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Bess Freedman: Days-on-market metrics are facts. Sorry, not sorry

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Our transparent real estate market, though not perfect, remains the envy of most of the world because of how efficient it is, Bess Freedman writes. Continue reading →

Zillow’s ‘Preview’ isn’t solving fragmentation. It may be multiplying it

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If every major platform builds its own version of a pre-market channel, the industry won’t become more open, Sean Frank writes. It will become more segmented. Continue reading →

You are the diamond: A message to the mature real estate agent

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Coach Darryl Davis offers words of wisdom to veteran real estate agents: There’s still a place for you in a changing industry. Continue reading →

Gary Keller: The market is proving ‘exposure drives home value’

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Keller Williams Executive Chairman Gary Keller weighs in on private listings while announcing partnership with Zillow. Continue reading →

Washington state drew the line on private listings. Others should follow: Windermere exec

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Washington’s leadership should not be seen as an exception, Windermere’s OB Jacobi writes. It should be a blueprint. Continue reading →

Real estate is mostly female, so why doesn’t leadership reflect it?

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Recognition moments like International Women’s Day have their place, but lasting change in leadership representation won’t happen through celebration alone, Courtney Cager writes. Continue reading →

Ready to kill your brand and your lead gen? Take private listings

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The more buyers who see your listing, trainer Bernice Ross writes, the more likely the sellers are to generate a higher price in a shorter amount of time.  Continue reading →

Compass, control and the role of the real estate fiduciary

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Compass’s new listing lead referral program is opt-in, voluntary and worth paying close attention to, indie brokerage CEO Dezireh Eyn writes. Continue reading →

Clear collaboration in action: What the Compass-Redfin deal gets right

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The Compass-Redfin deal, ARA co-founder Jason Haber writes, represents movement toward a more flexible, consumer-centric model where data serves sellers and buyers rather than institutions.  Continue reading →

Jason Oppenheim: How Compass is ‘weaponizing’ secrecy

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By striking a massive syndication deal with Redfin, Compass is attempting to build a parallel housing market where buyers are kept in the dark, competing brokerages are starved of inventory and the only true winner appears to be Compass’s bottom line. Continue reading →