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The career outlook for real estate agents in 2020

The world of real estate is rewarding, challenging and ever-changing. To help you know what’s ahead for strategic planning purposes, here’s an outlook on the industry through 2020. Source: click here

The Real Word: Should RE/MAX buy Redfin?

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, RE/MAX and Redfin are partnering up, and some think it’s just a matter of time before the bigger brokerage buys Redfin. Source: click here

Chatbot inventor offers behind-the-scenes look at tech

Austin, Texas-based inventor Michael Butcher designed a bot originally intended to help restaurants, auto mechanics and nail salons follow up with leads — but it turned into something more when he was asked by a real estate agent friend to develop an iteration that would help pre-qualify buyer and seller leads. Here, Butcher gives us […]

10 steps for creating a phenomenal buying experience

In an age where you have so much information literally at your fingertips, why do buyers still need a buyer’s agent? Your client experience is where your value lies. It’s yours to prove. Source: click here

Vacation rental company Vacasa buys Sterling Resorts

Vacation rental management tech startup Vacasa isn’t slowing down its ambitions to conquer the market: this week, it announced that it has purchased Sterling Resorts, a vacation management company on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Sterling has changed hands before: it was bought by Pacifica Companies in 2015 and currently manages 450 homes. Now it will become a part of […]

Airbnb eyes commercial buildings in new partnership

Airbnb is working to launch a new hospitality service that will give short-term renters access to spaces in commercial buildings in New York City. Source: click here

Atlanta’s privatized affordable housing startup PadSplit raises $4.6M

Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. With the goal in mind of alleviating the challenges of homeownership and adequate housing alternatives, an Atlanta-based company has raised a seed round of $4.6 million to help people share in the cost of living in […]

Broker sues Sotheby’s rival for ‘cybersquatting,’ use of name

If you’ve got a name that’s synonymous with your business, it might be a good idea to buy it as a domain name — if only to keep it away from your rivals. Source: click here

NAR: Sustainability sells

“Green houses” are not just a niche fad. Eco-friendly home features have broad appeal among consumers and can play a valuable role in real estate marketing, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the largest real estate trade group in the United States with over 1.3 million members. The report, […]

Housing starts declined in March

Housing starts fell 0.3 percent between February and March and dropped 14.2 percent year-over-year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development, released Friday. In total, 1,139,000 housing starts were recorded. Building permits for private homes fell by 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,291,000. Completions, meanwhile, dropped 1.9 percent […]

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