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Century 21 is set to open its first franchise office in Manhattan in a bid to strengthen its international network and tap foreign buyers. In joining the Century 21 network, Manhattan-based Metropolitan Residential Partners will rebrand as Century 21...

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate has made its first foray into the Austin, Texas, market with a partnership between a San Antonio-based affiliate and a dissolving Austin firm. San Antonio-based Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Bradford Proper...

Last summer I got an email from a local real estate attorney who wanted to buy a house. He’d just gotten engaged and wanted to save some money by representing himself. This attorney wanted to do all the work an ......

If you missed our real estate webinar, “‘Best in Class’ Real Estate Marketing: Predictions for 2014,” you can catch the replay here! We had a jam-packed conversation with Valerie Garcia, senior technology coach and trainer for...

While there are hundreds, if not thousands, of new apps and Web tools, the question is which ones are really useful to you and your real estate business? How many apps do you have on your smartphone? More importantly, how ......

A group of younger agents will help Warren Buffett’s new real estate franchise brand, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, buck the aging agent trend and connect with the perspective of a younger generation. The Irvine, Calif.-based franchisor has ...

Brokerages affiliated with franchisors Prudential Real Estate, Re/Max and Century 21 scored higher than average in overall customer satisfaction among first-time buyers in a J.D. Power study measuring customer satisfaction among first-time and repeat...

I realized today that I owe at least a small debt of gratitude to cable channels like HGTV and TLC, which are full of real estate TV shows. They have done a marvelous job of setting expectations with buyers and sellers, and they've motivated prospect...

Warren Buffett’s new real estate franchise brand, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, will convert 12 more Prudential Real Estate-affiliated brokerages, bringing the total number of firms committed to the 1-year-old network to 51. The new franchise br...

Offshore buyers, unemployment rates hovering between 12 and 25 percent for adults aged 18-25, and an onslaught of baby boomers has caused the number of multigenerational households to explode. If you’re looking for a great niche in 2014, specia...

Sweeten, the New York City home remodeling matchmaking startup, has signed a one-year exclusive deal with New York City-based brokerage The Corcoran Group that will give the firm’s clients insight into the cost and value of home remodeling proj...

Monday, 11:30 a.m.: I submit an offer on a home for a buyer. I email it to the listing agent and text her to let her know it's coming. The listing agent texts me back and let's me know she received it. The expiration of the offer is Tuesday at 6 p.m....

Up until now I have resisted the urge to write about AgentMatch. I think that Realtor data is important, and how we use it matters. The data that will fuel AgentMatch is personal -- it has more to do with people than with property. ......

Moving to capitalize on its new freedom to publish listings from non-Realtor affiliated sources, realtor.com is now getting listing data from The Corcoran Group, and is in discussions to license data from other New York City brokerages and the Real ...

There was a time, not so long ago, when my family and I would sit down on Sunday morning to have breakfast and I would watch my dad read the newspaper from cover to cover. Now, he reads the news ......

In the fall of 2011, Jessica Hunt was working for a boutique real estate firm in Cambridge, Mass., where she’d moved to be with her fiance, when a blood clot lodged in the left side of her brain, causing a ......

This week we pause from our busy schedules to gather with family and friends to give thanks for what we have. What would your life be like if you could express this level of thanks everyday? When times are good ......

Real estate franchise giant Keller Williams Realty has issued a statement advising its agents to oppose realtor.com’s new agent rating platform, AgentMatch, which uses sold data from multiple listing services and other statistics to rank agents...