Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is expanding its Southern California presence with a merger and a new affiliation, giving it 13 California-affiliated brokerages and more than 1,500 agents in the state. Source: click here
A wave of unmarried, childless elderly people are likely to shape the future of housing. These “solo agers” must make big decisions about the course of their lives without input from loved ones. That includes their housing situations. Source: click here
“Branding is evoking emotions and feelings from our customers, right? So it’s so important for us to stay very focused on the fact that those emotions and those feelings give us the opportunity in our business to grow more in-depth relationships,” Renee Funk, team leader at eXp Realty, said onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas. […]
Brick and Mortar Ventures, a firm that thinks of itself as the “Fifth Wall of construction,” announced Tuesday that it now has nearly $100 million to pour into high tech startups. The firm’s newly announced fund — which totals $97.2 million to be exact — will be used to invest in early-stage companies that focus […]
Following two straight quarters of North American agent count declines, Keller Williams added nearly 3,000 associates in the second quarter. Source: click here
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday described the U.S. housing market as “anemic” and “lackluster” in a blistering economic report that, nonetheless, acknowledged favorable labor market conditions and declines in mortgage interest rates as positive forces. Existing-home sales activity lagged in June with single-family home sales falling 1.5 percent, to 4.69 million units, and […]
Onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers’ Craig McClelland and Hunter Rowe Real Estate owner Mike Regan discussed their efforts to build brokerages that are “departmentalized” to free up staff members’ time and allow them to focus. Source: click here
After hitting a 20-year low, home delinquency rates across the country are holding steady. According to CoreLogic data released Monday, 3.6 percent of homeowners fell into some sort of delinquency on their mortgages in May — the same number as in April but down from 4 percent in March. Foreclosure rates, in which a home is seized by […]
Automation, automation, automation — oh, and taking the time to call your agents and remind them that you value them. These are the keys to mastering recruiting, productivity and retention — at least as three panelists explained it at the Inman Connect Las Vegas Thrive Broker Workshop. Source: click here
I’ve talked to brand new agents, seasoned veterans, and movers and shakers in the national spotlight over the past year, and one thing has always been true: Everyone has a story to tell and some wisdom to share. Here are some of our favorite, most actionable pieces of advice from the Lesson Learned columns. Source: […]
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