Growing Your Brokerage Without Recruiting
The fastest growing firms seeking growth are deploying two primary avenues: merging with congruent brokerages and expanding into adjacent businesses.
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11, 2024
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11, 2024
Open MLS Subscription Pricing Best Practices
Navigating Fair Pricing for Open MLS Access As discussions intensify around expanding MLS access to all licensees—driven by recent lawsuits—many associations and MLSs are reevaluating their pricing structures. While some are moving toward equitable pricing for REALTORS® and non-REALTORS alike, others are setting much higher fees for identical services. This approach raises significant compliance and fairness questions, especially under the new NAR Anti-Trust Settlement. Avoiding Price Discrimination with Open MLS Subscriptions from WAV Group offers a best practices guide for associations to structure fair, justifiable pricing. This resource provides clear steps to document any additional service costs and avoid potential [...]
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11, 2024
Lyon Real Estate Announces Official Rebrand to Windermere Signature Properties
Lyon Real Estate Changes Name After 78 Years in Sacramento.
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11, 2024
MLS Data as an Asset: The Power of Quality Information in Real Estate
In the real estate industry, MLS data serves as a critical resource, but full value depends on the quality of the information it contains.
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11, 2024
REAL AI: AI in real estate will CRE lead the way, AI at Associations and MLSs, Fast Facts, Headlines and AI Quote of the Week
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 44 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact our industry. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. AI in real estate: Will CRE lead the way? One real estate tech truism that has endured since I’ve been in the business is that the most advanced technology gets adopted in the Commercial Real Estate industry well before residential real estate. Often, the determining [...]
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10, 2024
MLS Data Quality Control Software Space is Heating Up
Today, CRS Data, one of the nationwide leaders in public records software, announced their re-entry into the MLS Data Quality Control software space with their new product called ListingIntegrity. This software category has heated up recently with the launch of this product, plus Checkmate from VestaPlus, and the relaunch of Data Checker from Corelogic.
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10, 2024
Brokers May Look to MLS Vendors for Clear Cooperation Solution
As the Department of Justice organizes an antitrust case against NAR and its MLSs for using CCP to prevent start-up listing companies, brokers are trying to find a path forward that will either keep CCP, or remove it.
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10, 2024
MLSs Living Life on a Slippery Slope
It could imply that certain decisions or changes could set a precedent or trigger a series of consequences that are difficult to control or reverse, potentially impacting the industry in a negative way.
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10, 2024
Ambivalence Expressed about Association Services in WAV Group Post-Settlement Sentiment Survey
Local real estate associations play a crucial role in supporting agents and brokers, providing services that range from professional development to community engagement. But how do members perceive the value of these services? Our recent survey of real estate agents and brokers reveals valuable insights into which offerings resonate most and where associations might refine their focus to better serve their members.
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10, 2024
Get A Clue About the Value of MLS
There is an enormous opportunity for cooperation with international firms to build international opportunities.
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10, 2024
A Guide to Technology Assessment Services
A technology assessment service helps real estate executives optimize budgets, streamline operations, and align tech investments with business goals. Discover how a structured assessment can drive efficiency and growth.
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10, 2024
Hurricane Helene’s Aftermath: an update from our partner George Slusser
While George and his family are managing with limited resources, his message is a sobering reminder of the severe impact this hurricane has had on the surrounding communities.