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Zillow’s Opinion of Upstream and CAR’s Forms License Policy Is Obvious

I have been reading articles about Zillow Group’s positioning on Upstream and the forms licensing policy of the California Association of REALTORS® with great interest. My take away is that Zillow Group is doing and saying exactly what they should be doing and saying to positively impact Zillow’s market opportunities in real estate. Remember, Zillow has industry relations people and government relations people that want to fight tooth and nail for every advantage they can get. It’s business.

By |2018-08-13T22:38:18+00:00August 5th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|1 Comment
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eXp Realty Founder Glenn Sanford Named a Glassdoor Top CEO in 2018

Congratulations to our friends at eXp REALTY for achieving yet another important milestone. In addition to doubling the size of their agent count in less than 1 year, they have been able to do it while keeping their employees very happy - not an easy thing to do! What’s the their secret?   Here’s the secret sauce from where I sit. 1. Unique business model that focuses the money where it should be - in the hands of those creating value for the company - the agents 2.  Consistent training and coaching because of centralized management support 3.  Passion - [...]

By |2018-08-20T07:22:25+00:00June 20th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, MLS Insights, Press Releases|0 Comments
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How Do the Top 20 Sites Manage Digital Search Advertising?

At WAV Group, we like to look under the hood at what the top property search sites in America are doing to engage consumers and boost performance. In some cases, we work with the site owner and have access to their analytics (ie Google Analytics or other). In other cases, we use benchmarking tools like Hitwise and ComScore to get a glimpse into what these top performers may be doing. The results are interesting.

By |2018-08-20T06:54:10+00:00June 11th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category|1 Comment
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You Can Beat the National Portals With This Strategy Today

Imagine a world where every real estate agent, broker and franchise in the nation promoted their real estate mobile app to consumers. The app is white-label branded to the agent, broker, and franchise offering direct access to every MLS listing without any competitive ads. That is the way it would need to work. Guess what, we have it. You have it. Our industry has it. Today.

By |2018-05-18T05:00:23+00:00May 18th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information|0 Comments
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Zillow Group Continues Tradition of Showing Consumers FSBO, Other Non-MLS Listings

Since its early days, Zillow Group has maintained a position that the consumer interest is best served by allowing listings from all sources, including For Sale By Owner, to be posted to their site. This may be, in part, why Zillow sites had up to 187 Million unique users visit their sites last year.  Recently, WAV Group has noticed a new type of broker support that is in line with this policy.

By |2018-05-03T11:00:02+00:00May 3rd, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category|2 Comments
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Why do so Many Brokers Think TECHNOLOGY is the Way to WIN?

It seems like every week we’re hearing about a new announcement from a large brokerage or franchise telling us they are spending millions on technology and re-positioning their brand story around their technology suite.

By |2018-03-05T06:44:38+00:00March 5th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|6 Comments
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Buyside Makes It Real

If you know anything about Hunt Real Estate Corporation, you know that they are a family owned and operated brokerage with high integrity and a fierce approach to competition. Since 1911 they have been a market leader in upstate New York, cities like Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and the many Southern Tier communities that border Pennsylvania. They recently expanded into the Boston marketplace though a significant acquisition. We have known the Hunt family since Marlyn and I lived in Orchard Park, NY. We became friends though our interactions at The Buffalo Club and The Country Club of Buffalo. At the time, Marilyn ran marketing at Fisher-Price and I was spinning up my first start-up companies.

By |2018-02-20T07:30:27+00:00February 20th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Technology|0 Comments
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It’s GAME ON for Data Standards in 2018!

The smartest technology companies and most progressive MLSs are leading our industry to a new era of efficiency and profitability.  They are making it easy for start-ups to expand quickly from market to market and serve the innovation needs of brokers.  These leaders are supporting well-established companies to evolve their data platforms and opening the door for standardization in EVERY market in the country.

By |2018-02-20T06:17:07+00:00February 20th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category|0 Comments
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Are Brokerages using BI Visualization Tools?

In talking with various people inside brokerages, I hear the same challenge time and time again. "My data is all over the place and I have no way to figure out what it means." Driving information out of your data is Business Intelligence (BI). There are free or low-cost solutions to help analyze data in your control and derive the answers needed to make better business decisions.

By |2018-02-20T05:00:17+00:00February 20th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Business Intelligence, Main category, Technology, Technology Evaluation|1 Comment
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Flashback Feature 2006: Craig Newmark is the Internet’s Reluctant Mogul

This Flashback Features series unearths profiles from the past of real estate and technology leaders. A version of this story was first published in California Real Estate magazine. This profile of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is from 2006. By Kevin Hawkins Craig Newmark, the Internet’s reluctant mogul, makes his daily visit to Café Reverie in the Cole Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. He has dog biscuits in his pockets and a ready smile for the next little child that he encounters.

By |2018-02-19T05:00:31+00:00February 19th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category|0 Comments
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myPlanit Receives First Ever 5-Star Product Rating from Inman

WAV GROUP has gotten acquainted with myPlanit and it's CEO Adrienne Meisels. Adrienne is a fantastic person who is super smart and developing a very creative application that lets agents look at a map to see the places they have gone (like listing appointments, open houses, etc) and visualize their journey on a timeline. It's a lot more than that, but you can appreciate how this example would benefit an agent. Adrienne uses the term The Internet of You. myPlanit does the work for you by privately and securely tracking the things that you do, for you. Inman News gave [...]

By |2018-02-08T05:00:48+00:00February 8th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Marketing, Press Releases, Technology Evaluation|0 Comments
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MoxiWorks to deliver LeadingRE Cloud Data Services Ahead of Big Franchises

In an announcement made to their membership, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) have entered into a definitive agreement with MoxiWorks® to provide LeadingRE Cloud™ to their 565+ brokerage members. The solution is called LeadingRE Cloud. Franchises and networks like LeadingRE have been providing data services for their brokers over decades. No doubt, the most notorious version is the legacy CREST system at Realogy Holdings Corporation®. Keller Williams® CEO, Gary Keller has kicked off a Billion dollar investment in technology. RE/MAX® is in a process to buy a company or outsource to a vendor. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services® has [...]

By |2018-02-04T08:18:20+00:00February 4th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, Product Management, Technology, Technology Evaluation|0 Comments
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