Feeling overwhelmed? 12 systems to automate your business growth

Your ability to systematize your efforts and build powerful processes directly impacts your success. To fuel your growth and ensure your real estate business fires on all cylinders, use these 12 real estate agent tips and systems. Continue reading

Need to dust off your LinkedIn profile? 3 steps for making it pop

If you aren’t on LinkedIn already or haven’t updated your profile in a while, now’s the time to dive in. Here are a few ways to level up your LinkedIn game — and boost your connections. Continue reading

California Association of Realtors CEO announces retirement

After 43 years with the California Association of Realtors, CEO Joel Singer will be retiring at the end of the year, according to an announcement on Friday. Continue reading

Canada tightening mortgage standards as home prices soar

Canada is tightening standards for mortgages over worries about rising home prices, with the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton and Montréal markets particular causes for concern. Continue reading

$300 light switches and $100K gold-leaf ceilings: Inside Marc Jacobs’ outrageous $1M home renovation

Before selling their much-photographed West Village apartment this winter, designer Marc Jacobs and husband Charly Defrancesco poured  a lot of money into it — $1.15 million, to be exact. Continue reading

Nearly half of US homes are selling ridiculously fast, less than a week

In April, 47 percent of homes for sale in the U.S. went under contract in less than a week. The squeeze is happening at various price points and in dozens of metro areas. Continue reading

Property sale in Rhode Island first in the nation to be paid in Dogecoin

Century 21 agent Kyle Seyboth said many real estate investors are using cryptocurrency as a means of offsetting some of the challenges they’re facing due to low inventory. Continue reading

Existing-home sales decline again as home prices grow to an all-time high

Continuing inventory woes have hampered existing-home sales for the third consecutive month, according to a National Association of Realtors’ market report released Friday. Continue reading

Home efficiency startup Pearl Certification raises $9.5M

Pearl Certification evaluates the energy efficiency of new and existing homes. The startup will use the funding to expand its services and market reach. Continue reading