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How agents use encrypted apps to scout off-market listings

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Agents, investors and developers are using Telegram and Facebook’s free, encrypted instant messaging and voice-over-IP service to network and find off-market listings. Continue reading →

This is the 1 thing multiple listing services can do to overtake Zillow

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Tech leaders Christian Sterner and Branick Weix share how controlling the dissemination of rich data is the key to MLSs relevance and survival. Continue reading →

Multiple listing service technology needs to evolve, faces challenges

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A panel of multiple listing service executives at Inman Connect Las Vegas argued Thursday that their industry’s technology could use an infusion of time, talent and money. Continue reading →

Brad Inman challenges agents to embrace the future: ‘This is your time’

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The real estate industry has been in an era of rapid digitization for the past decade, and venture capitalists are pushing fast-forward on a future where transactions are as simple as buying a new car. Although that future terrifies most agents, Inman … Continue reading →

Zillow, ShowingTime and why lack of competition kills customer service

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The Zillow-ShowingTime deal is what a modern-day monopoly might look like. As fewer companies dominate the scene and own the software it takes to run a real estate business, prices will go up while customer service and innovation decline. Continue reading →

Zillow wraps ShowingTime deal as feds continue FTC investigation

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The $500 million deal was first announced in February, and it prompted a heated debate among ShowingTime users. Despite the deal closing, the FTC is reportedly still seeking information from the companies. Continue reading →

NAR to consider listing attribution, DOJ-inspired policies at next event

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Lockbox access for non-Realtors and public displays of buyer broker commissions may be added to the list of proposals to be voted on at Realtors Conference and Expo in November. Continue reading →

Showingtime’s offer management platform sees surging interest

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Real estate professionals in the U.S. and Canada used ShowingTime’s Offer Manager to handle more than 120,000 offers over the past year. Continue reading →

CRMLS to integrate RentSpree technology

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The integrations means RentSpree tools such as tenant application links can be added to the listings of real estate professionals in California. Continue reading →

‘Coming Soon is a hot mess’: Here’s why it needs to change

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Although it was originally designed to help consumers, “Coming Soon” has now become a fragmented and ill-defined status used to attract buyers with the false promise of an oasis of hidden home supply. Can it be reformed, or should it be retired? Continue reading →