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Zillow’s new AI feature can talk to home shoppers like it’s a friend

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Typing phrases like “$700K homes in Charlotte with a backyard” or “open house near me with four bedrooms” in the search bar will either show potential homebuyers their matches or will notify them when new qualifying listings are available, according to the statement.

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Polly adds Total Expert to its API integration roster

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Total Expert provides customer engagement solutions for more than 175 modern financial institutions, unifying data, marketing, sales, and compliance solutions.

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14 real estate trends Gen Z buyers are looking for

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Baby boomers and millennials have dominated the home-buying conversation in recent decades, but a new generation of homeowners is browsing online listings, heading to open houses and planning their home-buying budget. They prize move-in ready homes that can be updated with fresh paint, new flooring and modern fixtures.

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How 2020 raised the stakes for the mortgage industry

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More than that, the fintechs that flooded in brought with them a promise to modernize the mortgage industry with data-rich, cloud-enabled and digitally secure workflows. Open houses need to be conducted virtually, and applications, processing, underwriting and closings all require a work-from-home workforce to get the job done.

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3 mortgage industry trends that will define the rest of 2021

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In addition, a vast majority of people spent more time at home in 2020 than ever before in modern history. In addition, on the real estate side, the days of having only the traditional open houses are gone. In turn, mortgage companies need to get with the times, implement technology and improve efficiency.

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The ultimate guide to real estate lead generation ideas for  2023

Housing Wire

Share community news, events, yard sales and, of course, any Open Houses hosted by you, your team or brokerage. Here are some strategies for generating leads in person: Open houses Open houses are often underestimated as a lead generation tool. Use this tool: Zbuyer Zbuyer offers real-time leads for agents.

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Lone Wolf: We just launched the “first true end-to-end platform in real estate”

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According to the company, the platform brings Lone Wolf’s website building capabilities, as well as CRMs , comparative market analyses, open house planning, transaction management, back office work and accounting all into one place. The firm first announced the creation of the platform at T3 Sixty’s Tech Summit in 2023.