Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Commissions paid to real estate agents representing buyers have remained essentially unchanged since new rules on commissions went into effect on August 17 , according to a new analysis from Redfin. Of course, as in all real estate deals, any negotiation is dependent on how much demand there is for a property.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

But as soon as you get over that anxiety, the sooner youll realize how door knocking in real estate is a tried-and-true lead generation technique that will build your business. The National Association of Realtors reports that online real estate conversion rates are between 0.4% What is door knocking in real estate?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Telecom assets including macro towers and small cells have long served as a source of recurring revenue for real estate owners and landlords. Selling a telecom lease also doesnt interfere with an owners ability to sell or redevelop the property in the future, allowing them to retain full control of the core real estate involved.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

As an industry, the real estate world is truly unique. Beyond that, licensing classes mostly dive into the law and theory behind being a real estate agent. Fortunately, one industry-leading school is equipped to deliver that via a leading real estate education program designed for a comprehensive list of students.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Predictive analytics in real estate combines the use of historical data and algorithms to anticipate future market trends and identify potential sellers sometimes even buyers, too. Real estate agents can use this data to identify motivated sellers and people who are likely to buy a home.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

After finalizing everything with an e-signed contract, I moved forward, and within a few weeks, the listing was live. In typical real estate transactions , touring a property in person serves as a safeguard to verify authenticity and prevent fraud. Then came the call.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

The Frost-Lindner Team , one of northern Utah s leading luxury real estate groups, has joined Christies International Real Estate in Park City, Utah, the company announced. The move grants them membership in the Christies International Real Estate Masters Circle, an exclusive designation for top-producing agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

There is an endless supply of real estate statistics out there, but what the heck do you do with all of them? Stats are the fuel to the fire of the real estate market and will make you exude confidence in conversations with potential clientsmaking them feel confident in hiring you to represent them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Believe it or not, good old-fashioned postcards are still one of the most effective real estate marketing strategies. Even though most agents focus their marketing efforts online, people start thinking about finding a real estate agent well before they hit ENTER on their first Google search. But where do you start?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Formerly known as House Bill 230 , the law reaffirms Alabamas existing Real Estate Consumers Agency and Disclosure Act (RECAD) framework, with emphasis on early discussions of brokerage services and compensation, but it prevents consumers from signing a contract with an agent early on in their relationship.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Thats when I came across a real estate investment series on VHS by Carlton Sheets (remember VHS?). It inspired me to get my real estate license and pursue a career in real estate. citizen The Colorado Division of Real Estate (part of the state Dept. I opted for the latter. hours to complete it.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Volatility is becoming the new norm in today’s commercial real estate market. Meet Danny van der Reis , a commercial real estate (CRE) finance veteran and executive vice president of servicing and asset management at Arbor Realty Trust. HW: You’ve had a long career in commercial real estate finance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

District Court in Pennsylvania claiming that NAR, the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) and the Greater Lehigh Valley MLS (GLVMLS) have violated federal civil rights statutes, engaged in unlawful discriminatory practices, breached their contracts, created a monopolistic system and broken federal antitrust laws.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. The right real estate brokerage software will help you gain market share, train, recruit, and retain more (and better) agents, and make more profits.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Because professional real estate photographers are trained to take beautiful, enticing photos. Well cover why to get a photographer, how and when to hire one, interview questions to ask, what to look for when choosing a real estate photographer plus how much a photographer will cost you.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Those metrics, specifically the pace of new listings and new sales contracts, slowed this week. New listings and new contracts both still show a bit of improvement over 2023, but the growth rates have slid back down. The state of California had 20% more contracts started last week than the same week a year ago.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Originally filed in October by Maurice Muhammad, a broker at Progressive Realty , the suit claims that NAR, along with other Realtor associations and executives, have violated federal civil rights statutes, engaged in unlawfuldiscriminatorypractices, breached their contracts, created a monopolistic system and broken federal antitrust laws.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Kentucky is on the brink of ending exclusive real estate listing contracts. The state’s General Assembly passed a bill to protect homebuyers from predatory contracts known as non-title recorded agreements for personal services (NTRAPS) or right-to-list agreements.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

based Consumer Policy Center (CPC) warns that the common practice of percentage-based real estate commissions may be a financial disadvantage for home buyers and sellers. A new report from the Washington, D.C. The report is titled How Percentage-Based Commissions Can Harm Home Buyers and Sellers and What They Can Do About It.

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 7, 2025

Optimize your real estate management with digital forms Property management and real estate are dynamic industries with responsibilities that constantly shift, ranging from tenant placement to ensuring compliance with real estate board regulations. Close Deals Faster Time is money, especially in real estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The bi-annual report reveals a resilient luxury real estate market in the first six months of 2024 that is slightly outpacing performance from the equivalent period in 2023. In fact, proliferation of desirable inventory is a critical factor driving the luxury real estate market. of responding specialists agreed. “A

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Can you build a thriving real estate business on TikTok? When we caught Kina on a recent episode of the Real Estate Rockstars podcast, we had questions lots of them. When we caught Kina on a recent episode of the Real Estate Rockstars podcast, we had questions lots of them. Kina Desantis did.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Here’s our complete guide to sending and receiving real estate referrals and earning more money this year. We’ll break down everything you need to know about real estate referral fees, including how they work, typical referral fee rates, how to draft and manage referral agreements, and how to develop a successful referral network.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

He was a bartender who started his real estate career in a market that was brand new to him. Despite the odds being almost comically stacked against him, Brandon cleared a little over $200,000 in gross commission income (GCI) in his first year in real estate. But Brandon Halperin had neither. He didnt know a soul.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

According to a report published Thursday by wire fraud prevention firm CertifID , real estate agents , brokers and title companies are increasingly being held accountable if a consumer loses money.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

These off-market listings not only harm sellers, but they limit exposure to potential buyers, possibly deepening inequities that have long existed in real estate. We must maintain transparency in the housing market so we dont go back to the dark ages of real estate. To conduct its study, Zillow analyzed 2.72

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

There is a new real estate firm in town, but one of its founders is probably familiar to many in the real estate industry. Meet Landian , a real estate startup founded by Bryan Galen, Neal Batra and Josh Sitzer — yes, the same Sitzer who filed the now infamous Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A new real estate platform launching this month is offering homebuyers a glimpse into neighborhoods beyond the standard Zillow listing. “It’s about time buyers have control of how their own contracts work and that can mean more commission opportunities for savvy agents,” he added.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. We know — you didn’t get into real estate for the love of marketing or tech.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The suit was initially filed in early December 2024 by real estate broker Luz de Amor Eytalis. The defendants also address Eytalis claims of breach of contract and unjust enrichment, saying that neither are supported by fact. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the first amended complaint in mid-December.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

In a recent episode of the Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast, the hosts dive into commission sharing practices for agents, the associated risks and the alternatives ahead of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) business practice changes that are set to take effect on Aug 17.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The company announced this week that it secured $8 million in funding to offer better insights and cohesiveness to real estate agents. Shaival Shah and Wei Gan, co-founders of Ribbon , launched the company as an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution for transparent real estate negotiations.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

” Their business is to “dominate” the market , “take” real estate agents’ business, “ buy Redfin ” and acquire new businesses “behind their back.” He said they “bought a real estate business because real estate agents won’t work with them.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

District Court in San Francisco, Side alleges that Tal and Oren Alexander, as well as Official Partners, have breached contracts held with Side. In a suit filed Friday in U.S. The complaint states that in mid-April, Side and Official Partners executed an amended and restated secured promissory note.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. The Campolis allege that the Bulls failed to deposit $100,000 in earnest money as agreed to in the contract, instead forging documentation falsely showing that the money had been deposited.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Singh emphasizes the importance of using accurate data for real estate decision-making. Singh explains that general AI models cannot answer detailed real estate-related prompts without referring to general resources. CoreLogic ensures that its data is used under the proper legal contracts and obligations.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

(Photo Credit: AJ Canaria) In the real estate industry, the use of generative artificial intelligence has grown beyond just the composition of marketing copy, leading some to question other potential applications. We have enough problems in the real estate industry, we don’t need to find anymore,” he added.

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