Milestones Locks In $10+ Million Series A

Austin based Milestones closes $10+ Million series A round backed by smart money from the real estate industry. They intend to draw a commanding market position in the roll out of customer portals offered by real estate agents, lenders, and title companies.

By |2022-07-27T21:11:38-07:00July 28th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Milestones Locks In $10+ Million Series A

Revive “Rush or Renovate?” Webinar on July 28 to Help Agents Assist Sellers as Market Shifts

Revive Real Estate is hosting a free webinar on Thursday, July 28 at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST. “Rush or Renovate: What’s Right for Today’s Market?” will be led by Jessica Morrow, Revive Head of Operations. The discussion will help guide real estate agents toward building their business. Win more listings with the support of Revive’s services and their expertise on pre-sale home renovation

By |2022-07-20T19:15:57-07:00July 21st, 2022|Press Releases, Thought Leadership, Webinars|Comments Off on Revive “Rush or Renovate?” Webinar on July 28 to Help Agents Assist Sellers as Market Shifts

An Outstanding Conversation with Abby and Emiliano of PLACE

In the real estate industry, one of the brightest stars is Ben Kinney. Kinney recently announced the hiring of two rockstars who are going to forward drive the business services and technology platform, PLACE, and make the consumer facing website a success.

By |2022-07-21T17:18:38-07:00July 19th, 2022|Business Intelligence, Follow the Leader, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on An Outstanding Conversation with Abby and Emiliano of PLACE

Minimize Buyer Frustration with Adequate Education Upfront

The WAV Group’s recent study on homebuyer frustration reveals many pain points that homebuyers have been experiencing in the recent seller’s market.  While some of the frustration is unique to the market conditions of 2020 and 202, like multiple bid situations, there are still many insights that can help agents prepare their clients for the process regardless of market conditions.

By |2022-07-18T13:11:54-07:00July 18th, 2022|Broker-Agent Information, Industry Observations, Reports, Research, Suveys and Research, WAV Group Research|Comments Off on Minimize Buyer Frustration with Adequate Education Upfront

NFTs in real estate: Temporary faze or an enduring fixture?

Is the crypto world and NFTs sunsetting? Or is what's happening simply a reset shaking out the con artists, scams, and the hyperbole that had run amok? If you ask Joe Jesuele, he will tell you it's the latter. And Joe knows crypto and NFTs. Joe is a real estate entrepreneur, a tech innovator, a passionate problem solver, and a remarkably humble leader. Yet, he's purposefully remained an under-the-radar type of guy – until recently. As the Founder & CEO of HomeJab, the leading on-demand professional real estate photography and video marketplace for real estate pros, Joe is one of [...]

National Association of Realtors Announces Partnership with Rental Beast

This is great news for realtors and great news for Rental Beast. With the support of NAR, Rental Beast is likely to continue their expansion in serving more realtors and their clients.

By |2022-07-15T13:53:26-07:00July 15th, 2022|Announcements, MLS Insights, Press Releases, Rentals|Comments Off on National Association of Realtors Announces Partnership with Rental Beast

72% of Recent Homebuyers Report Feeling Some Level of Frustration with Their Home Purchase.

It is often said that for most people buying a home is the single largest purchase of their lives. A decision of that magnitude should be made with time and careful consideration, but recent buyers have been rushing from one house to the next, making offers as quickly as they can.  It should be no surprise then that the chief complaint revealed in the WAV Group Homebuyer Frustration Report was feeling rushed to make an offer on the house, with 49% of frustrated buyers pointing to this issue.

By |2022-07-14T08:12:03-07:00July 14th, 2022|Reports, Research, Thought Leadership, WAV Group Research|Comments Off on 72% of Recent Homebuyers Report Feeling Some Level of Frustration with Their Home Purchase.

NCRMLS continues to expand: Now covers more than half of North Carolina

North Carolina Regional MLS has created an impressive and unique alternative to the data share models promoted by other MLSs. Through NCRMLS’s wholesale cooperative model, they have proliferated in North Carolina and now reach into southern Virginia with their latest announcement. What’s the big buzz? Jody Wainio, the current President of NCRMLS, explains the significant advantage of their wholesale cooperative model is that it brings everyone under one set of rules. It also ensures data integrity and fosters broker cooperation. But, most importantly, it eliminates duplicate MLS memberships and the accompanying fees. The data share models, Jody says, “can have [...]

By |2022-07-13T17:04:01-07:00July 13th, 2022|MLS, News, Press Releases|Comments Off on NCRMLS continues to expand: Now covers more than half of North Carolina

Maine Listings is looking for a new CEO

Maine Listings, based in South Portland, Maine, one of the oldest and most progressive statewide Multiple Listing Services in the country is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer to run its 6,800+ member association-owned MLS.

By |2022-06-29T10:46:00-07:00June 29th, 2022|Announcements, MLS|Comments Off on Maine Listings is looking for a new CEO

Announcing Mark A. McLaughlin Partnering with WAV Group

At WAV Group, we take great pride in selectively adding only seasoned and highly successful real estate veterans to our team to deepen the support and counsel we can provide. We consistently seek ways to enable our clients to achieve their dreams of highly differentiated brands that deliver relevance, growth, market share dominance and profitability. Mark A. McLaughlin delivers on all of those traits - and more.

By |2022-06-28T10:02:04-07:00June 28th, 2022|Announcements, News, Our Company, Press Releases|Comments Off on Announcing Mark A. McLaughlin Partnering with WAV Group

Broker Platform Innovation Pays Off for Inside Real Estate

The most innovative tech firms today are tapping into the perennial struggle of our industry – creating the tools to create and maintain customers for life. The results of driving innovation have been significant for Inside Real Estate. We expect platforms like kvCORE to play a more significant role in helping brokerages create efficiencies and helping agents grow their client relationships for maximum repeat and referral business.

By |2022-06-24T16:11:25-07:00June 27th, 2022|Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on Broker Platform Innovation Pays Off for Inside Real Estate