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Broker Insights
Growing Your Brokerage Without Recruiting
The fastest growing firms seeking growth are deploying two primary avenues: merging with congruent brokerages and expanding into adjacent businesses.
Webinar Week In November!
WAV Group and RE Technology are getting you ready for the end of the year with back-to-back-to-back webinars in November.
Buyer-broker Client Registry
Savvy brokers can leverage this change to gain a competitive edge and unlock a wealth of opportunities.
MLS and Association Best Practices
MLS Match Extends Network with Stellar MLS Participation
MLS Match features multi-language support, automated agreements, real-time updates, and tools for tracking referrals, making it easier for Stellar MLS’s extensive network to connect with top firms globally.
Is Doubling the Price for the Same MLS Services Really Open Access?
With the new focus and discussions about offering MLS access to all licensees, due in large part to a series of lawsuits, many associations and MLSs are building out their paths for moving forward to make MLS accessible to all licensees within their state. While many are building pricing strategies that offer MLS services to REALTORS® and licensees either at parity or with a slight member discount to REALTORS®, others are going in the opposite direction.
Webinar Week In November!
WAV Group and RE Technology are getting you ready for the end of the year with back-to-back-to-back webinars in November.
Real Estate Technology Trends
WAV Group Releases New Report: Commission Analysis as a Service
By leveraging the Commission Analysis Prediction (CAP) tool, brokers can consolidate plans, aligning agent compensation with performance while improving the brokerage’s bottom line.
REAL AI: AI in real estate will CRE lead the way, AI at Associations and MLSs, Fast Facts, Headlines and AI Quote of the Week
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 44 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors [...]
REAL AI: Debunking ChatGPT Myths, AI and Data Standards at RESO, Facts, Headlines and AI Quote of the Week
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 43 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors [...]
Strategic Planning and Research
NAR Study: Single women first-time buyers on the rise, and single men decline
The new NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2024 is out! Release just before NAR NXT 2024 begins this week in Boston, it’s a study I look forward to unpacking every year. Already, the [...]
WAV Group Post-Settlement Survey Reveals restrictive Lockbox Policies Needs to be Reconsidered
Today, local Associations provide lockbox access only to their local members. Some provide 1-day access codes with an additional cost to those outside of their territory. Others flatly refuse to provide access to members of other associations or MLSs they deem competitive. In Louisiana, for example, there are three markets equidistant from one another. Two of the three have agreed to provide reciprocal access, yet refuse reciprocal access to the third.. This type of anti-competitive behavior is completely counter to earlier proposed agreements with the DOJ that required statewide lockbox access to all licensees.
Ambivalence Expressed about Association Services in WAV Group Post-Settlement Sentiment Survey
Local real estate associations play a crucial role in supporting agents and brokers, providing services that range from professional development to community engagement. But how do members perceive the value of these services? Our recent survey of real estate agents and brokers reveals valuable insights into which offerings resonate most and where associations might refine their focus to better serve their members.