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January 15, 2015

6 free must-install Google Chrome extensions for Realtors

Google’s Chrome browser comes packed with thousands of extensions that can simplify your life. Similar to apps on your smartphone, these extensions range in functionality from social media to productivity and security. With a few quick downloads, your browser could be doing more for you. Here are some of my favorites…
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Markets & Economyrealtytracrobo signingSelect
January 15, 2015

Foreclosure starts surge as lenders start ‘spring cleaning’

The number of homes repossessed by lenders finally dropped to precrisis levels last year, but a surge in properties entering the foreclosure process or headed for the auction block at the end of the year indicates lenders are preparing to do some “spring cleaning” by taking action against hundreds of…
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BrokerageRedfinSelecttennessee
January 14, 2015

Redfin sets up shop in Tennessee and Southwest Florida

With the addition of four new markets in Tennessee and Southwest Florida, Redfin is continuing an expansion push that brought it into more than a dozen new markets in 2014. The Seattle-based brokerage and referral site, which raised $70.9 million in December that will help spur its growth, announced this week that it now…
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January 14, 2015

Showing Suite offers free showing scheduling system to MLSs

Real estate showing management service Showing Suite has launched a new automated showing scheduling system for multiple listing services for a price that can’t be beat: free. In rolling out its new MLS-integrated system, Showing Suite catches up to competitors ShowingTime and Centralized Showing Service Inc. and adds a twist that…
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January 14, 2015

Tool for tackling text and phone leads to be geared for teams

Real estate mobile marketing firm VoicePad has announced a new lead generation tool that will allow agents to automatically route incoming calls to team members. With “TeamPhone,” which will be available later this month, teams are assigned a single phone number that connects to a VoicePad back-end system that allows team leaders…
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January 14, 2015

Find a professional photographer to shoot your listings on Houzz

Real estate agents who want their clients’ listings to appear in the best possible light on search portals can now search remodeling and design marketplace Houzz for professional photographers offering services in the U.S. and Canada. Houzz says it already has 500 professional photographers in its network who are providing…
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pocket listingsresaasSelectTechnology
January 14, 2015

Facebook wants to power your company’s internal social network

Real estate brokerages that want to create their own internal social networks — enabling agents to publicize listings in house, for example — will soon be able to use Facebook for that purpose. Facebook is entering the “enterprise social network” space with a new app, “Work,” TechCrunch’s Ingrid Lungren reports.…
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January 14, 2015

Real Estate Connect NYC attracting best and brightest of broker firms

Whether you’re a broker with a large franchise brokerage, mid-sized regional brand, local boutique or emerging “indie” shop, you can’t afford to miss Real Estate Connect New York City 2015, coming Jan. 27-30 to the Marriott Marquis. Kicking off the conference is the Broker War Room, which is quickly filling…
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profilereal estateSelectTechnology
January 14, 2015

Katie Lance: ‘Social media is like being at a dinner party’

Age: 39 Years in real estate: 10 Job title: Owner and CEO, Katie Lance Consulting Location: San Francisco Bay Area Hours per week spent on social media: Too many to count Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest Target demographic: Brokerages, tech companies in the real…
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