Does your brokerage’s AI match the hype? Take Intel’s April survey

Each month, hundreds of real estate agents, brokers, executives and investors contribute to one of real estate’s most ambitious monthly efforts to document changes to the industry. Add your insights. Take the survey. Continue reading

Pocket listings reshape access as agent commissions remain largely unchanged: Watchdog

A new report suggests that the industry’s push toward pocket listings is emerging as a pressure point for first-time buyers. Continue reading

New pre-marketing platforms face trust issues, adoption hurdles: Intel

Many real estate agents tell Intel that newly announced partnerships to plug “coming soon” listings won’t change how they do business. Continue reading

The marketplace is fracturing. Here’s how to compete anyway

The fundamentals of why sellers and buyers need a skilled, informed, honest real estate agent have not changed. Continue reading

‘Coming soon’ was a good idea. What we’ve done to it isn’t

Coach Darryl Davis writes that an honest assessment of how “coming soon” status is being used to undermine seller choice is essential for building trust with consumers. Continue reading

There’s a new listings category. I’m calling it the company FSBO

A company FSBO, dressed up in the language of seller choice, is still a restricted buyer pool, Darryl Davis writes, and we’ve known for a long time what restricted buyer pools produce. Continue reading

I believe in seller choice. That’s exactly why I’m concerned

What happens at the kitchen table is what concerns Darryl Davis. Real seller choice begins with real information. Agents must ensure the seller understands both sides of any strategy before they sign. Continue reading

Buyers agents are more valuable in today’s listing landscape

The era of the single, unified real estate marketplace — where every available home was findable in one place — is behind us, coach Darryl Davis writes. Here’s what’s next. Continue reading

The open market broke. Here’s what comes next

The same real estate leadership that got MLSs and NAR to this moment is not the leadership that gets them out of it, Alloy Advisors co-founder Amit Kulkarni writes. Continue reading

CMLS slams ‘false narrative’ as coming-soon partnerships spread

The Council of Multiple Listing Services argued that a “false narrative” about pre-marketing homes is gaining traction. Continue reading