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Report warns that percentage-based agent commissions could harm consumers

Housing Wire

Buyer agents , who are supposed to advocate for their clients, may actually have a financial motivation to keep home prices high. This compensation structure gives buyers agents a direct disincentive to help their clients locate suitable homes with low asking prices posted by the sellers, the report states.

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Virtual staging: The best apps for 2025 + mind-blowing AI picks

Housing Wire

The same report revealed that 72% of listing agents believe virtual staging was at least somewhat important for helping them sell their listings. As any good marketer knows, getting prospective clients to dream is the first step in successful marketing. Is AI virtual staging good enough for my listing? The short answer?

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Real estate tech roundup: Shaker, zavvie and Homie

Housing Wire

Indianapolis-based High Alpha has launched Shaker , a collaborative CRM and real estate transaction management platform. Through the platform, Shaker offers a suite of tools to streamline client communication and collaboration, including transaction management, client communication, predictive insights and a built-in referral engine.

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Homebot home education portal acquires mobile app firm Quo Finance 

Housing Wire

Homebot , a home education portal that keeps people connected to their loan officers and real estate agents, acquired Quo Finance , a mobile app for first-time homebuyers. Homebot was co-founded by Ernie Graham and Ira McMahon in 2015 with a vision to help people make smart financial decisions with their homes.

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

126 Transactly 3,852% 2017 Real estate transaction platform providing automation, integrations and tech-enabled services that significantly reduce process time. 193 CertifID 2,807% 2017 A company dedicated to fighting wire fraud for the real estate industry. Other established names to make the Inc.

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Qualia automates the title process so lenders can deliver a best-in-class home-buying experience

Housing Wire

Qualia enables lenders to easily communicate with and collaborate with title companies during a transaction via their Connect product, which brings lenders, real estate agents, and consumers onto the platform through a secure client portal.

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Guaranteed Rate deploys Gateless’ Smart Underwrite solution

Housing Wire

“When Guaranteed Rate introduced the world’s first fully digital mortgage in 2015, it revolutionized the industry. Now, with Smart Underwrite, we can continue to expedite and streamline the process for both our customers and real estate agents.