With half of the mortgages going to these Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs), there is an opportunity for Realtors® to be part of the solution. One of the leaders in working with realtors to collect data for GSEs is Clear Capital. They have partnered with CoreLogic to assist with the creation of more modern valuation and appraisal workflows.
In today’s fast-paced real estate market, technology has become a crucial component of broker success. WAV Group’s 2023 Broker Technology Study captured broker technology usage patterns and their perceived impact on business and agent success. Technology plays a significant role in the success of brokers and MLSs in today’s real estate market. While brokers are generally supportive of their technology stacks, they do believe that technology is not being leveraged to its fullest extent. There is room to better promote why and how agents will benefit if they fully embrace technology offered by their brokerage.
CoreLogic has created a data sharing application that allows Matrix customers to add a tab in Matrix that opens a read-only-view session in another Matrix powered MLS. Northwestern Wisconsin MLS and adjacent NorthstarMLS are among the first MLSs to use the data sharing feature.
RE/MAX Results has announced that they are providing their Sales Executives with a Super App, and are among the first firms in America to do so.
This BoomTown acquisition by Inside Real Estate will find two groups of great people coming together and expanding on a shared mission of brokerage profitability in the best possible way.
Real estate transactions have always been driven by data, and now more than ever, expanded location data has become critical for MLSs trying to improve the consumer home search. In this masterclass, moderated by Marilyn Wilson (Founding Partner, WAV Group), you will gain valuable insights from a panel of industry experts on how offering location insights has become so crucial to the MLS websites.
We see the emergence of homeownership portals happening now. We anticipate that homeownership portals will replace or transform property search portals and real estate CRMs.
It was a Sunday morning and I was taking a break from doing chores around the house. The house phone rings and my mom (Baby Boomer) picks it up. I can only hear this side of the conversation, but quickly I gathered that it was “DirecTV” on the phone. The call went on for a fairly long time. Finally, when my mom hung up the phone, I asked her who it was. She told me it was DirecTV and they claimed to need to replace some of the equipment for our satellite to provide us with a better signal. The equipment normally costs $1,000, but it would only cost us $300 and after 6 months, we would get the money back. But something did not feel right.
MooveGuru is a serious competitor in the rapidly developing service category of empowering Realtors with tools to help consumers move. The acquisition of Relocator supports MooveGuru’s effort to roll up competitors and deliver the best components of their technology offerings.
WAV Group met with Richard Boone, CEO and John Ryan, Chief Marketing Officer of Georgia MLS to discuss the strategy of launching floor plan software, and partnering with floor plan technology leader, CubiCasa, as a basic service of the MLS and to learn how agents are adopting the new service.
Any real estate executive knows that one of the greatest wealth-building decisions that any person can make is to buy a home. Quarter, Inc., leader in fractional homeownership, allows the buyer to purchase a fraction of the home that they can afford and enjoy all the financial and lifestyle benefits of homeownership.
I had an immediate pandemic flashback as I looked around at the thousands of people that filled the Las Vegas Convention Center at this week's National Association of Home Builders annual International Builders Show. I remember asking colleagues on virtual conferences at the height of the pandemic if anyone thought we'd ever have major, mask-less conventions again. The consensus was “no way.” NAHB's International Builders Show or IBS is the nation's biggest real estate show by nearly every measure. Yes, way. In fact, it was rare to see many masks at the latest builder show. And I probably [...]
