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February 5, 2015

Redfin glides into tech-friendly St. Louis

Redfin has set up shop in St. Louis, opening the door for buyers and sellers in the area to team up with its tech-fueled real estate agent team, and continuing the discount broker’s aggressive push into new markets. Redfin Regional Director Mark Reitman suggested that St. Louis’ burgeoning tech scene will grease the runway for Redfin…
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February 5, 2015

Why real estate professionals need to read ‘Zillow Talk’

Many real estate professionals are still ambivalent about Zillow. They remember how Zillow came to the market 10 years ago with a much less industry-friendly attitude than it developed once it realized there was more money in pursuing the industry as a client rather than a competitor. Maybe we’re just…
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February 5, 2015

Kyle Stephenson: ‘Are we doing enough in the industry to get traction?’

Kyle Stephenson of NotaryCam talks about going mobile, the necessity of privacy in notarization, and what kind of weeks necessitate a cocktail. The post Kyle Stephenson: ‘Are we doing enough in the industry to get traction?’ appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 5, 2015

Haptic holograms bring texture to 3-D home tours

What’s the latest rage in real estate virtual tours? Simple: 3-D. The technology that started out with simple renderings has evolved into a fully interactive space built on photos. And now, the future of 3-D tours is being played out with holograms you can actually touch. You’re not dreaming; the…
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February 5, 2015

Gina Tufano on the name change that got her thrown in Facebook jail … twice

Age: 42 Years in real estate: 19! Job title: Ringleader Location: Northern Virginia Hours per week spent on social media: 10 to 20 is my best guess. I don’t really want to count. Know what I mean? Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn — an orphaned Pinterest account and Google+ if that…
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February 5, 2015

Why I love my MLS

Last week’s Real Estate Connect New York conference got me thinking about technology. I have said for years that my multiple listing service (MLS) is the best example of how to do technology well. My MLS helps level the playing field between big companies and smaller independent organizations — like mine!…
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February 5, 2015

Re/Max names university president to board of directors

Publicly-traded real estate franchise giant Re/Max Holdings Inc. has filled a vacancy on its board of directors created by the retirement of CEO Margaret Kelly, naming Christine Riordan, the president-elect of a Long Island, New York-based university, to fill the position. Riordan, who takes over as president of Adelphi University…
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February 4, 2015

Raising the real estate bar

Since Inman Select was launched less than three months ago, Inman readership has grown 72 percent, visits are up 43 percent, page views are up 60 percent, story comments have increased dramatically, and time on the site has increased 29 percent. Measured by group sales, as many as 323,000 real…
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February 4, 2015

The critical consumer-experience component your real estate business could be missing

Recently, I appear to be placing an increasing premium on not only my overall consumer experience, but also the consistency of that experience. A few weeks ago, I decided that I would finally upgrade my iPad (just a few months after deciding to upgrade my iPhone). I knew I would…
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February 4, 2015

How demand from the ultra-rich will transform luxury real estate

The outlook for luxury residential real estate is bright as China and other Eastern nations with burgeoning economies continue to mint new millionaires and billionaires hungry for properties in the West, and the looming transfer of trillions in wealth to the next generation spurs additional sales of high-end properties. That’s…
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