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Lessons learned from the ‘incarcerated’ real estate listing

Reposted with permission — show notes and credits here. In this episode, Leigh interviews Jennifer Langston from Kansas City, Missouri. Jennifer shares her disheartening experience with an “incarcerated listing,” which she ended up losing after an unfortunate turn of events. Jennifer openly discusses how this entire process changed her attitude and her business practices to better […]

Blend Campaign combines automated notecards, voicemails to generate leads

Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. Blend Campaign is an automated communications service for increasing lead generation. Platforms: Browser-based; direct mail, voicemails Ideal for: Agents and teams looking to augment outreach to prospects Top selling points Combines direct mail and automation Easy […]

What real estate agents and brokers should be doing about WannaCry

Are you running any business software or storing data on a computer that’s using a Windows operating system? Then you’ll want to read up on the latest cybersecurity attack and make sure you’re taking steps to protect yourself (and your clients) from hackers. Last week, a ransomware attack began infiltrating computers all over the globe; by the end of the […]

The most powerful force holding down U.S. rates

A sustained rise in long-term interest rates stopped Friday and reversed a bit, but identifying the fingerprints requires a little dusting, lifting and the microscope. The US 10-year T-note. There have been no economic events to explain today’s drop. Just politics. The 10-year-T-note on March 13 touched its post-election high at 2.62 percent (the prior […]

Redfin 1% listing fee working better than buyer rebates

Once promising to be the darling of homebuyers by offering rebates, Redfin is now chasing homesellers with a discount commission promise. The Seattle-based tech broker has been targeting listings with a steeper discount while reducing its rebates to buyers. In a listing shortage environment, Redfin claims that its listing count has grown significantly in all […]

Zillow inks direct listing feed deals with 16 MLSs

Today Zillow Group announced the addition of 16 new multiple listing service (MLS) partnerships, arrangements that include a direct listing feed to the real estate portal, the company confirmed. These partnerships come on the heels of Zillow’s announcement that they will no longer allow manual listing entry. (Brokers that belong to MLSs that have held […]

Renter boom takes over suburbs in 19 largest metros

Many aspiring homeowners are flocking to the suburbs to find lower home prices and more affordable costs of living, and it seems that renters are following suit, according to RentCafe’s newest study. RentCafe analyzed Census ACS data ranging from 2011 to 2015 and found that suburban areas were outpacing urban areas in renter growth in 19 out […]

6 reasons I’m attending NAR’s Midyear Legislative Meetings

Editor’s note: Tracy Freeman is YPN Chair for the North Central Jersey Association of Realtors.  The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Midyear Legislative Meetings take place in Washington, D.C., next week. I will be there and so should every Realtor in the United States. Midyear is unique because it takes place in our nation’s capital […]

Announcing the Hacker Tracker App, coming soon at Hacker Connect

What if your clients could track their home purchase transactions the same way they can track a plane’s progress across the sky, an Uber’s path to pickup or a Domino’s pizza’s journey from oven to delivery? That challenge has been put to a working group of real estate technology enthusiasts — Tom Flanagan, Shane Farkas, Paul Cooley and Joel Burlsem — […]

What’s the best market for first-time homebuyers?

Beyond the warm weather and picturesque beaches, Floridians now have some something else to gloat about — having two of the most affordable markets for first-time buyers. Orlando and Tampa nabbed the top two spots on Zillow’s “Best 10 Markets for first-time Homebuyers” list, thanks to: Lower median home value for a more affordable down payment […]

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