Leading RE Honors Top Performers Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® recognized top-performing member firms and individuals during its recent Awards Gala – the finale of its Conference Week, which attracted a global audience of 2,500 professionals from 25 countries.
Facebook Overhauls Ad Platform to Prevent Housing Discrimination Overhaul of advertising platform will prevent customized ads targeting people by age, gender or ZIP code. After years of being accused of enabling housing discrimination, Facebook has announced massive changes to its platform that are being called “not only historical, but impactful” by the National Fair Housing […]
Best Metros for First-time Homebuyers? Depends on Who You Ask Zillow’s ranking of best cities for new homebuyers places Tampa and Las Vegas at the top, while Bankrate found Pittsburgh and Raleigh to be most amenable. In spite of the low unemployment rate and flat inflation in the United States, housing affordability remains a hurdle […]
Merger Creates Second-largest RE/MAX Brokerage in New England RE/MAX Executive Realty and RE/MAX Best Choice announced the merger of two brokerages to create an even larger footprint in the Eastern Massachusetts market. RE/MAX Best Choice owner, Annette Norton, will bring her team of more than 30 agents to the RE/MAX Executive Realty family in order […]
Coldwell Banker Unveils New Logo as Part of Rebranding Initiative Adopting a unique approach, the rebranding process will be transparent and interactive; agents, brokers and consumers will be able to participate as the logo is tested in the field, finalized and ultimately unleashed as a new visual identity in 2020. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC […]
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Real estate’s first two-way transaction management and back office integration to be released in April. Lone Wolf Technologies, maker of residential real estate software, has announced that Link, the first of its kind two-way transaction management and back-office integration, will be released in April.
With this new partnership, REAL Trends wonders who else may be partnering? RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., parent company of RE/MAX, has announced a strategic alliance with Redfin, the technology-powered real estate brokerage. The alliance formalizes and expands a longstanding relationship between Redfin and RE/MAX agents via the Redfin Partner Program.
The challenges Military service members experience transitioning to civilian life. Military service members face a variety of challenges transitioning back into civilian life. They’re often tasked with finding a new job, determining whether to pursue further education and deciding where to live, all in a short period of time. Decisions around homebuying quickly become one […]
Tech Roundup: Tools, Platforms, and Trends all focused on Technology BNTouch Announces Improvements to Platform Web-based CRM platform provider BNTouch Inc. announced it has expanded its platform with a new module that allows mortgage brokers to record and send video messages to their prospective and current borrowers. Users can record individual messages directly from the BNTouch […]
