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February 28, 2015

Real estate disruption won’t be what you think

Real estate disruption is inevitable, and the industry eventually will experience a massive overhaul. However, disruption may come in a form far different from what most people expect. Looking at the current state of the real estate business, there are a handful of major players at the corporate level that…
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February 28, 2015

Watch bird’s-eye video of Boston’s snow-covered cityscape

Boston Virtual Imaging, a specialty video and photography firm, compiled this aerial view of some of the city’s historic landmarks dusted by the historic winter storm. The post Watch bird’s-eye video of Boston’s snow-covered cityscape appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 28, 2015

California IDX website provider moves into Florida

RealtyTech Inc., a California-based provider of agent and office IDX websites and Internet marketing tools, has broken into the Florida market and expanded its customer base and line of products by acquiring Strategic Agent Inc. Strategic Agent’s existing clients will be provided with RealtyTech’s Premium Suite at no extra charge,…
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February 27, 2015

How Realogy will tackle challenges facing the industry: Watch the video

Over 18 years, Realogy Chairman, CEO and President Richard Smith helped build the world’s largest franchise real estate enterprise, which includes brands like Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker and Coldwell Banker Commercial, ERA and Sotheby’s International Realty. Realogy is also the home of the nation’s…
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February 27, 2015

When Fed raises short-term rates, pray long-term rates don’t follow

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s testimony, inherently a forecast, overwhelmed all other forces on markets this week. Yellen did a fabulous job. When the future is deeply uncertain, it’s the job of the Fed chair to turn on the fog, and she did — in an expert rundown on the…
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February 27, 2015

Brokerage promising to rain Internet leads on its agents

International brokerage eXp Realty has launched “Making It Rain,” a new marketing program to generate Internet leads for its 540 agents. Agents pay a minimum of $100 per month to join the program and in return eXp will market their branded eXp Realty search portal or another website of their choosing…
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February 27, 2015

Zillow’s drinking the Trulia Kool-Aid, realtor.com gets feisty

Realtor.com operator Move Inc. has been feisty out of the gate with its new rival Zillow Group Inc. Just a week after Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia closed, the two already have a new court date. On March 12 a judge will decide whether Move’s syndication platform ListHub can cut its listings feed to…
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February 27, 2015

Inman announces daily real estate technology reviews — coming next week

Technology is supposed to make work — and life — easier. But the irony of our modern world is that oftentimes, it actually makes life more difficult. How do you find the best software (or hardware) for your budget and work environment? How do you know that your hard-earned money is being…
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February 27, 2015

Does staging add value to the home-selling process?

From Realtors to bloggers to HGTV, sellers hear about the need to get creative to attract prospective buyers to their homes. Suggestions include filling the rooms with warm and inviting scents, providing the perfect lighting or playing up fun and interesting features. Another popular option is home staging, which involves…
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February 27, 2015

5 places to find a stellar idea for your next piece of real estate content

Writing content is for your real estate blog is great; everyone is doing it. And if you stick with it long-term, it can help pick up long-tail keywords on Google and drive more traffic to your website. What everyone is not doing (yet) is writing content that they know will…
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