Author Archives: Andrea V. Brambila

MLS Aligned preps new showing service, adds another new owner

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BeachesMLS is the latest mega MLS to join MLS Aligned as the joint venture gears up to release Aligned Showings. Continue reading →

Nation’s largest MLS rebuts ‘Zero DOM’ pocket listing study

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California Regional MLS CEO Art Carter told Inman that NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy has resulted in more listings being marketed on the MLS, not fewer. Continue reading →

Tennessee’s largest MLS sets its sights on going statewide

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RealTracs is expanding to markets with competing MLSs for the first time and offering agents and brokers a minimum six-month free trial. Continue reading →

What to expect at NAR’s Realtors Conference & Expo this week

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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and former NFL quarterback Drew Brees to speak at Realtors Conference & Expo in San Diego, plus much, much more. Continue reading →

Realtor’s ‘white skin’ didn’t keep her out of jail for Capitol riot after all

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Texas-based broker Jenna Ryan, who claimed her “blond hair” and “white skin” would keep her out of jail, was sentenced to 60 days behind bars for her role in Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading →

Black buyers twice as likely to be denied mortgages due to low appraisals

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Black homebuyers are are more likely to be denied a mortgage due to low appraisals while appraisers seemed to value homes higher if the applicant matched the neighborhood’s racial makeup, Illinois Realtors study finds. Continue reading →

‘Zero Days on Market’: New study highlights controversial metric

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While brokers see the study as reason to re-evaluate NAR’s pocket listing policy, MLSs push back on the study’s conclusions, pointing to a hot market. This is the third story in a five-part series. Continue reading →

How NAR and multiple listing services fail brokers

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Greg Robertson and Victor Lund don’t hold back on why obtaining MLS data should be easier and why the National Association of Realtors’ policy should be enforced. Continue reading →

What is ‘RETS’? The zombie data standard that MLSs need to end

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Brad Bjelke of UtahRealEstate.com and Josh McFall of Valley MLS make the case for killing the maligned Real Estate Transaction Standard and replacing it with something new. Continue reading →

Venture capital ‘won’t stop flowing’ into real estate: Fifth Wall

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Brad Greiwe, co-founder of Fifth Wall Ventures, said at Inman Connect Las Vegas that the investor opportunity in the real estate industry is “too massive to ignore.” Continue reading →