Members of SFAR have a new AI productivity Sidekick

Sidekick was developed by San Francisco-based boutique brokerage Avenue 8. It primarily uses a text interface to send commands to retrieve data, execute tasks and in many ways, function as a common, “visual” interface would. It’s now offered to members… Continue reading

Intel Broker’s Guide: When a seller won’t foot the buyer’s agent bill

Powered by the latest polling results from the Inman Intel Index, this wide-ranging guide explores how brokerages are steeling themselves for a new type of client: the buyer’s-fee-evading seller. Continue reading

Revamp your business plan and have your best summer ever

While we like to create goals and supportive strategies several months before the end of the year, coaches Emily Bossert and Melanie Klein write, there’s no time like the present to create and benefit from a comprehensive business plan. Continue reading

Plan if you must, but prepare for the unexpected

Real estate professionals have survived upheaval and change in the past, and we’ll do so again, broker-owner Teresa Boardman writes, even if we don’t yet know quite how. Continue reading

NAR commission settlement rules will go into effect in August

The massive trade organization promised in March to make various policy changes as part of a landmark settlement. The rules will now roll out slightly later than expected. Continue reading

Mortgage rates ease for 3rd day in a row on soft April jobs report

Rates have been in retreat as bond market investors who fund most mortgage loans react to the latest economic news and scaleback in tightening by Fed policymakers. Continue reading