Luxury buyers are often seeking homes to accommodate their jet-setting, upwardly mobile lifestyle — they know what they want, and money isn’t an object. Find out what’s in vogue and what’s not for luxury homes here. Continue reading
Bikes and real estate have little in common — until you talk sales. One broker shares her story of how being on the other side of a frustrating bike transaction opened her eyes to possible shortcomings in real estate sales. Continue reading
Are we holding back data from our consumers? Do consumers understand what open data is? How is open data changing for consumers and for us? Panelists dive into these questions and more onstage at ICSF 18. Continue reading
Keller William’s decision to acquire SmarterAgent was a defensive move against tech distributors in the industry, Team said. Founded a decade ago by brothers Brad and Eric Blumberg in Philadelphia, SmarterAgent hands Keller Williams a team of 31 mobile… Continue reading
Gint Grabauskas was previously the vice president of engineering at web hosting platform GoDaddy. In his new job, he’ll be in charge of Offerpad’s online… Continue reading
Knowing the cultural buying codes for various countries is an absolute must for every agent who serves the ultra-luxury market. Here are the buying codes for five different cultures. Continue reading
After speaking with a number of agents specializing in the modern luxury market and reviewing data on this growing segment, including our own targeted survey, Inman can say that while no two luxury homebuyers are alike, the current crop of luxury buyer… Continue reading
It’s important to ensure your buyer clients are aware of the pros and cons of low-down-payment financing. PMI, in particular, is an important topic to cover as it increases mortgage costs with little benefit to the buyer. Continue reading
In this ICSF session, Howard Hsieh, head of technology at Restb.ai; Aakriti Agarwal, product manager at Blend; and Haitham Al-Beik, founder and CEO of letsbutterfly, share ideas on building smarter APIs for real estate. Continue reading
Wendy Forsythe, COO of HomeSmart Real Estate, and Joe Rand, partner and general counsel at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, discuss 10 overarching trends affecting real estate, including pocket listings, Google AI, virtual brokerages and more. Continue reading