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Nav app Waze now serving up property ads via Homesnap

Home search app Homesnap, also the public-facing brand of the Broker Public Portal, is partnering with mobile navigation software Waze to provide real estate agents with a new way to reach potential buyers. Waze Ads by Homesnap will allow agents to place listing ads via map pins or purchase “digital billboards” through the community-based navigation app that […]

7 techie tips for making an impact at real estate trade shows

Despite the popularity of the internet, real estate tradeshows and expos remain among the most effective methods for showcasing your business, forging new partnerships and meeting with potential clients. This classic PR option is still relevant in today’s connected world, and the most successful and innovative real estate agents know how to combine technology with […]

Airbnb teams with Pillow in new home-sharing initiative

Pillow, the San Francisco-based short-term rental management service, is teaming with Airbnb to help landlords and tenants more easily navigate increasingly complex home sharing laws (including some laws passed specifically to regulate Airbnb-type rentals). Veritas Investments, one of the largest owners and operators of multifamily and mixed-used properties in San Francisco, will be the first […]

New step-by-step merger guide tackles MLS dysfunction

CHICAGO — More and more, brokers and agents have been calling for their MLSs to merge … and MLSs are listening. Rick Harris The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) announced a new toolkit at NAR’s annual conference that may help make the bumpy road smoother for MLSs considering […]

MLSs at risk of losing weapon against data theft

CHICAGO — A tool that allows multiple listing services to combat unauthorized use of real estate listing data is at risk. In 2012, when two multiple listing services sued the operator of third-party listing and referral site NeighborCity for alleged copyright infringement, they were able to do so because the U.S. Copyright Office had allowed […]

NAR’s new lobbying proposal could raise Realtor dues

CHICAGO — The National Association of Realtors is considering increasing its political advocacy spending by $30 million annually, which may lead to an increase in annual dues per member if the trade group decides not to shift spending elsewhere. Bob Goldberg New NAR CEO Bob Goldberg and NAR President-Elect Elizabeth Mendenhall announced the potential change […]

Five ways to bring real estate tech forward

Josh Team, chief innovation officer for Keller Williams, is in charge of creating platforms and tech solutions meant to drive the franchise and its agents to success. In order to push the organization forward in a tech-minded way, Team follows five key guidelines: Remove the baggage. Make it easier to partner with. Create real tech […]

RealKey launches with promise to speed up mortgage applications

San Francisco-based startup RealKey launched its mortgage and real estate automation software today after two years of preparation, aiming to accelerate loan processing and drastically shorten property transaction closing times. “Traditional mortgage applications are like a terrible game of tag, telephone calls, passing notes from borrower, to banker or originator, to processor, to underwriter, and […]

NAR board does away with forced MLS membership rule

CHICAGO — After much debate in the days leading up to Monday’s meeting of the National Association of Realtors board of directors, the board passed four multiple listing service policy changes with little fuss, including a broker-backed policy known as “MLS of Choice.” The changes prevent MLSs from requiring agents to pay for their service even […]

Trump takes one more step toward deregulating drones

Drones are fun, useful tools of the trade, and as companies like Amazon emerge with innovative product delivery, we can all expect to see new rules and regulations. But not for another three years. Last week, however, President Trump signed a memo empowering the Department of Transportation to begin research on new commercial rules. But […]

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