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NAR now accepting applications for real estate ‘pitch battle’

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The second annual iOi Pitch Battle is a contest in which aspiring real estate tech startups vie for $15K and the attention of venture capitalists. Continue reading →

NAR’s tech accelerator REACH goes global

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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 →

NAR CEO says he’s ‘not terrified’ of Zillow

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Real estate tech giant Zillow Group has been known to rattle Realtors on occasion, especially as it expands its iBuyer program, Zillow Offers, in which it buys homes for all-cash directly from consumers over the internet. But the CEO of the nation’s la… Continue reading →

NAR announces 2019 REach accelerator class lineup

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The National Association of Realtors announced on Friday the lineup for its 2019 tech accelerator, REach. This year’s class includes companies focused on digital marketing, agent safety and productivity, crowdsourced agent referrals, and home staging. Continue reading →

JP & Associates latest brokerage to offer health care to agents

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Texas-based JP & Associates Realtors is the latest real estate company to offer its agents an associated health care plan, the company announced. Continue reading →

National Association of Realtors launches commercial tech accelerator

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The National Association of Realtors has launched a new technology accelerator program meant to jumpstart innovation that deals with commercial real estate. Continue reading →

Here are Swanepoel’s most powerful and influential people in real estate

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Ron Peltier, the CEO of HomeServices of America is the most powerful and influential person in real estate according to sixth annual Swanepoel 200 (SP200), published by T3 Sixty. Peltier beat out other top executives from Keller Williams, RE/MAX, Zillo… Continue reading →

The long, messy road to NAR’s costly breakup with Upstream

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After reaching out to pilot brokerages and multiple listing services nationwide, it appears brokerages may not be using Upstream at all. Continue reading →

NAR and Upstream get a divorce

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Upstream and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are ending their relationship. NAR, which spent millions in supporting the development of the data management platform for the real estate industry, had previously served as Upstream’s technology … Continue reading →

Expect regulator scrutiny as teams become more prominent: NAR

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Real estate teams have generated buzz in recent years and a new survey from the National Association of Realtors shows there’s a reason for that. Just over a quarter of Realtors, 26 percent, are members of a real estate team, according to NAR&#82… Continue reading →