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Online reviews: 5 critical questions agents ask

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When it comes to online agent reviews, the same set of questions has popped up for years. It seems prudent, and hopefully helpful, to address some of those questions here. Continue reading →

Uncovering deception in real estate tech fundraising

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The best practice — and the most transparent — is talking about equity as equity, debt as debt, and not inflating the headline number by combining the two. Continue reading →

Medical and student debt is killing homeownership dreams: Zillow

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Zillow’s fourth annual consumer survey analyzes how medical and student debt is causing consumers to delay buying a home. Continue reading →

MLS system ‘in jeopardy,’ facing existential threat from iBuyers

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“We are playing dominoes when the new world’s playing 3-D chess,” write the authors of a new MLS Roundtable white paper that was released on Monday. Continue reading →

Inman News quiz: Think you’re on top of the week’s biggest stories?

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The real estate industry threw some curveballs. Take Inman’s real estate news quiz to demonstrate how strong your talking points and cocktail banter are this week. Continue reading →

Will SoftBank’s iBuyer investment flounder as agents adapt?

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Valuations, such as that ascribed to Opendoor by SoftBank, are based on the assumption that iBuying operations advance the technology and antiquated nature of the real estate sales process. What if the same flawed thinking that saw WeWork valued at mul… Continue reading →

Real estate vlogger slams NAR for failing to defend against iBuyers

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“Why don’t you help us,” Frank Garay pleas of the National Association of Realtors in a video posted to YouTube Tuesday. Continue reading →

Afraid to have the selling options talk with sellers? Try Homebot

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Homebot recently unveiled a new feature in its home-equity management app that’s been bothering me. But it might just help you broach a topic you’re afraid to talk to clients about. Continue reading →

Zillow is partnering with homebuilders across the US

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Zillow announced Thursday a new partnership with roughly a dozen homebuilders in Zillow Offers markets across the country. The new program will allow consumers to sell their existing home to Zillow but wait up eight months to close on the sale of their… Continue reading →