Ginger Wilcox named Home Point Financial’s chief experience officer

The mortgage originator/servicer is hiring Wilcox as its first chief experience officer since the company launched in 2015. Continue reading

Zillow Group hit with second class-action lawsuit over Premier Agent

Filed in the Southern District of New York, the federal suit claims that Premier Agent encourages dual agency and violates a New York State antitrust law. Continue reading

5 ways to generate leads without listings websites

Outside of buying direct leads, lead generation is possible through either marketing or prospecting, which require time, money and effort. Here are my top strategies for generating leads without listings websites.  Continue reading

What will 2020 bring? A look back at the past decade

As we’re heading into 2020, let’s take a moment to mentally drift back over the past decade and open up to the possibilities of the next 10 years.  Continue reading

Want to be a whiz at managing your time? Try these tools

Learning new technology is sometimes daunting, but once you learn it, it can open up a whole new world where you can work smarter not harder.  Continue reading

Online reviews: 5 critical questions agents ask

When it comes to online agent reviews, the same set of questions has popped up for years. It seems prudent, and hopefully helpful, to address some of those questions here. Continue reading

Baird & Warner partners with Buyside to display buyer data

Website integration with Buyside lets Chicagoland brokerage Baird & Warner serve up detailed buyer stats to potentially reel in more listings. Continue reading

Fake real estate agent used Trulia, Zillow to fleece renters: Police

Ricardo Gonzalez, 59, reportedly scoured the real estate sites for available rental properties and to collect broker fees. Continue reading