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16 06, 2021

Corporate Home Buyers Pose an Immediate Threat to Home Ownership

By |2021-06-16T14:10:09-07:00June 16th, 2021|Broker Public Portal, Broker-Agent Information|3 Comments

Broker Public Portal Chairman, Alon Chaver, has written an excellent overview of how Corporate Home Buyers pose an immediate threat to home ownership which is having a ripple effect across the industry.

15 06, 2021

Broker Resource Network Launches Powerfully with Attractive Opportunity for Firm Owners

By |2021-06-16T14:35:47-07:00June 15th, 2021|Announcements, Press Releases|Comments Off on Broker Resource Network Launches Powerfully with Attractive Opportunity for Firm Owners

The Broker Resource Network (“BRN”) issued their first press release today. Since January, the network has been forming through the efforts of one broker calling another, then another, and so on. In a short number of months, the group took shape and through accounting, these firms combine to represent the fourth largest group of brokers in real estate.

14 06, 2021

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Names Michael Pappas Chairman of the Board

By |2021-06-14T10:19:46-07:00June 14th, 2021|Announcements, Press Releases|Comments Off on Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Names Michael Pappas Chairman of the Board

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) announced today that Michael Pappas of The Keyes Family of Companies has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the board of directors. The board provides strategic guidance for LeadingRE®, a global network of 550 market-leading real estate firms in 70 countries.

26 05, 2021

Future of Forms as a Member Benefit Spooks Associations and MLSs

By |2021-05-27T11:19:22-07:00May 26th, 2021|Associations, MLS|Comments Off on Future of Forms as a Member Benefit Spooks Associations and MLSs

The California Association of REALTORS® deserves recognition for solving one of the most significant pain points in real estate – digital forms management. When the real estate industry began the slow conversion from paper transactions to digital transactions, California led the way with the creation of a for-profit company that became zipLogix. Along the way, the National Association of REALTORS® joined CAR as an investor.

13 05, 2021

eXp Gets Creative With Quarterly Results Announcement

By |2021-05-13T17:07:51-07:00May 13th, 2021|Announcements, News|1 Comment

On Tuesday of next week, eXp will be releasing their earnings. By all accounts they are expected to join their peer group and beat analyst estimates. If you look at the trends, you would say that eXp is likely to stay flat when they issue their quarterly results. Apparently, the larger looming financial influence of COVID on the market is dampening the market performance of companies who have clearly benefited from COVID. Real Estate is at an all-time record high.

6 05, 2021

Is There Real Strategy in Your Strategic Planning? It May be Time for Another Tough Love Look Inside Your Organization

By |2021-05-05T15:27:54-07:00May 6th, 2021|Strategic Planning, Thought Leadership|2 Comments

If you’ve done quality time in politics or at a publicly traded company, you know that strategic thinking is embedded into leadership roles and into the roles of those who support leadership. But the looming question is, how do some of them get it right and others get it terribly wrong? Let us also ask: is this process going deep enough within the institutional thinking of organized real estate?

8 04, 2021

Fathom Holdings Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Technology Platform LiveBy

By |2021-04-08T08:23:56-07:00April 8th, 2021|Business Intelligence, Press Releases|Comments Off on Fathom Holdings Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Technology Platform LiveBy

Yet another tech roll-up for one of the leading brokerages building out their value as a technology solutions provider. LiveBy currently provides local content automation for websites and social media for tons of big brands like Ebby, Alain Pinel, Hunt Real Estate and many others.

3 03, 2021

The Consolidation Continues and Will Accelerate

By |2021-03-03T15:26:10-08:00March 3rd, 2021|Mergers & Acquisitions, News|Comments Off on The Consolidation Continues and Will Accelerate

Today's announcement by Hanna Realty of the acquisition of Roy Wheeler Realty in Charlottesville, VA is another reminder that 2021 could be one of, if not the most, active consolidation year in real estate brokerage history

15 02, 2021

Pay Attention to Home Ownership Division Launched at Inside Real Estate

By |2021-02-16T14:18:28-08:00February 15th, 2021|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on Pay Attention to Home Ownership Division Launched at Inside Real Estate

I connected with Ned Stringham from Inside Real Estate by phone to learn more about the announcement of their Home Ownership Division and was excited by what I learned.

10 12, 2020

RE Technology is looking for a Sales Badass!

By |2020-12-10T13:09:40-08:00December 10th, 2020|Recruiting|Comments Off on RE Technology is looking for a Sales Badass!

The company is looking for a self-motivated, success-oriented National Sales Success Manager looking to make their mark by partnering with proptech companies from all over the world interested in engaging with North American real estate pros.

22 09, 2020

What your MLS Should Expect… No – Demand from its Vendors

By |2020-09-22T11:07:03-07:00September 22nd, 2020|MLS|Comments Off on What your MLS Should Expect… No – Demand from its Vendors

We’ve put together an extensive list of what your MLS should expect…no, demand from the vendors you work with.  Many of these concepts cover everything we’ve learned at WAV Group as consultants to several real estate organizations.