Edina Realty pulls the plug on Realtor.com
Minnesota-based Edina Realty Inc. is once again saying goodbye to third-party real estate listing websites that aren't controlled by real estate brokerages, announcing today that...
ZipRealty allows unfiltered reviews of agents
Technology-based brokerage ZipRealty has revamped its handling of consumer reviews of its agents, and is now allowing registered users to post unfiltered ratings and reviews of...
Home sales, inventory both tick up in April
The pace of existing-home sales picked up in April, and while the number of homes on the market grew even faster, an "acute shortage of inventory" in some markets is...
How not to get rid of a time share
DEAR READERS: I frequently receive questions about how to get rid of a time share. I must admit that my response thus far has been less than satisfactory. I once suggested...
NAR helping MLSs cover costs of NeighborCity copyright suits
The National Association of Realtors will cover a portion of the legal expenses incurred by two multiple listing services that have filed copyright lawsuits against real estate...
DotLoop offers agents free version of transaction management platform
Real estate technology company DotLoop has released DotLoop NOW, a "light" version of its paperless transaction management platform that it's making available at no...
Top News
- Edina Realty pulls the plug on Realtor.com
Agents can still pay for 'enhanced' listings - DotLoop offers agents free version of tran...
Brokers can upgrade to premium service - NAR helping MLSs cover costs of NeighborCi...
Search portal's CEO alleges 'industrywide blackout' against site - Home sales, inventory both tick up in April
NAR: Scarcity of listings in some markets driving up prices - ZipRealty allows unfiltered reviews of agents
Nearly half of agents on board with 'fully transparent' system - Brokers get OK to push IDX listings to mobile
NAR midyear: $40 dues hike extended into 2013 - Remixed colonial house offers a seasoned m...
House of the Week: from Curbed.com - Never lose that 'beginner's mindset'
New ideas can come not only from peers, but innovators in other businesses - What to expect from FHA's pending condo ru...
Officials shed light on issues to be addressed - NAR weighs rules for mobile IDX listings
Rulemaking for social media postponed again - Bill would stop bulk REO sales in California
NAR backing sponsor Gary Miller's reelection bid - Banks must take risks
Modern economies cannot grow without credit - Trulia recruits brokerage exec to lead ind...
Matt Dollinger to help listing portal strengthen ties to MLSs, brokers, agents - NAR flexes political muscle
Rally in nation's capital draws 15,000 - Are big brokers delivering on tech, traini...
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[Tech Tip] Social Media Dashboard
Katie Lance was asked by real estate coach Bernice Ross to share the inside scoop on expanding your social media footprint.
Each day this week one tip from Katie’s, “Five Tips for Five Days” will be featured on Inman Next and Real Estate Coach Radio.
Today’s Tip: Social Media Dashboard
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Monday’s Tip: 30 Days, 30 photos
Tuesday’s Tip: Grid Your Content
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On Dependence
Part 3: Digital Decisions
“Our Digital Society in the Next 30 Years: An Interview with John Battelle”
“What I envisage is that, instead of designing everything (and particularly computer software) on the assumption that ‘people are going to behave like machines’ — that is, without feeling, love, hatred, anticipation, intuition, imagination, etc. (the very qualities we think of when we ask what it is to be human) — we design everything on the assumption that... more...
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In Illinois, incentives to buyer's agents must go through broker
Re: 'Incentives to buyer's agents raise steering concerns' (May 11)
Dear Editor:
Interesting article on the offering of the Mercedes directly to the buyer's agent as a reward. This is illegal in Illinois and I suspect many other states.
... more...Appraisals are lagging behind the market
We agree with all that is being said regarding the changing markets -- lower inventories, closer-to-list-price negotiations, and the potential for rising prices. But the issue we now encounter are the appraisals are lagging behind the market; therefore, they do not match the current market values or the sold price.
Challenges of the appraisals are met with disdain and then disapproval.
... more...Technology
Edina Realty pulls the plug on Realtor.com
Minnesota-based Edina Realty Inc. is once again saying goodbye to third-party real estate listing websites that aren't controlled by real estate brokerages, announcing today that its listings will disappear from the last national portal it was providing listings to, Realtor.com, within 10 days.
Edina Realty -- the dominant brokerage in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market -- caused a stir in November when it announced that it would stop syndicating listings to Realtor.com, Trulia and other national, third-party listing... more...
DotLoop offers agents free version of transaction management platform
Real estate technology company DotLoop has released DotLoop NOW, a "light" version of its paperless transaction management platform that it's making available at no charge to individual agents.
DotLoop said brokerages and franchisors that want to take advantage of premium services such as real-time reporting, broker-level dashboards and efficiency... more...
