Real Estate Has a Generational Housing Problem
As more homes transfer through estate settlements rather than open-market sales, inventory quietly disappears from the marketplace.
As more homes transfer through estate settlements rather than open-market sales, inventory quietly disappears from the marketplace.
As it turns out, brokerage companies that collaborate with successful local businesses for co-marketing are more compelling together than they are when they market themselves independently.
The standout takeaway? Nearly 2/3 of homeowners are very or extremely interested in an online homeownership portal—an all-in-one platform to help manage, maintain, and protect their most valuable asset. Here’s what homeowners want it to do:
Perhaps the most surprising discovery was how few Realtors fully leverage this powerful network they've cultivated. While most real estate professionals maintain connections with quality contractors, many underestimate the tremendous value this network represents to clients.
At WAV Group, we were inspired to learn more about homeownership portals because of our own very real need to manage four personal properties. Managing properties in three distinct locations required us to keep track of preferred vendors for plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and other essential services. We also needed a way to memorialize vendors we used for repairs, painting, and landscaping. Additionally, we needed reminders for routine maintenance tasks. Managing one home is challenging enough, but managing four is even more complicated. Who remembers the last time they changed a furnace filter or cleaned out a dryer vent?
The brokerage business is stuck in a lull right now. It is time to realize the many opportunities for additional revenue growth with your existing clients that lies just below the surface.
This is where I can really personalize the systems in my home so that I can remember the service that is required for each.
Combating falling agent count is a challenge facing many brokerages today. Even a growing brokerage keeps their eye steadily on the ball of agent count and production.
This is a great extension of the unparalleled functionality already available in Milestones Homeownership Hubs. Not only will the Plunk AVM be listed next to two other leading AVMs to provide home values, but now, homeowners, homebuyers, and home sellers can gauge the value growth from maintenance, home improvement and remodeling. Moreover, Plunk will be providing a data point for conversations between customers, their real estate agent and their financier. Congratulations to Plunk and Milestones - another great blend of REACH graduates. Please see below for the full press release. Plunk and Milestones Join Forces to Unlock Trillions of [...]
MIAMI Association of Realtors® added their voice to the choir of MLSs who are launching parcel centric applications to empower the agent-client experience.