Ben Bray & Associates joins Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

Ben Bray & Associates, a 27-year-old Tennessee brokerage, is the sixth to join Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in 2024. The Lafayette-based brokerage boasts 28 agents across two offices. Continue reading

Microsoft removes portal data from Bing Real Estate after outcry

Four days after Bing Real Estate came under fire for its alleged co-opting of listing data from Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com, Microsoft has removed for-sale listing data from its site. Continue reading

27 performance metrics to start tracking this weekend

Not sure what challenges and opportunities are coming your way? Coach Darryl Davis provides the numbers to crunch so that you always know what’s going on in your real estate business. Continue reading

Nova Scotia MLS adds new fields to serve buyers with mobility needs

Realtors can now add information to help potential buyers search for homes that might meet their mobility needs. The new fields were added to the Nova Scotia MLS on Wednesday. Continue reading

NAR says settlement ‘eliminates’ steering. Plaintiffs issue warning

Plaintiffs’ lawyer Michael Ketchmark vowed legal action to enforce deal: “Anyone who thinks they can send a few emails or bury their head in the sand and avoid the application of the law is wrong.” Continue reading

30 years of brutally honest business advice in 1250 words

Do you need some tough love to get you moving forward in your real estate business? Jimmy Burgess shares the advice that’s helped him achieve the greatest success in his career. Continue reading

Compass recruits top-performing Redfin agent in Washington

Hal Bennett is based in the Seattle metro area. He joins Compass as brokerages continue to compete for top agent talent. Continue reading

Boost your social skills, boost your business: Strategies for success

Tune in to Inman Access and dive into the importance of people skills, strategies to connect better with your clients, and how to become the person who everyone wants to work with. Continue reading

The Great Renovation is set to refresh aging US home inventory

The Great Renovation is already in process. Author Bernice Ross and New Western’s Kurt Carlton discuss how it can solve our inventory problems by breathing new life into America’s aging and abandoned vacant homes. Continue reading