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Millennials are the worst clients, according to agent poll

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A recent survey from Redfin also shows that agent attrition is going up, and that many agents have to supplement their income with other work. Continue reading →

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on Zillow: ‘I’m scared of them’

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Describing Zillow as ‘Godzilla,’ Kelman also conceded that Redfin’s iBuying program will never grow to 50% of the market. Continue reading →

Zillow CEO Rich Barton: ‘Real estate agents are not going away’

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Rich Barton discusses Zillow’s ‘expansion’ into Zillow homes, his goal for the Zestimate and why he wants his company to be a home marketplace. Continue reading →

Brad Inman: A consumer manifesto for real estate

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“An industry that used to manage the consumer will be managed by the consumer — and that’s good,” Brad Inman said during an Inman Connect interview with Warburg Realty’s Clelia Peters. Continue reading →

BoomTown launches new lead generation and marketing tools

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The company promises to nurture leads for up to a year and says its concierge will field leads 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Continue reading →

Did Realogy just create a new industry standard for closing gifts?

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The final 15 minutes of ICLV’s CEO Connect was supposed to be a broad discussion about the country’s biggest companies — Facebook, Amazon and Google — and whether they would ever substantially enter the real estate business. That was, until this mornin… Continue reading →

Agents, don’t fear the big franchises

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Being part of an indie brokerage has its upsides, but several agents Tuesday said that going with franchises ultimately benefited their bottom lines. Continue reading →

‘Departmentalizing’ a brokerage can boost everyone’s productivity

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‘We build a foundation, a structure, that agents build their business on top of,’ one real estate executive explained Tuesday during an Inman Connect Las Vegas panel. Continue reading →

What the Amazon-Realogy deal might mean for real estate

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The news today that Amazon is tiptoeing into the real estate service territory should be of no surprise. Yes, it is a big deal, but the announcement makes sense. Continue reading →