7 open house pointers that’ll get you more traffic

In a busy market full of smart consumers, you only have a short window to grab buyers’ attention and get them into your open house. Here are some crucial tips for getting buyers in the door and keeping them long enough to fall in love with the home. Continue reading

When lenders reject US veterans, who you gonna call?

NewDay USA has encountered controversy in its time doing business, but some brokers say that it can help veterans with traditionally low credit scores land reasonable loans. Veterans should just make sure that they enter the agreements with their eyes … Continue reading

Gary Keller, KW training scripts called out in commission lawsuit

The lawsuit alleges that the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Realogy Holdings Corp., Keller Williams Realty, RE/MAX LLC, HomeServices of America Inc. and HomeServices subsidiaries BHH Affiliates LLC, HSF Affiliates LLC, and The Long & Fost… Continue reading

NAR’s tech accelerator REACH goes global

REACH — which first launched in 2013 and is part of NAR’s Second Century Ventures investment fund — has worked with dozens of companies over the years including House Canary, BoxBrownie and BombBomb. The goal is to provide promising new companies with … Continue reading

HUD Sec. Ben Carson wants more cities to ditch single-family zoning

Carson — who leads the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) — made his comments Tuesday during a visit to Minneapolis, where lawmakers voted last year to ditch single-family zoning, which had previously dominated the city limits. Spea… Continue reading

Top companies bet on Inman Connect Las Vegas

While Inman Connect attendees are booking their flights, getting hair cuts, ordering business cards, and reviewing the agenda, franchises, service and solution providers for the industry are also preparing. Because Inman Las Vegas isn’t just bigger, be… Continue reading

Multifamily home automation startup SmartRent raises $32M

SmartRent helps property managers deploy technology, such as the Nest smart thermostat, across multiple units. Continue reading

Lennar partners with SkyNav in mixed-reality marketing

National homebuilder Lennar announced this week that it has partnered with San Francisco-based SkyNav to showcase a Summerville, South Carolina, master-planned community called Summer’s Corner. Continue reading

Chime ‘DAREs’ agents to try its new Facebook ad creation tool

It’s designed to streamline the process of creating Facebook ads and capturing leads for Realtors, so they can tap the social media network for business without spending much time on it, generating Facebook ads for an agent’s listings sourced from the … Continue reading