Brivity emphasizes follow-up and automation, starting with its websites

Ben Kinney Companies’ Brivity is team-focused real estate software that uses web-based lead capture to nurture leads into clients and manage their status with an included CRM. Continue reading

Will SoftBank’s iBuyer investment flounder as agents adapt?

Valuations, such as that ascribed to Opendoor by SoftBank, are based on the assumption that iBuying operations advance the technology and antiquated nature of the real estate sales process. What if the same flawed thinking that saw WeWork valued at mul… Continue reading

Real estate vlogger slams NAR for failing to defend against iBuyers

“Why don’t you help us,” Frank Garay pleas of the National Association of Realtors in a video posted to YouTube Tuesday. Continue reading

How are franchises faring? NAR study digs into the numbers

The Residential Franchise Report compares key metrics between 28 franchises. Keller Williams boasts the most agents, but more agents joined Berkshire Hathaway over the past two years. Continue reading

How are franchises faring? NAR study digs into the numbers

The Residential Franchise Report compares key metrics between 28 franchises. Keller Williams boasts the most agents, but more agents joined Berkshire Hathaway over the past two years. Continue reading

Realogy launches ambitious agent benefits program

Spark will use Realogy’s size to get better deals on things like health, disability and life insurance for the company’s agents. Continue reading

Fed lowers interest rates again. Will mortgage rates follow?

Economists and agents offered different opinions on how the second rate cut of the year will impact the housing market overall. Continue reading

Keller Williams is expanding to Japan

Keller Williams is set to launch its first market center in Japan, giving the U.S.’s largest franchisor a significant presence in Asia. With the new franchise, Keller Williams now has more than 50 market centers and 2,164 agents across 10 countries and… Continue reading