Author Archives: Patrick Kearns

EXp World Holdings reports first profitable quarter since NASDAQ listing

By Patrick Kearns | March 12, 2020 - 12:50 pm |March 12, 2020 Uncategorized

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The virtual cloud real estate company reported $800,000 in net income for the fourth quarter of 2019 while revenue grew 82 percent. Continue reading →

Coronavirus-fueled stock slump is hitting Realogy hard

By Patrick Kearns | March 11, 2020 - 9:47 pm |March 11, 2020 Uncategorized

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The real estate industry giant has seen its stock price and market cap more than halved in the past two weeks. Continue reading →

Realogy taps global tech firm for IT support

By Patrick Kearns | March 11, 2020 - 4:20 pm |March 11, 2020 Uncategorized

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The nation’s largest real estate holding company signed a five-year agreement with Mindtree to act as its enterprise IT vendor. Continue reading →

Italy suspends mortgage payments — could the US follow suit?

By Patrick Kearns | March 10, 2020 - 8:47 pm |March 10, 2020 Uncategorized

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What would the overall impact of suspending mortgage payments be on the U.S. economy? A Keller Williams economist weighs in. Continue reading →

Economists say consumers should lock in low mortgage rates now

By Patrick Kearns | March 10, 2020 - 5:33 pm |March 10, 2020 Uncategorized

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Mortgage rates reached the lowest point in 50 years last week, and one economist predicted they could plummet even more this week. Continue reading →

Delta Media launches next-generation broker platform

By Patrick Kearns | March 10, 2020 - 3:55 pm |March 10, 2020 Uncategorized

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The “all-in-one” solution is the latest from Delta Media and offers broker websites, productivity solutions and other agent and team tools. Continue reading →

Delta Media launches next-generation broker platform

By Patrick Kearns | March 10, 2020 - 3:55 pm |March 10, 2020 Uncategorized

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The “all-in-one” solution is the latest from Delta Media and offers broker websites, productivity solutions and other agent and team tools. Continue reading →

NAR’s venture capital arm launches UK program

By Patrick Kearns | March 9, 2020 - 8:47 pm |March 9, 2020 Uncategorized

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The tech accelerator program from Second Century Ventures is now operating in the US, Canada, Australia and UK. Continue reading →

Trading temporarily halts as stock market plummets, real estate reels

By Patrick Kearns | March 9, 2020 - 2:20 pm |March 9, 2020 Uncategorized

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The S&P 500 Index’s 7 percent drop triggered a 15 minute halt in trading. If could be suspended for the day if it hits other marks. Continue reading →

Realtor.com wants to identify noisy homes

By Patrick Kearns | March 9, 2020 - 2:00 pm |March 9, 2020 Uncategorized

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The real estate listings portal introduced a new scoring system to rate noise from traffic, airports and local sources. Continue reading →