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Historic Midwest floods kill 3, destroy hundreds of homes

By Veronika Bondarenko | March 18, 2019 - 5:10 pm |March 18, 2019 Uncategorized

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Three people are dead and as many as 500 homes lay in ruins as historic flooding continued Monday across Nebraska and Iowa. Continue reading →

Builder confidence holds steady

By Patrick Kearns | March 18, 2019 - 2:10 pm |March 18, 2019 Uncategorized

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Builder confidence remained steady in March with the Housing Market Index (HMI) at 62, on a 0-100 scale, after climbing the past two months. Continue reading →

Lone Wolf launches transaction management platform

By Patrick Kearns | March 18, 2019 - 1:38 pm |March 18, 2019 Uncategorized

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Lone Wolf is set to announce a new two-way transaction and back office integration software at Realogy’s RGX conference today in Las Vegas.  Continue reading →

LionDesk launches text message-based lead conversion assistant

By Jim Dalrymple II | March 18, 2019 - 12:37 pm |March 18, 2019 Uncategorized

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LionDesk announced has launched a new, tech-powered lead qualification tool that will chat with potential homebuyers and sellers via text message. Continue reading →

Mauricio Umansky and The Agency hit with new lawsuit

By Veronika Bondarenko | March 15, 2019 - 8:38 pm |March 15, 2019 Uncategorized

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Celebrity real estate agent and The Agency CEO Mauricio Umansky has been hit with a second lawsuit over the 2016 sale of a Miami mansion. Continue reading →

Love VR, but hate the headset? Try Ground Control

By Craig C. Rowe | March 15, 2019 - 5:05 pm |March 15, 2019 Uncategorized

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Radical Galaxy Studio recently launched a tour product for agents who sell new-build condos, residences and apartments from showroom floors. It’s a VR content management system called Ground Control, no VR headset required. Continue reading →

New tool tells lenders if properties were damaged by natural disaster

By Jim Dalrymple II | March 15, 2019 - 2:48 pm |March 15, 2019 Uncategorized

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The new parcel-level disaster data is available as a free add-on to the VeroVALUE service, which the company describes as an AVM that provides realistic value ranges for properties across the country. Continue reading →

Agents with concealed carry permits restrain armed intruder

By Veronika Bondarenko | March 14, 2019 - 8:13 pm |March 14, 2019 Uncategorized

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After armed standoff with an intruder, a father-son real estate duo has reignited a longstanding conversation about agents and guns. Continue reading →

Lead qualification startup Riley shuts down

By Jim Dalrymple II | March 14, 2019 - 5:00 pm |March 14, 2019 Uncategorized

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Riley, a tech-oriented lead-qualification startup that had raised millions in funding, announced it was closing and returning what remains of its cash. Continue reading →

New home sales dropped 6.9% in January

By Patrick Kearns | March 14, 2019 - 2:24 pm |March 14, 2019 Uncategorized

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Sales of new, single-family homes dropped 6.9 percent from December to January and were down 4.1 percent year-over-year, according to the Census Bureau. Continue reading →