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The Redbud Group to Represent Zillow as it Buys and Sells Homes in Charlotte Zillow will also be partnering with RE/MAX Executive, Century 21 Vanguard, Stephen Cooley Real Estate Group – Keller Williams and IDEAL Realty when Zillow Offers launches in Charlotte this year. Zillow today announced that The Redbud Group at Keller Williams SouthPark, […]

State Migration Study Finds Americans Are Moving South A LendingTree study looked at where people moving out of state are going — and discovered that of the 12.1 percent of homebuyers across the country who change states, most prefer to head south. LendingTree reviewed over 2 million new purchase mortgage loan requests for primary residences in all […]

Owners.com® Customers Can Now Save Thousands with New Bundle Program Owners.com and its preferred providers help consumers efficiently get from the home search to the closing table and save money. Owners.com, a tech-enabled real estate brokerage, is simplifying the real estate process with the launch of a first-to-market bundle offering that provides their customers with […]

Blockchain Innovator ShelterZoom Announces Next-Generation, One-Stop Real Estate Marketplace PropTech leader sets stage to launch the industry’s first blockchain-powered, purchase and rental deal platform as a prelude to serving other industries. ShelterZoom, creator of the first blockchain-based real estate purchase and rental deal platform, today announced plans for a next-generation, one-stop real estate marketplace. Set to go […]

Showing Traffic Declines for the First Time in 12 Months in the South West Region declines year-over-year for ninth month in a row; Midwest, Northeast also record consecutive-month decreases. Key Points: The South Region recorded a 3.8 percent year-over-year decline in showing activity in October, its first decline in 12 months, while the U.S. declined […]

Changing Views Do you provide enough value to teams and agents? Trends in the movement of top teams and agents between brokerage firms. According to Broker Metrics, as of May 2018, there are about 264,000 Realtors® who change brokerage firms each year. Also, more than four out of five of the top 15,000 agents and […]

Are You Pushing Strings? Are you over-committed to an uncommitted group of sales associates? “Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”

CFPB’s New Rulemaking Agenda Identifies Priorities New agenda identifies regulatory matters and insight into the Bureau’s priorities. On Oct. 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its 2018 Fall Rulemaking Agenda; its second agenda under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. The 2018 Agenda identifies regulatory matters that the CFPB “reasonably anticipates” considering […]

Why is Real Estate So Unique? In this series, Warren Dow compares the tech side of the industry with the brokerage side for some interesting insights.