Tag: brokers

The Undefended MLS: A Call to Arms

Post author By Sam DeBord
Post date February 16, 2022
Categories In Organized RE, Top Feature
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The MLS is undefended. Its existence, its value proposition, and its utility are largely unknown to the real estate consumer. MLSs as a whole have little ownership stake in the technical distribution and attribution of real estate information on an … Read more...

MLS Town: Raising Speed Limits and Tolling Roads (LEAP Part 2)

Post author By Sam DeBord
Post date April 7, 2021
Categories In Organized RE, Top Feature
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– For Part 1 of this discussion, see Six Questions on Brokers’ MLS Data (LEAP Part 1) –

The conversation about giving brokers a single efficient process for working with MLS data (LEAP Policy) continues to heat up. Michael Wurzer … Read more...

Naked data under the stars: A real estate love story

Post author By Sam DeBord
Post date July 2, 2019
Categories In Inman News

This article was originally published on Inman News:

Key Takeaways

Stellar MLS’s data conversion improved the speed and quality of its broker tech integrations.
Remine’s implementation time was reduced by 75 percent.
MLS Grid’s onboarding time dropped from six

‘We’re not kidding’: Deadlines loom for broker technology upgrades

Post author By Sam DeBord
Post date July 2, 2019
Categories In Inman News

Key Takeaways

Access to outdated MLS data feeds will soon be cut off for some technology vendors and brokers.
New York struggles with quality data as much as the smallest market

Decoding the Broker-MLS Cold War Part 2: Free the Data

Key Takeaways

Real estate apps and data don’t function seamlessly across MLS, broker and vendor tools — there are concrete technical reasons.
Brokers need to understand the issues that keep them from leveraging MLS data fully.
MLSs need to adopt

Real estate roundup: Big money, bad data, bot bites dog

Post author By Sam DeBord
Post date October 19, 2018
Categories In Inman News

This article was originally published on Inman News:

Big money is influencing the real estate business the way it does politics. It pushes ideals to their extremes to see how much they can withstand and still carry a critical … Read more...

2018 real estate: Bitcoin bets, mega brokerages and VR

Post author By Sam DeBord
Post date January 11, 2018
Categories In Inman News

This article was originally published on Inman News:

Not all of this year’s predictions are about cryptocurrency and venture capital funding startups. Big money is also bringing traditional efficiency to the real estate brokerage business.

With all the flashy … Read more...

NAR politics, Instant Offers and a noisy week in real estate

This article was originally published on Inman News:

Key Takeaways

Credit unions are buying brokerages and bundling services.
Zillow isn’t a broker but its toes are deeper in the transaction.
Alexa’s going to serve you listings.
Upstream’s pragmatic pivot

Homesnap + Broker Public Portal: The Unofficial Why and How (and the case for more PR)

I’ve been seeing a lot of questions about the direction and makeup of the Broker Public Portal and its relationship with Homesnap. I have no direct influence or investment in either group, but plenty of interest.

Let’s clear the

Is Opendoor the payday loan of real estate?

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Key Takeaways:

According to research, median Opendoor homesellers give up 14 percent of their homes’ value through equity and fees.
The results for homeowners are like a payday loan: Some scenarios could