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February 18, 2015

Online mortgage marketplace raises another $5 million

Sindeo, an online mortgage marketplace that arms consumers with insights into costs and fees to help them plan, qualify and shop for a mortgage with multiple lenders, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round that the startup will use to fuel its expansion out of California. The…
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February 18, 2015

Mauricio Umansky: ‘We won’t accept just any agent’

The chief executive officer of The Agency talks about 100 percent transparency and why meditation should be done before the cocktail. The post Mauricio Umansky: ‘We won’t accept just any agent’ appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 18, 2015

How News Corp. could take out Zillow

After News Corp. took control of realtor.com and ListHub, players in the real estate industry started to wonder what would happen next. When Zillow and ListHub failed to renew their listing agreement, things really started to heat up. And now that Zillow and Trulia are merging, the battle is really going…
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February 18, 2015

Nicholas Quirico: ‘The biggest problem facing the industry is listing inaccuracy’

Inman is interviewing real estate professionals in every area of the field to talk about technology use. Here’s Nicholas Quirico of Accurate Agent and MyHouseHas. I run a business called Accurate Agent that addresses problems early on in the real estate process. I work to bring Realtors the tools they need…
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February 18, 2015

Your cheat sheet to the Zillow-Trulia deal

We awaken today to a world where Trulia is owned by the newly named Zillow Group. Brokers and agents need to make quick sense of what the closing Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia means for the immediate and ongoing future. To help you toward that end, here is a cheat sheet…
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February 17, 2015

Zillow-Trulia merger closes

The long-anticipated merger between the two largest U.S. real estate search portals has finally closed after a six-month review by the Federal Trade Commission. Announced last July, the merger of Zillow and Trulia begins the next chapter of a fierce competitive battle with News Corp. and its Move and realtor.com…
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February 17, 2015

Zillow’s campaign for direct MLS feeds is about to get a boost

Zillow will soon be able to make use of what it hopes is a potent weapon in its arsenal to obtain direct feeds from multiple listing services: its chief industry development officer, Errol Samuelson. Samuelson has been on leave since July 1, when a Washington state Superior Court judge granted…
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February 17, 2015

Trulia lays off hundreds of workers

With Zillow and Truila’s merger expected to close today, Trulia has laid off hundreds of employees today, Inman has heard from several sources. While Zillow is expected to keep the Trulia brand and website alive, the merger paves the way for it to make cost reductions in areas where there…
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February 17, 2015

Why independent brokers should set up agent training programs

Here’s a thought: “In five years, 50 percent of the transactions will be completed by an agent who is not currently licensed.” That’s a quote from the incoming president of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, Ron Croushore. It makes you stop and think about where these new agents are going…
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February 17, 2015

How agents can survive the transition from ‘rainmaker’ brokerage to independence

I hate the term “rainmaker,” though technically I fit the description as it’s used within the real estate industry. Contrary to what is typically associated with a rainmaker, I don’t make dollar bills (or leads, for that matter) fall from the sky onto my team members as if it is…
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