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Douglas Elliman sets up shop in Texas

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Douglas Elliman announced on Tuesday a partnership with Sudhoff Companies, a nine-year-old Houston, Texas, brokerage that specializes in luxury residential sales and marketing. 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 →

Google’s big Bay Area housing investment won’t be enough

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Economists praised the tech giant’s plan to spend $1 billion on Bay Area housing, but expressed skepticism that the efforts will solve the region’s housing crisis. Continue reading →

Latchel raises $2.3M to help property managers handle maintenance requests

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Latchel was subsequently designed to be a 24/7 maintenance department for property managers operating at any scale. And today, just over two years since launching, Latchel provides maintenance for about 43,000 units across the U.S. Continue reading →

Best of both worlds? Notarize launches ‘hybrid’ closings for lenders

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The service is exactly what it sounds like, with consumers able to sign some documents online while still wrapping things up in the traditional way at their lender’s office. Continue reading →

Why didn’t all the rain put a halt to homes sales this spring?

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The conventional wisdom is that the past month of nonstop rain should have put a damper on real estate sales, but, in fact, the opposite has happened. Continue reading →

Hispanic homeowners made up more than a third of all new households over the last decade

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Hispanic Americans accounted for more than a third of all household formation over the last decade, and were the first minority demographic to make homeownership gains after the recession, according to a new report. Continue reading →

JP & Associates latest brokerage to offer health care to agents

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Texas-based JP & Associates Realtors is the latest real estate company to offer its agents an associated health care plan, the company announced. Continue reading →

Open Listings in Dallas gets folded into the Opendoor brand

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Open Listings will cease using its own branding in Dallas this month and carry on under the banner of Opendoor, which became its parent company last fall. Continue reading →

‘People are afraid’: Agents worry wall will squeeze the local market

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On Friday, Trump declared a national emergency, which he believes will give him access to border wall funding that congress denied him. Agents are worried. Continue reading →