do that in this day and […]

How Stoicism can help you through real estate’s ups and downs

Real estate, perhaps more so than most other businesses, is a life of ups and downs, and those ups and downs can cause major stresses for real estate agents. Managing that stress is of the utmost importance not just for your own personal health and happiness but also for the success of your business. Although […]

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