Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

You should have downloaded one of those open house apps HousingWire was telling you about. Open House Wizard is great for team leaders and brokerages. Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Your sign-in sheet. Your sign-in sheet who? The sign-in sheet that got lost on your desk. Do you need to track leads from multiple open houses at once?

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Inman

MARCH 29, 2025

The National Association of Realtors weighed in with its change to the Clear Cooperation Policy. Is it too little, too much or just right?

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Realtors Real Estate Brokerage Agents 144

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In a lawsuit filed last week, a mortgage brokerage claimed that one of its former loan officers stole a database containing client names and information and brought it with him to a new job at NEXA Mortgage. In the federal lawsuit, Smart Mortgage alleges that Noe downloaded Dropbox on his company computer without authorization on Feb.

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Mortgage Loan Officers Brokerage Clients 418

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Through this integration, CAR agents who use dotloop will no longer need to download and upload forms manually. Dotloop’s platform currently supports more than 7,000 brokerages across the U.S. The California Association of Realtors on Monday made its standard forms directly integrated and available on the dotloop platform. and Canada.

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Realtors Agents Real Estate Brokerage 458

Inman

APRIL 27, 2023

Today’s Download focuses on agents who are heading back to where they came from after making a hasty brokerage move.

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Agents Brokerage 157

Inman

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This week at Keller Williams' Family Reunion, Gary Keller forecast significant market headwinds in 2025. How can you prepare and flourish no matter what happens next?

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Housing Market Marketing Sellers Real Estate 145

Inman

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Get caught up with a special end-of-year edition of The Download. The biggest story of the year was our liveblog coverage of the Sitzer | Burnett commission trial.

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Brokerage Agents 196

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The agreement allows a broker to own the listing contract, but REcolorado will own the listing’s record, potentially giving REcolorado the right to deny an agent’s ability to download and sell their listings. And some major brokerages have had loose conversations about taking legal action or joining a competing MLS. “It

Brokerage 476

Brokerage Real Estate Realtors Agents 476

Inman

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Minnesota's AG asserts that recommending a home warranty without disclosing a financial interest is a violation of fiduciary duty.

Brokerage 179

Brokerage Realty 179

Inman

APRIL 14, 2023

The Download is a weekly review of one essential story from the week's Top 5, along with articles designed to provide the perspective and context you need.

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Design Brokerage Agents 148

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

RealEstateNews.com Tech trends, real estate news, brokerage and agent trends and news, and a data and research resource. Agent advice and resources Redfin Housing market trends and reports, industry news, statistics, and downloadable graphs. Homeowners Insurance: Which Protects What?”

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Real Estate Clients Tools Sellers 397

Inman

MAY 12, 2023

Each week on The Download, Inman’s Christy Murdock takes a deeper look at the top-read stories of the week to give you what you’ll need to meet Monday head-on. This week: NAR's membership fee hike and balancing your budget.

Brokerage 164

Brokerage Agents Marketing 164

Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2021

In fact, according to a new report from real estate brokerage Redfin, a whopping 63% of last year’s buyers made at least one offer sight-unseen, never setting a single foot inside the property before putting in a bid. Make sure you have FaceTime, Skype or Zoom downloaded. Purchasing a home virtually has skyrocketed in recent months. .

Real Estate 493

Real Estate Agents Housing Market Brokerage 493

Inman

JULY 28, 2023

On today's Download, check out Compass' new tracker tool, then check out some of our best recent advice on keeping those past clients percolating through your pipeline.

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Tools Clients Business Brokerage 146

Inman

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As always, The Download is here to help you catch up on the latest NAR developments. This has been an action-packed week in real estate.

Real Estate 146

Real Estate Development Realtors Brokerage 146

Inman

JUNE 2, 2023

Each week on The Download, Inman’s Christy Murdock takes a deeper look at the top-read stories of the week to give you what you’ll need to meet Monday head-on. This week: We move a step closer to the courtroom as the bombshell lawsuit's judge sets a window for scheduling the upcoming trial.

Brokerage 145

Brokerage Agents 145

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

With more than 850,000 active podcasts and nearly 31 million downloads in 2020 alone, podcasting has cemented itself as a true American pastime. Each week a new brokerage leader, top agent, team leader, or industry expert shares their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating the ever-changing real estate industry.

Real Estate 497

Real Estate Investors Agents Realty 497

Inman

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Industry heavyweights are all lining up for and against Clear Cooperation. Find out which side of the topic real estate's biggest names are standing on.

Real Estate 190

Real Estate Brokerage Agents 190

Inman

APRIL 19, 2024

There's been a heapin' helpin' of new developments in the commission lawsuits. Here's how to pivot and be ready for whatever comes next.

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Legal Agents Development Brokerage 190

Inman

JUNE 29, 2024

What do you make of commission-sharing workarounds, and how are you planning to change up your communication strategy?

Buyers 198

Buyers Agents Brokerage Marketing 198

Inman

MAY 25, 2024

In the face of backlash from proposed profit-sharing cuts, the franchisor's leadership council is changing its tune.

Brokerage 194

Brokerage Agents 194

Inman

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

In the post-Sitzer world we now live in, agents and brokers are already dealing with the new reality by cutting buyer commissions to the bone.

Buyers 195

Buyers Agents Brokerage Marketing 195

Inman

AUGUST 10, 2024

The Consumer Federation of America raised eyebrows and hackles with its advice to pay only the equivalent of a 2 percent commission for both real estate purchases and sales.

Real Estate 193

Real Estate Brokerage Agents Marketing 193

Inman

JULY 5, 2024

Buyers and sellers who feel like the commission settlements didn't go far enough are fighting back in court, and the cases are bunching up.

Sellers 192

Sellers Buyers Brokerage Agents 192

Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

Mortgage brokerages on the list included The Everest Equity Company (No. Download with HW+. Freedom Mortgage , the seventh-largest HMDA lender, was ranked No. 4158, with average three-year growth of 112% Guaranteed Rate , the 10th-largest HMDA lender, ranked No. 1673, with growth of 372%. 2522) and Right Key Mortgage.

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Mortgage Lending Investors Brokerage 370

Inman

JULY 27, 2024

Industry analyst Ryan Tomasello, who predicted a 30 percent fall in commissions due to legal, economic and governmental challenges, prepares to take the stage at Inman Connect Las Vegas to discuss consolidation, disruption and innovation.

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Legal Brokerage Agents 174

Inman

JANUARY 11, 2025

Some of the real estate industry's biggest names made major moves over the past few days. Here's who's in and who's out.

Real Estate 174

Real Estate Brokerage Agents 174

Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Realtor-affiliated MLSs, as well as the non-Realtor MLSs and brokerages that opt in, will have until roughly Sept. Second, the settlement agreements envision claims made through a hand-filled claim form, a needless and time-consuming complication for a homebuilder that will be downloading this information from computer databases.” “I

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Inman

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Catch up with the "mother of all lawsuits" and all of the other so-called copycats that have followed in the wake of Sitzer | Burnett.

Brokerage 197

Brokerage Agents 197

Inman

OCTOBER 26, 2024

A spate of recent lawsuits makes it clear the NAR's legal woes are far from over. Where do they (and you) go from here?

Legal 179

Legal Realtors Brokerage Agents 179

Inman

AUGUST 3, 2024

NAR President Kevin Sears sat down at Inman Connect Las Vegas with Clelia Warburg Peters to talk about the trade group's past and future, including a return to advocacy and transparency.

Real Estate 198

Real Estate Brokerage Agents 198

Inman

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week: There are some bad actors out there. It's up to you to protect yourself and your clients from fraudsters, scammers and cybercriminals.

Clients 192

Clients Realty Brokerage Agents 192

Inman

APRIL 27, 2024

With preliminary approval of NAR's deal and a new settlement proposal from HomeServices of America, can we finally all get back to business?

Business 187

Business Brokerage Agents Marketing 187

Inman

JUNE 8, 2024

How will agents master the delicate art of dual agency (and unlock double the opportunities), while balancing the fine line of fair representation?

Agents 193

Agents Real Estate Brokerage 193

Inman

APRIL 13, 2024

As mortgage heads from UWM and Rocket fight it out in the press, it seems like both agents and consumers are just wondering how they're going to pay the bills.

Agents 192

Agents Mortgage Brokerage 192

Inman

JULY 13, 2024

As financial targets pave the way for interest rates to (finally) fall, the real estate industry is cautiously optimistic about a late-year boost.

Housing Market 179

Housing Market Real Estate Marketing Mortgage 179

Inman

AUGUST 24, 2024

Everyone — from Michael Ketchmark to the consumer advocates behind Moehrl — is letting agents know that they're under scrutiny as they implement the new rules of buyer agreement and (not) commission-sharing.

Agents 196

Agents Buyers Brokerage 196