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The essential guide to iBuyers

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What you need to know about this fast-growing category of real estate tech, where it’s available and how to use it to grow your own business. Continue reading →

The Real Word: What agents think about Zillow bringing back unvetted leads

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Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week: Zillow is bringing back unvetted leads. Byron and Nicole discuss how there are mixed reviews from agents about this move. Continue reading →

Placester makes mass layoffs, reinstates original CEO

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Some staff members who were laid off were informed Thursday. Others including those at the executive level were told earlier so that they could work on the transition, Price said. All employees leaving Placester will be given severance, he added, which… Continue reading →

Say hello to your new CFPB director, Kathy Kraninger

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finally has a non-temporary leader. On Thursday, the Senate voted 50-49 along party lines, with no Democrat voting in support, to approve Kathy Kraninger as the new head of CFPB. Continue reading →

Millennials finances are crushed by a “debt machine,” Opendoor co-founder says

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Millennials are regularly maligned as lazy, avocado toast-loving hipsters, but according to a co-founder of Opendoor — and a new study — the generation is instead plagued by a “debt machine” that puts them at a huge economic disadvantage compared to ol… Continue reading →

‘Disenchanted, shocked’ agents leave Compass after 3 months

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A Bay Area real estate team is defecting from Compass to join Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, just months after joining the New York City-founded brokerage. Continue reading →

In sign of cooling market, flips decline to lowest level since 2015

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U.S. home flips have fallen to the lowest level in over three years, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions, the property information firm. Continue reading →

Franchising is ‘not the best option anymore’

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The Pemberton Team and Desrochers Realty Group are jumping ship from Coldwell Banker Burnet and bringing a combined 800 transactions and $300 million in sales volume to eXp Realty. Continue reading →