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Jan 15, 2020,
Steve Murray, Real Trends President
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At a recent meeting with several key state and local associations of Realtors® CEOs, we learned membership rolls are still growing. Many also report that membership totals are now at or nearing historic highs.
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Jan 15, 2020,
Sue Johnson, Real Trends Strategic Alliance Consultant
Summary:
In a November 22 Request for Information (RFI), the Bureau asked for public comments on the TRID Rule's effectiveness as it prepares an assessment report of the Rule that the Dodd-Frank Act requires to be published within five years of its effective date...
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Jan 15, 2020,
Real Trends
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Home Buyer Interest Up Again In November Nationwide... Showing Traffic Increases for Fourth Consecutive Month. November home showing activity continued an upward trend of year-over-year growth following the fourth consecutive month of increased showing activity...
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Jan 15, 2020,
Larry Kendall, author of Ninja Selling and Chairman Emeritus of The Group, Inc.
Summary:
Don't forget about low performers and high performers, but spend time moving your middle performers up. "The biggest opportunity for performance improvement in any organization is in moving the middle, according to business coach Michael K. Simpson...
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Jan 15, 2020,
Peter Gilmour, Real Trends Chief Foreign Correspondent
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It looks like the Australian real estate market's decline has leveled and started to ease in most major cities. According to the latest report on the Australian residential real estate market by CoreLogic, a property data and analytics provider in Australia, the annual rate of decline in housing values saw continued improvement...
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Jan 15, 2020,
Dave Zitting, Co-CEO Real Trends
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Why has today's tech yet to meet the greater needs of the housing consumer? Relationships matter in real estate, and that will never change. From Silicon Canal to Silicon Slopes to Silicon Prairie, tech cities continue to pop up across the nation as long as the consumer continues to evolve and demand, tech gurus, will be there to respond...
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Jan 15, 2020,
Tracey C. Velt, Real Trends Editor In Chief
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Scott Smith, president and general manager of the Constellation Real Estate Group portfolio shares his insights on technology trends in 2020. With a portfolio of 15 real estate tech company, Constellation Real Estate Group does extensive research on technology trends and solutions from the front office to back and everything in between...
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Dec 17, 2019,
Steve Murray, Real Trends President
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The five largest publicly held real estate services companies all reported earnings for the third quarter of 2019 and their year-to-date results through September 30, 2019. There were no big surprises. The one interesting thing is that virtually all of them rely on creative non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to provide clarity to their results.
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Dec 17, 2019,
Steve Murray, Real Trends President
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With a slew of lawsuits attacking the way commissions are charged, it's not surprising the Consumer Federation of America has a new report out. We analyze the results.
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Dec 17, 2019,
Randy VandenHouten and Al Miller
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For brokerage firms to survive and thrive, having a long-term reoccurring revenue stream is no longer a nice-to-have, but a must-have. A mortgage joint venture may be the answer.