Test drive an agent free for seven days! Now that NAR’s proposed settlement of the Sitzer/Burnett lawsuit has received preliminary approval, the industry is receiving numerous updates about the future of real estate practices. One change, set to take place in July, is...
It's just a matter of time before a big player brings the auction format to the residential resale market. These guys are in position - they are auctioning commercial properties, and with their sister company Homes.com wanting to be the #1 search portal, it would be a...
They are only three months into their mega-launch of Homes.com, and CoStar founder and president Andy Florance is already taking victory laps. He is also the #1 cheerleader for buyers going directly to the listing agent, which will be the end result of all the changes...
This is the #1 reason I went to Compass, and I didn't really feel like I had a choice. When realtors get disrupted, this is the way the big brokerages can survive while the little guys die. Hoard the listings in-house as 'private exclusives', like they do in the...
The conspiring events - softer market, fewer and less-experienced agents, and lower commissions - are all leading us to the same place: The destruction of the traditional model of residential real estate sales will be triumphed by the unknowing, but it will be the...
It's been obvious that the entire real-estate-selling business has been deteriorating towards single agency. I see it every day on the street, and I've posted evidence of the shift regularly. The trend is moving quickly now on multiple fronts. The DOJ is going to...
We don't need the DOJ or commission lawsuits to take down our business - realtors will self-destruct, beginning with the elimination of the buyer-agents as we've known them. A few of the comments below. Click here to see the whole thread.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by ShowingTime+ (@showingtimeplus) Zillow keeps feasting on lazy realtors! Any agent could walk around their next listing with their phone's camera running and comment on what people are seeing and why they...
It's inevitable that artificial intelligence will be utilized in the business of selling homes. Having AI assist with writing home descriptions or other advertising would seem to be a natural fit. How about speaking with clients on the phone though? Listen to the...
Homes.com is making a run at Zillow and all other search portals. They are advertising 100 million users already, and they are displaying the listing agent's phone number prominently on their properties for sale: Zillow must have felt the pressure, and they are...
