Brokers who are ignoring iBuyer are making a big mistake. If iBuyers exist in your market, it’s time to develop a strategy today. Do not let your opinion of the long-term viability of the iBuyer discourage your actions.
Each time Erie, Ithaca, or other neighbors to NYS Alliance consider their MLS vendor contract renewal, we watch with curiosity to see if the Association owned MLS will join the consolidation.
As we recently announced, Inside Real Estate closed a transaction that led to Lovell Minnick Partners joining their investor group. Today, the company announced that real estate executive, Steve Ozonian will represent Lovell Minnick on the IRE (Inside Real Estate) Board of Directors.
In securing growth capital from Vector Capital, MoxiWorks will now be able to focus on three areas of ongoing growth – improved agent and broker websites, acquisitions, and expansion. This is the first and only investment by Vector Capital in real estate technology.
In an announcement made today, they are integrating a product called Earnnest into both zipForm® Plus and TransactionDesk to securely digitize the process of transferring earnest money. Lone Wolf CEO, Jimmy Kelly says “With this partnership, we can bring the entire transactional process online in one connected system – from the moment the first form is created, to the day money goes to escrow, and beyond.”
WAV Group believes that bridgeMLS’ partnership with BoxBrownie is the first of its kind in America, making bridgeMLS the first MLS in the nation to provide access to BoxBrownie as a member benefit along with discounts on the premium BoxBrownie virtual staging services.
This week, the Bright MLS Board of Directors announced that after an executive search, they have selected Brian Donnellan, the interim President and CEO to continue as the President and CEO.
Red Oak Realty is a great company on the east side of the San Francisco Bay. This area provides a lucrative place for independent brokerage firms like Red Oak Realty to thrive. Pacific Union was the last company to focus on independent firm mergers in this area before their sale to Compass and now Red Oak Realty has announced an acquisition with Marvin Gardens Real Estate.
I hope that you had a chance to attend the Council of MLS Hot Topics webinar held this week. The blend of MLS Executives along with other industry technology experts generated a lively conversation.
The world of residential real estate software is transforming rapidly. Scaled, modern tech players rise while small point solution firms melt. What does this mean for brokers and agents?
Broker margins are under attack. Rather than thinking about how ERA can extract more margin out of their broker, they are thinking about how they can contribute margin to the brokers.
NAR has done more for home ownership rights in America than any other group. Now NAR can turn its resources to fixing the largest problem in America today, homelessness.
