The Real Word: A drive-by at an Opendoor listed home

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, they discuss a house party gone wrong. Over Halloween weekend, there was a party at a vacant home in Arizona listed by Opendoor where five… Continue reading

T3 Sixty ‘Danger’ report emerges as latest hitch in NAR lawsuit

NAR commissioned the report for the trade group’s Strategic Thinking Advisory Committee. Among the top 10 dangers noted were “Commissions spiral downward.” Continue reading

MLS system ‘in jeopardy,’ facing existential threat from iBuyers

“We are playing dominoes when the new world’s playing 3-D chess,” write the authors of a new MLS Roundtable white paper that was released on Monday. Continue reading

Consulting firm T3 Sixty hires former NAR, Lone Wolf execs

Real estate consulting firm T3 Sixty, the company behind the influential Swanepoel Mega 1000 rankings, announced Thursday that it has hired a pair of new vice presidents who previously worked as executives at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) … Continue reading

War of the rankings: T3 Sixty hits Real Trends with cease-and-desist

Several days ago, T3 Sixty, creator of the Swanepoel Mega 1000 ranking of top U.S. real estate firms, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Steve Murray,  president and editor of Real Trends (the firm that produces the Real Trends 500 rankings)… Continue reading

Which MLS is on top? T3 Sixty’s newest rankings

T3 Sixty has announced that rankings for the largest MLSs, state Realtor associations and local associations have been added to the Swanepoel Mega 1000 list for the first time. Continue reading

Real Trends vs. Swanepoel Mega 1000: firms spar over lists

Real Trends, the analytics and consulting firm behind the Real Trends 500, is taking aim at T3 Sixty, the publisher of the Swanepoel Mega 1000, another industry ranking of the top brokerages in the county. Continue reading

Mega 1000: The real estate industry’s most comprehensive, accurate brokerage company rankings

As the real estate industry grapples with sweeping changes, innovation and increased competition, thorough, accurate industry information has become increasingly important, especially with respect to the size and scope of its largest companies. Continue reading

WATCH: The partners helping to power indie brokerages

Not every brokerage has the ability to build an in-house technology stack. When should you ask for help when it comes to technology, and who can you turn to? Continue reading