Tag Archives: Data

Agents need to consider their vendors’ data protections

By Jim Dalrymple II | February 1, 2019 - 1:14 pm |February 1, 2019 Uncategorized

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As agents move their work online and market themselves as digital service providers, they need to consider what happens to the data they share. Continue reading →

Agents and artificial intelligence are not enemies

By Jim Dalrymple II | January 29, 2019 - 10:20 pm |January 29, 2019 Uncategorized

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The world is rapidly getting closer to a future in which low-level tasks can be performed cheaply by machines that never get sick or need a day off. It’s a future that humans have been dreaming about for millennia. Continue reading →

Don’t wait for real estate standards to innovate

By Patrick Kearns | January 28, 2019 - 7:39 pm |January 28, 2019 Uncategorized

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What should innovators in the MLS, brokerage, vendor and mortgage space do when they start moving beyond standards set by organizations like RESO and MISMO? Continue reading →

AI will soon automatically enter listings for Realtors

By Jim Dalrymple II | January 28, 2019 - 3:49 pm |January 28, 2019 Uncategorized

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EXP Realty’s Scott Petronis went on to argue that machine learning — a kind of subset of AI that involves training computers to perform specific tasks — could soon be able to build listings out of photos. Continue reading →

Home appreciation slows, but prices remain out of reach

By Patrick Kearns | January 24, 2019 - 8:00 am |January 24, 2019 Uncategorized

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A pair of reports from Zillow and Redfin paint a picture of slowing price growth, but homes remain unaffordable to the middle class in many major metros. Continue reading →

Home prices in November climbed nearly 6% year-over-year

By Patrick Kearns | January 23, 2019 - 2:58 pm |January 23, 2019 Uncategorized

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U.S. home prices rose 0.4 percent from October to November and 5.8 percent year-over-year, according to data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Continue reading →

Existing-home sales decline in December after 2 months of gains

By Patrick Kearns | January 22, 2019 - 3:18 pm |January 22, 2019 Uncategorized

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Existing-home sales declined 6.4 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.99 million, following two straight months of consecutive gains. Continue reading →

This one barrier is keeping us from innovating

By Sam DeBord | January 22, 2019 - 8:39 am |January 22, 2019 Uncategorized

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Brokers and MLSs don’t speak the same lanugage. In this article, Sam DeBord decodes the translucent industry lingo surrounding MLS consolidation. Continue reading →

Want to update your listing presentation for 2019? Try Virtual Properties

By Craig C. Rowe | January 21, 2019 - 8:32 pm |January 21, 2019 Uncategorized

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This white label-ready, MLS-data-driven app is the best CMA tool you haven’t heard of. Continue reading →

400,000 fewer young people are buying homes due to student debt

By Patrick Kearns | January 17, 2019 - 8:23 pm |January 17, 2019 Uncategorized

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The rise in student debt – which more than doubled from 2005 to 2014 – has resulted in 400,000 fewer young people owning a home. Continue reading →