A New Era of MLS Mergers and Acquisitions Arrives

There is very little clarity today about the fast spreading news that Realtor Association shareholders of RE Colorado have given notice that they intend to sell their shares of the MLS to a private equity firm. The Realtor Associations want out of their investment, and it doesn't really matter why. To date no MLS has ever been sold to private equity investors. Some MLSs have been sold outright to fellow Associations and MLS, but to our knowledge, we never seen private equity enter this space until now. This could set off a wave of transactions if private equity starts to pay attention to the profitable business models of Multiple Listing Services.

Collabra Technology joins the CoreLogic® Real Estate Alliance Network

Since Homesnap was sunsetted, agents have missed the ability to seamlessly promote their listings directly from the MLS. Now with this new partnership between Corelogic and Collabra, users of MLS-Touch and Matrix will be able to promote their listings via digital advertising with one click right from inside two of their core tools. As days on market have started to increase and buyers are being more selective, the need to generate listing attention is ever greater. For Corelogic users, they will now have a seamless way to give their listings social media exposure without the cumbersome process of exporting their listing out of the MLS and into another system.  Great addition to the Corelogic Alliance Network in my view.

By |2024-06-25T08:44:36-07:00June 25th, 2024|Announcements, Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Collabra Technology joins the CoreLogic® Real Estate Alliance Network

REAL AI: Update on AI in real estate from NAREE, facts, headlines and Quote of the Week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 25 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. Update on AI in real estate from NAREE This week at the National Association of Real Estate Editors (naree.org), Jason Hidalgo of the Reno Gazette-Journal hosted a panel discussion on “Nearing the Inflection Point: Artificial Intelligence and Housing.” Featured panelists included Zillow AI expert Ondrej Linda; Tech-pert Glenn [...]

By |2024-06-21T08:37:54-07:00June 21st, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on REAL AI: Update on AI in real estate from NAREE, facts, headlines and Quote of the Week

Inside Real Estate Launches New Brand BoldTrail for Their Product Portfolio

Today, they announce that their kvCORE, BrokerSumo, BrokerMint, and AmpStats brands will evolve into one cohesive brand and one cohesive technology solution.

By |2024-06-21T06:18:04-07:00June 20th, 2024|Announcements, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Inside Real Estate Launches New Brand BoldTrail for Their Product Portfolio

A Step Beyond Brad Inman’s Opinion of AI in Real Estate

The greatest journalist in real estate history is probably Brad Inman. He wields the proverbial pen like a master, blending conversations from sources with his experience and wit. This week, he took a swing at the future of AI in real estate. His analysis is impressive, but I think he missed one very important consideration.

By |2024-06-17T14:00:30-07:00June 17th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence|Comments Off on A Step Beyond Brad Inman’s Opinion of AI in Real Estate

REAL AI: Will it be the Apple of your AI, Apple Intelligence could be the AI game-changer, facts, headlines and Quote of the Week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 24 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. Will it be the Apple of your AI? As we predicted two weeks ago, the tech world (and Wall Street) was abuzz this week about Apple's AI-related announcements at its developer conference. Our take: most press reports were off the mark, lamenting how Apple is playing “catch up” when it [...]

By |2024-06-14T09:27:05-07:00June 14th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on REAL AI: Will it be the Apple of your AI, Apple Intelligence could be the AI game-changer, facts, headlines and Quote of the Week

Acquiring More Profit: The Definitive Online Course for Successful Brokerage Acquisitions

Unlock the secrets of successful real estate brokerage M&A with our comprehensive online course, "Acquiring More Profit." Based on the acclaimed book by George Slusser and Victor Lund, this course delivers the same valuable content originally presented in our popular nine-part webinar series, now available for you to learn at your own pace.

By |2024-06-12T11:49:48-07:00June 12th, 2024|Acquisitions, Broker-Agent Information, M&A|Comments Off on Acquiring More Profit: The Definitive Online Course for Successful Brokerage Acquisitions

MLS Tech Goes Global: Arab MLS Sees Growth and Expansion with CoreLogic Matrix Rollout

The visionary leaders at Arab MLS, led by founder Ahmed Elbatrawy, are delivering sophisticated business solutions to real estate professionals and transforming home buying and selling in Arab nations. A cornerstone of Arab MLS’s business solutions is CoreLogic’s Matrix, the No. 1 listing management platform in North America. Now expanding into the Middle East, including Egypt and the UAE, Matrix offers Arab MLS real estate professionals—for the first time—a single source of truth property record database and more effective land record management. Core MLS listing input and search functionality, data syndication, client portal, statistics, and market analysis are all provided, [...]

By |2024-06-10T07:39:07-07:00June 10th, 2024|MLS, News, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on MLS Tech Goes Global: Arab MLS Sees Growth and Expansion with CoreLogic Matrix Rollout

MLSs Not Endeavoring to Protect Broker Listings are in Copyright Breach

Because the MLS licenses the data from the broker, they must uphold their side of the bargain.

By |2024-06-09T23:33:59-07:00June 10th, 2024|Broker Information, Data-Driven Culture, MLS Insights|Comments Off on MLSs Not Endeavoring to Protect Broker Listings are in Copyright Breach

Real AI: AI avatars to attend meetings, AI “good or bad” debate continues, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 23 Real AI is a 100% human-created weekly roundup of all things AI in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact real estate, posting weekly. Images are AI + human generated. Will AI avatars attend meetings for you? File this one under "please don't." Sometimes, just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should. Someone needs to tell Google and Zoom that – and pronto! Both firms are working on AI avatars that will attend meetings for us. The initial results are frightening, [...]

By |2024-06-07T08:39:07-07:00June 7th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Real AI: AI avatars to attend meetings, AI “good or bad” debate continues, facts, headlines and AI quote of the week

Microsoft Bing Real Estate Portal in Violation of Copyright Infringement – MLSs Must Act Immediately

This may be a make or break moment for MLS.

By |2024-06-04T14:18:15-07:00June 4th, 2024|MLS Insights, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Microsoft Bing Real Estate Portal in Violation of Copyright Infringement – MLSs Must Act Immediately