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Rise and fall: How much real estate CEOs lost in the stock market slide this week

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On Wednesday, the Dow Jones stock index plummeted 800 points. Here are the publicly traded real estate CEOs who took the biggest hit. Continue reading →

Coldwell Banker agent spends $50K to recreate ‘Dougie’ rap

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A brokerage hired members of a hip-hop group to rap about the virtues of a newly listed 14,000-square-foot property in California’s Newport Beach. Continue reading →

Pending home sales decrease in August, marking 8-month decline

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Pending home sales dropped 2.3 percent in August — the eighth consecutive month of annualized declines, according to the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading →

New residential home sales rise in August, reversing 2-month decline

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New residential home sales increased 3.5 percent in August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Continue reading →

Compass rolls out ‘Coming Soon’ pre-marketing blitz nationwide

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A new marketing initiative by Compass that’s rolled out last week will allow agents to post listings days before they appear on the market. Continue reading →

Agents reap the spoils of new technology, not consumers

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In real estate, innovations in technology have ignored the consumer. Instead, agents get clever digital marketing tools and backend applications. Continue reading →

Zillow gets into the leads referral business

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The new pilot program, which launches in Florida under Premier Broker, will allow brokerages to generate leads with no upfront costs. Continue reading →

How realtor.com just got way better at lead conversion

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News Corp., owner of realtor.com, announced the $210 million acquisition of lead qualification service Opcity. With this acquisition, realtor.com dives deeper into the lead conversion funnel in a major way. Continue reading →

WATCH: What are realtor.com’s thoughts on holding back data?

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Suzanne Mueller, senior vice president of industry relations at Move/realtor.com, takes the stage at Inman Connect San Francisco to share her perspective on where data goes and where realtor.com leverages that data. Continue reading →

Here’s how much parents are spending to live near the best schools

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According to data from home search portal realtor.com, homebuyers in California, New York and Washington state are spending well above their area’s median sales price to live within a mile of a school with a GreatSchools rating of 8 or higher. Continue reading →