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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

Housing Wire

While real estate brokerages have no control over interest rates, transaction levels or home sales prices, they realize that proactive recruiting of agents is a key to success in a slow market. Sales managers often struggle to source enough quality agents to feed the top of their funnel.

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Opinion: All the ways the class-action commission lawsuits are misguided

Housing Wire

In fact, considering inter-family and estate transfers as well as for-sale-by-owners, as many as 20% of all transactions may not include the use of an agent. ZipRealty closed nearly 30,000 transactions at its peak. Some say the MLS enables U.S. I am repeating myself but bear with me. No buyer must use a real estate agent — ever.

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Announcing the 2023 HW Insiders!

Housing Wire

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Real Estate Exchange files antitrust suit against Zillow, NAR

Housing Wire

” “The NAR and its MLS partners, which now include Zillow, are allowed to once again close off transparent access to home inventory by entering into agreements among themselves that disadvantage all but their own membership; consumers and competition will suffer,” read the lawsuit. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour.

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7 steps to improve your talent attraction game

Housing Wire

It’s also becoming more challenging as production takes a hit from lower home sales. On a national basis, year-over-year MLS production reports show the average real estate agent’s income is down 28%. Broker-owners’ operations teams are receiving more and more “non-payment” of MLS dues notices. Is it you and yours?

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Compass acquisition could worry some California agents

Housing Wire

Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms. In effect, said one Bay Area broker, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, “All the agents in California were starting to use Glide for backroom technology.”.

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The Role Of Technology In Navigating A Competitive Market

Easy Agent Pro

As technology is revolutionizing many industries , the real estate market has also been profoundly altered by these advancements. This post will explore how technology is playing an integral part in helping navigate its complex dynamics while simultaneously responding and shaping them accordingly.