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Better.com partners with Google to hire 2,000 new employees

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Digital mortgage startup Better.com has pledged to hire Google Career Certificate graduates by 2024 as part of the company’s aggressive growth strategy. Continue reading →

February sees record new bookings for short-term rentals: AirDNA

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While short-term rental stays that took place during February were at a record low, new bookings made during the month hit a high, according to short-term rental analytics company AirDNA. Continue reading →

Study commissioned by REX claims commissions are deeply inflated

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Real estate commissions are inflated by as much as $50 billion per year due to the lack of price competition created by having listing brokers set co-op fees for buyer brokers, according to the report in the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Continue reading →

Everyone is moving to Florida! Or maybe they aren’t

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Despite narratives about buyers flocking to Florida, data from Atlas Van Lines and Florida’s 2020 Demographic Estimating Conference suggest the migration patterns are negligible. Continue reading →

Silicon Valley’s priciest listing, ‘Green Gables,’ asks $135M

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The sweeping compound, which includes seven residences across 74 acres of land, has become the tech hub’s most expensive listing. Continue reading →

The Real Word: Are Opendoor’s plans too ambitious?

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Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. In this edition of The Real Word, they’ll discuss Opendoor’s expansion plans, Google Alerts for your business and a viral listing. Continue reading →

Does Zillow’s app for online tours stack up?

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Zillow’s app for creating and publishing immersive online home tours is available to everyone — and it offers enough to make it worth a look. Continue reading →

Mainframe Real Estate debuts marketing tech, agent websites

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The launch of a new suite of products continue Mainframe’s ongoing efforts to improve the real estate experience by leaning more on technology. Continue reading →

iBuyers still on slow road to recovery: Redfin

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iBuyers purchased 0.3 percent of all homes sold across 418 U.S. metro areas analyzed by Redfin during the fourth quarter of 2020, down from 0.8 percent of all homes sold the year before. Continue reading →

Chicago’s @properties debuts new learning service

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The service, @academy, will be available to the company’s thousands of agents and will include an array of both live and pre-recorded courses. Continue reading →