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NextHome CEO James Dwiggins on NAR settlement aftermath: ‘We’re in the first inning’

Housing Wire

They also explore the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement , agent training deficiencies and more. The lack of training and guidance by brokerages is horrible. As a result, if a seller is not offering compensation, the buyer and agent just move on.

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Pending home sales shock 2021 housing crash bears

Housing Wire

I can tell you that these people don’t have the training to read housing or economic data correctly. Remember, a seller is typically also a buyer, so inventory should fall when demand picks up and that seller finds another home to buy. Total inventory levels have been falling since 2014, while sales have been rising.

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Thrive Real Estate of Shrewsbury, MA is Now a Part of Lamacchia Realty

Lamacchia Realty

Anthony Lamacchia Broker/Owner, Lamacchia Realty Maribeth Lynch and Anthony Lamacchia making acquisition final Ribbon cutting at THRIVE’s 2014 opening day This high-performing brokerage was founded by Maribeth Lynch in 2014, who is regarded as a leader in the Central Massachusetts and MetroWest Massachusetts markets.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

This means all those men and women since 2012 who have been saying its housing 2008 all over again on their YouTube , Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets simply don’t have the proper training to talk about housing economics. I have documented the history of these housing price crash addicts for a decade now.

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Rechat CEO Shayan Hamidi on keeping up with the furious pace of AI

Housing Wire

It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S. For us, it’s all about creating one streamlined experience for whatever that agent is doing with buyers or sellers. Based on that, we use a ton of mobile, because our agents are always on the go.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019. Mark McLaughlin, a board member at Realfinity, said that real estate professionals have been familiar with the mortgage process throughout their careers, ”so they don’t really need training on the attributes of a mortgage.”

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. An independent contractor agent mostly finds their own leads and can receive minimal training or resources from their brokerage. They provided me training, and marketing, and covered mileage.”. Trust the process.

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