How to recruit and retain top agents
How are brokerages of all shapes and sizes recruiting top talent? Aaron Drussel, CEO and co-founder of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Influence Partners, and Rainy Hake, COO of Alain Pinel Realtors, dissected recruiting and retention in one of the first panels in Broker Connect at ICSF. Drussel’s brokerage (BHGE Influence Partners) has about […]
How to use video to get listings and enthrall buyers
The most important piece of advice Amy Youngren, Ben Bacal and Peter Lorimer offered about real estate videos at Inman Connect San Francisco was to be authentic. There’s a lot more that goes into videos, but authenticity is what resonates with clients. Youngren, Bacal and Lorimer all do different types of video. Youngren markets her […]
Stop thinking like a salesperson
Joseph Rand/Facebook Real estate agents are in the business of selling homes, so viewing one as salesperson is anything but uncommon. However, most agents would prefer if buyers viewed them as more of a service than just home hustlers — but changing the reputation of an entire industry has to start from the ground up. […]
What are the big trends facing brokerages today?
When Sherry Chris and Brad Inman took the stage to kick off Broker Connect at Inman Connect San Francisco this year, the two real estate veterans had a hefty topic to tackle: What will brokers need to know about the trends taking place in business today — so they can still be in that business five years […]
Majority of states see annual dip in mortgage fraud risk
As mortgage rates continue to descend, loan application defects and fraud risk are following suit. According to First American’s June 2016 Loan Application Defect Index, misrepresentations in loan applications dipped 1.4 percent in June compared with the previous month. Annually, these fraudulent trends decreased 12.2 percent. The Defect Index, an estimation of mortgage loan fraud risk […]
Property Valuation: Home Price Index Audio Clip June 2016
National Home Prices Increased 5.7 Percent Year Over Year in June 2016 Home prices including distressed sales increased 5.7 percent year over year in June 2016 and are forecast to increase by 5.3 percent over the next year. The highest appreciation was in the West, with Oregon and Washington growing by double-digits in June. […]
Property Valuation: Home Price Index Highlights June 2016
National Home Prices Increased 5.7 Percent Year Over Year in June 2016 Home prices including distressed sales increased 5.7 percent year over year in June 2016 and are forecast to increase by 5.3 percent over the next year. The highest appreciation was in the West, with Oregon and Washington growing by double-digits in June. Prices […]
How are most couples splitting their down payments?
For couples buying a home together — especially those in which each partner is pursuing his or her own career — how much each person contributes to the down payment can involve accommodating finances for each person or simply splitting the total straight down the middle. What do most couples do? New research from NerdWallet indicates that […]
Zillow Group acquires Bridge Interactive
When Zillow Group acquired dotloop, a real estate transaction software company, in late 2015, industry insiders wondered what the next big move would be. Would the real estate behemoth keep its eyes out for another dotloop, or would it turn its sights elsewhere in the industry? Today we have an answer: Zillow Group announced that […]
Matterport announces 3 updates to virtual tour suite
Inman Connect San Francisco is kicking off with some news on the tech front. Matterport, 3-D home tour provider and virtual reality pioneer, has been busy. Today the company announced the expansion of its virtual reality offerings to include Google Cardboard, the addition of 360-degree outdoor landscapes and a new 3-D Space tagging feature — all of which aim […]
