Tag Archives: California

Teams Spotlight: Lisa Simonsen, The Simonsen Team

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on Teams Spotlight: Lisa Simonsen, The Simonsen Team

Find out how this luxury broker and her team continue to set records in some of the country’s most exclusive markets. Continue reading →

Is Zillow skating dangerously close to thin ice?

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on Is Zillow skating dangerously close to thin ice?

Team leader Carl Medford writes that Zillow’s brokerage license and algorithmic pricing suggestions could be setting it up for a legal showdown that threatens its entire business model. Continue reading →

How to talk to clients when the world is turning upside down

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on How to talk to clients when the world is turning upside down

Your clients don’t need you to have all the answers; they just need to know that you’re there for them and that you’re willing (and able) to help them navigate these rough seas, Spencer Krull writes. Continue reading →

Escrow under fire: When the playbook ignores the rulebook

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on Escrow under fire: When the playbook ignores the rulebook

Compliance expert Summer Goralik examines practices drawing fresh regulatory scrutiny, putting questionable and potentially unlawful incentives between brokers and escrow back in the spotlight. Continue reading →

Opendoor ‘flipping the script’ by sending seller leads to agents

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on Opendoor ‘flipping the script’ by sending seller leads to agents

After pilot tests in 11 markets, iBuyer expands its Key Connections program that puts partner real estate agents in touch with “high intent” sellers who want to explore their options. Continue reading →

What a ’90s movie taught me about women in real estate leadership

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on What a ’90s movie taught me about women in real estate leadership

“I’m right on top of that, Rose.” Here’s what “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” taught compliance officer Summer Goralik about leadership, trust and showing up for other women. Continue reading →

HomeLister is the latest member of Newfound’s brokerage portfolio

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on HomeLister is the latest member of Newfound’s brokerage portfolio

HomeLister, acquired by Newfound, joins Houwzer, Trelora and HomeRise under the Newfound umbrella of web-based brokerage services, each offering its own tiered services model for non-traditional home sales that blend software, MLS and portal marketing … Continue reading →

Fire-scarred CA neighborhoods ‘not even close’ to bottoming out

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on Fire-scarred CA neighborhoods ‘not even close’ to bottoming out

The Amalfi Estates owner said listings are slowing down and prices have been dropping, but there’s plenty of room to fall, which is extending the buyer’s market. Continue reading →

Lake Homes Realty branches out with new firm for mountain homes

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on Lake Homes Realty branches out with new firm for mountain homes

The standalone brokerage will service clients across 21 states to start, with a focus on homes at elevation, with a mountain view, or those within a community shaped by the mountains. Continue reading →

MV Realty begins letting Florida clients out of 40-year contracts

By | | Uncategorized
Comments Off on MV Realty begins letting Florida clients out of 40-year contracts

The company offered thousands of quick cash loans in exchange for 40-year exclusive listing agreements that a judge found violated the law and issued an injunction stopping the practice. Continue reading →