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

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

Buyers agents are more valuable in today’s listing landscape

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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 →

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

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

Zillow adds 24 more brokerages to pre-market listings partnership

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The new agreements bring the number of brokerages and franchisors who have partnered with Zillow on pre-marketed listings to 29. Continue reading →

The ‘World Wide Web’ is bigger than one listing website

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The real estate industry moved this past week, eXp Chief Brokerage Officer Holly Mabery writes. The MLS has a simple choice: lead, follow or be bypassed. Continue reading →

Zillow called it the ‘open market,’ then buried consumers and MLSs

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The tragedy isn’t that the MLS got disrupted, Amit Kulkarni writes. Disruption was inevitable given decades of inaction. The tragedy is what replaced it. Continue reading →

Coming-soon listings just went mainstream: The Download

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Last week, everyone in real estate was weighing in on coming-soon listings, Zillow Preview and shifting stances on pre-MLS visibility. Continue reading →

Flexibility serves clients better than rigid, one-size-fits-all mandates: ARA co-founder

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American Real Estate Association co-founder Jason Haber writes that the trade group articulated a vision for how listings should work, which is now becoming industry practice. Continue reading →

Where brokerages stand on pre-MLS listings after a whirlwind week

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Many real estate companies shifted their stances on pre-MLS listings this week. But each newly announced initiative is different. Continue reading →

Industry leaders: Zillow Preview isn’t the answer — it’s acceleration

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Zillow Preview is not a solution to the private listings problem, coach Darryl Davis writes. It is a more palatable on-ramp to the same destination. Continue reading →