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10 answers to the questions confused buyers are asking now

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Realtors and buyers are both confused right now, writes mega-team leader Carl Medford. To help buyers sort out the mess, here are our top 10 answers for buyer questions. Continue reading →

10 answers to the questions confused buyers are asking now

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Realtors and buyers are both confused right now, writes mega-team leader Carl Medford. To help buyers sort out the mess, here are our top 10 answers for buyer questions. Continue reading →

NAR President fields questions at midyear: ‘Everything’s on the table’

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At the Realtors Legislative Meetings on Sunday in Washington, D.C., the National Association of Realtors President spontaneously fielded tough questions about the trade group’s proposed antitrust settlement. Continue reading →

Members of SFAR have a new AI productivity Sidekick

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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 →

Plan if you must, but prepare for the unexpected

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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 →

Start your engines for NAR’s new rules of the road: The Download

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This week we got our first glimpse into some of the practical, procedural changes that we’ll see in the aftermath of NAR’s commission lawsuit settlement. Continue reading →

NAR apologized for its racist past in 2020. But what’s happened since?

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Cultural economist Mike Green looks at the aftermath of NAR’s 2020 apology and what it would take to create a more equitable and inclusive housing market. Continue reading →

NAR clarifies when a buyer contract will be required under settlement

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In an email, the 1.5 million member trade group specified when agents would have to have signed written agreements with buyers, but stressed NAR would not dictate the agreements’ terms. Continue reading →

Zillow to offer short-term ‘non-exclusive’ touring contracts

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The new touring agreements will last seven days and are a response to terms contained in recent commission lawsuit settlements. Continue reading →

12 factors that convince a buyer to pay a full-service commission

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Expressing your value to clients begins with knowing yourself, writes mega-team leader Carl Medford. You cannot articulate what you have never taken the time to determine on your own.  Continue reading →