Kevin Greene takes the helm at CoreLogic Real Estate Solutions
Greene has a consistent track record of delivering innovative and secure solutions to clients during his tenure in CoreLogic’s Real Estate Solutions Division.
Understanding Your ListTrac Report
ListTrac is now reporting metrics from nearly every major IDX vendor, the major portals, and the MLS systems.
Rethinking the MLS as a Monopoly
For decades, Multiple Listing Services (MLS) have been perceived as monopolizing specific geographic areas and agent networks. They've been seen as an exclusive resource for accessing comprehensive property listings and facilitating transactions. However, recent insights from the WAV Group Customer Experience Index have shed light on a surprising statistic: 29% of agents belong to more than one MLS. This revelation challenges the notion of MLS as monopolistic entities and emphasizes the importance of reevaluating their value proposition and fostering collaboration among organizations to better serve the real estate community.
Industry Veteran Greg Robertson Launches Giant Steps Advisors
Greg Robertson announced today the launch of Giant Steps Advisors, LLC a new company poised to help navigate the new real estate landscape.
The MLS Copyright of Listings Challenge: Understanding the Balance Between Copyright Infringement and Fair Use
The realm of copyright law is a delicate balance between protecting the rights of brokers and fostering the dissemination of aggregated listings.
Real AI: The coming AI real estate video revolution, A look at Sora, facts, headlines and an AI Quote of the Week
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 8 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting a new edition every Friday. Will AI fix the real estate video conundrum? Since the debut of YouTube in 2005, real estate agents have been inundated with the message that video is perhaps the single most powerful marketing tool available. Since then, as a recent review of a video platform by Inman's Craig Rowe points out, the adoption of video as [...]
Why is a non-REALTOR MLS subscription something that needs to be examined?
In the ever-evolving landscape of real estate, recent legal battles and settlements have shed light on the significance of examining non-REALTOR MLS subscriptions. We discussed this topic recently in our webinar 350,000 agents don’t have to be REALTORS® anymore - Is your MLS ready? While much is still undetermined from the recent settlement, there is a key takeaway – a notable shift in the landscape concerning NAR (National Association of Realtors) membership requirements. Specifically, recent settlements, including one with Keller Williams, have highlighted that brokerages representing a staggering 550,000 agents are either unable or unwilling to mandate NAR membership or the associated three-way agreement.
Did IDX Kill Buyer Agency?
IDX allowed the consumer to find listings without an agent, and in some ways, schedule showings. But the rest of the work has remained the domain of the buyer’s agent.
Agenda Released for top MLS conference – CoreLogic’s Clareity24
The agenda for the CoreLogic Clareity24 conference has been released, and it looks to be another remarkably well-curated collection of sessions.
Real AI: ChatGPT adds memory, Trying Perplexity.ai, facts, headlines and a Quote of the Week from Google
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 7 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting a new edition every Friday. ChatGPT is adding a memory feature OpenAI revealed this week that it is testing a new memory feature for ChatGPT. The goal is a more personalized and valuable experience without providing expert prompts for ChatGPT to remember any previous prompts or stay within the same prompt set. A key new feature of this potentially potent addition [...]
Milestones Awarded for Delivering Mutual Benefits to Loan Officers and Realtors
The primary reason that past clients do not use their agent or loan officer in a future transaction is that the relationship breaks up after the closing.
New FCC Regulation Deals Blow to Real Estate Lead Generators
New consumer protection regulations from the Federal Communications Commission aims to protect consumers from the scams and spam caused by the “lead generator” robo-calls & texts loophole and encourages an opt-in approach for delivering email to text messages.