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New-home sales up slightly
New-home sales in the U.S. rose 3.7 percent in December, marking the third month of growth, according to the latest residential sales report from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and...
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Zillow airs first iBuyer ads, touts name recognition
Online real estate giant Zillow has begun airing its first-ever iBuyer TV ads, which lean heavily into the company's widespread name recognition and play up the program's ease of use.
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WATCH: Getting sellers to price right in a new market
For many real estate agents, the price-setting conversation is one of the hardest they have with sellers, but it doesn't have to be. As the market changes, it will be even more crucial to put in the...
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9 negotiation roadblocks that can stall your deal
Invariably, in high-stress and high-emotion situations like buying and selling real estate, there are often points where things can become stalled, and everyone needs a time out. Here are nine...
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From RE/MAX to eXp: Why this lone wolf switched brokerages to team up
RE/MAX agent Paul Saperstein was successful on his own, but he was ready to start a team — so he moved over to eXp and teamed up with colleague Tony DeFalco to launch The Saperstein Team. Here's how...
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5 ways to maintain high energy in real estate
Real estate is a marathon, not a sprint. Top agents must spend countless years building their business. Maintaining those high levels of energy is crucial in persevering the roller coaster ride of real...
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Matterport raises $48M to expand service offerings
Imaging company Matterport has raised $48 million in a new round of funding, which it plans to spend beefing up its service offerings.
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Emprove makes home improvement planning easy for agents and their clients
The image-based tool can help users predict the price and scope of renovations and improvement projects with smart graphic breakdowns. Agents can use it to help sway potential buyers and to give value...
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The Compass critic that flipped: Inside Alain Pinel’s major reversal
APR president Mike Hulme vowed to agents in a company-wide memo in August of 2018 never to "impede your business by forcing you to change brokerages," a clear swipe at Compass.
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Apartment rental tech startup Blueground raises another $20M
Tenants can use a mobile app to book cleaners, request maintenance or switch to another Blueground apartment in a new neighborhood or city.
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Moneyball: How Realogy deploys AI to gain a recruiting advantage
With 2 million transaction records ingested every quarter, Realogy has a stark advantage over its competitors in the form of a robust data trove it uses to sharpen agent recruiting, company CEO Ryan...
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WATCH: How I built my real estate team
All teams have to start from square one. Hear from successful team leaders, moderator Kris Lindahl, Rachel Adams Lee, Jeremy Stein and Daniel Beer, as they reflect back on what they did early on to set...
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Restaurateur Mr. Chow snags Katy Perry’s Hollywood Hills home
After months of struggling to sell her Hollywood Hills home, Katy Perry has inked a $9.4 million deal with prominent restaurateur Michael Chow.
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Former franchise sues RE/MAX Integra over ‘predatory recruiting’
Leading Edge Real Estate, a Boston indie that split from RE/MAX Integra is suing its former franchisor for what it's calling a "predatory recruiting" campaign in violation of franchise agreements, in...
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New Zillow CEO saw iBuying as ‘existential threat,’ envisions changes to...
Zillow dived into iBuying after seeing it as an "existential threat," the company's newly reinstalled CEO said this week, and he anticipates major changes to its current practice of charging agents for...
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WATCH: The anatomy of a solid marketing plan
As an agent, marketing is almost always playing on a loop in the back of your mind, which makes sense as bringing in business directly feeds your bottom line. In this video, Molly McKinley and Valerie...
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Miami power agents The Jills rebrand, join forces with the Zeder Team
Changes are afoot for Miami's most well-known real estate duo — the Jills are forming a new company through a collaboration with the Zeder Team.
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WATCH: How to work (and own) seller leads on a team
A potential client reaches out and specifically wants to work with the team lead. How do you distribute listing leads in this case, and how do you build trust with the seller? Find out from Northrop...
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The befuddled state of today’s real estate technology
There's much hype about technology in the real estate industry, but are real estate agents even using the technology available to them properly? Does the use of technology result in more sales? Will...
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Why today’s buyers will win the long-term game — even after a market shift
In this tale of two homebuyers — one who sold at the bottom of the market, and one who bought — we look at what happens when a homebuyer decides to play the long-term game and why we must teach our...
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