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The holiday gift guide real estate agents actually want you to shop

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Struggling to come up with gift ideas for the real estate agent in your life? Inman has you covered. Continue reading →

‘Success fees’ are coming to portals. Are you ready?

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Real estate portals around the world are making huge bets on next-generation lead generation tools that target buyers and sellers and include lead qualification standards and commission sharing, otherwise known as success fees. Continue reading →

Why Greg Schwartz left ‘the portal war’ for the mortgage industry

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Tomo co-founder and CEO Greg Schwartz shares what’s wrong with the mortgage industry and how tech can revolutionize the consumer experience and empower agents to help buyers navigate a rapid-fire market. Continue reading →

Zillow vs. realtor.com: Mike DelPrete on their battle

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It appears that Zillow’s longstanding traffic lead over realtor.com is diminishing. It’s insignificant in terms of competitive advantage and revenue uplift — and might simply be an artifact of pandemic browsing patterns — but it does reveal a deeper tr… Continue reading →

How real estate portals are reacting amid the coronavirus pandemic

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As the coronavirus pandemic and the associated impact upon global economies spreads, the world’s leading real estate portals are all making big moves in response. Continue reading →

‘Millions More Buyers’: What’s a real estate portal’s competitive advantage?

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Real estate portals benefit tremendously from network effects, which is the key factor that gives them unprecedented market power and an impregnable moat to repel competition. Let’s take a look at international portal leadership across three markets an… Continue reading →

Gary Keller, Josh Team on why they copied the portals: ‘All this chaos’

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Keller Williams new consumer app tries to give homebuyers and sellers exactly what they want — and strip away everything they don’t. Continue reading →

Are property portals worth what they cost? A case study

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Being the place where consumers go to start their property search, even with alternate options, often yields more effective results. Take a closer look at the numbers from Mike DelPrete’s homeselling experience here. Continue reading →

Lifestyle-driven portal LandOnEarth announces national beta launch

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LandOnEarth is a new home search portal now in beta that focuses on lifestyle before availability and helps agents interact and manage their business. Continue reading →