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Back to school, back to basics: An 8-step buyer plan for every agent

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Windermere agent Cassie Walker Johnson launches an eight-step series that will streamline the way you work with hopeful homebuyers. Continue reading →

How this agent gets 98% of his business from referrals

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Top producer Charlie Wills has systematized relationship building so successfully that almost all of his business is referrals. On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, he shares his playbook. Continue reading →

Drunken gunman, new legal filing, Roseanne Barr: Inman’s Top 5

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Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers. Continue reading →

‘Is it cheaper to rent or buy today?’ How to answer that question

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Find out how to help potential homebuyers navigate the market, Bernice Ross writes, while dispelling myths that might be keeping them from moving forward. Continue reading →

The American homeownership dream is primed for a comeback

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Stuart Siegel, President and CEO of Engel & Völkers Americas, writes that while the American dream of homeownership is not dead, it is changing. Continue reading →

Zillow is taking down images at the center of CoStar’s copyright lawsuit

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Homes.com parent CoStar sued Zillow in July over what it described as “systematic infringement” of copyrighted images. Zillow has yet to formally respond, but has started taking the images down. Continue reading →

CMAs fall flat — this Spotify-inspired lead gen idea wins listings

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Take a tip from the streaming platform’s Wrapped feature, Josh Ries writes, to show the value you’ve already provided throughout the year. Continue reading →

Trump administration ‘in no rush’ to do Fannie, Freddie IPO this year

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Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker have asked federal regluator to pause any efforts to reprivatize Fannie and Freddie and study potential impact on mortgage rates. Continue reading →

NAR fires back at Mauricio Umansky’s PLS in new legal filing

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The trade association essentially denied all allegations that The PLS made against it, arguing that Clear Cooperation and NAR policies are “lawful, justified, procompetitive [and] pro-consumer,” and that they were conducted with NAR’s legitimate busine… Continue reading →

NAR lost the trust of many agents. Is the trade group winning it back?

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When new rules governing buyer’s agent compensation went into effect, the share of real estate agents Intel surveyed who saw the National Association of Realtors as bad for the industry shot up. One year later, some agents are coming back around. Continue reading →