With a commission lawsuit trial scheduled for October, BrightMLS is breaking a NAR policy requiring an amount higher than zero in the cooperative compensation field for property listings. Their goal is to improve transparency in agent-client communications.
At a Team Building Mastermind with the Oneil Group, Lisa Chinatti asked the question, “Do you really understand the consumer experience?” Because understanding what they’ve gone through before you meet them is critical to delivering the value they need.
As the newest part of his crackdown on “junk fees,” President Biden has targeted hidden rental costs that put additional strain on renters. In full support of these efforts, Zillow has introduced a new tool designed to improve rental cost transparency.
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation created a 50 state report card on affordable housing policies, grading every state, plus three cities, on their performance with three funding-dependent criteria: Healthy Building, Energy Efficiency, and Racial Equity.
A new Redfin report shows only 1% of U.S. homes—about 14 of every 1,000—have changed hands during the first half of 2023. That’s the lowest national turnover rate in at least a decade.
Byron Lazine and Lisa Chinatti each give three career-changing agent tactics to help you maximize your income potential for 2023 and beyond, drawing from what they’ve learned as successful agents and team leaders in their respective markets.
The Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI) reading for Q2 2023 shows a 3.0% annual increase in home prices—down from the second quarter’s 4.9% revised annual growth rate—and, on a quarterly basis, a 1.9% seasonally adjusted increase from Q1 2023.
REFER hosted a livestream with Phil Jones, the man behind the O.F.Q. formula and co-author of Exactly What To Say. Byron Lazine posed three common objections and Phil demonstrated how to handle them in a way that helps clients get past their own roadblocks.
Pacaso just released its 2023 Second Home Attitude Report, based on research involving over 400 high net worth individuals, on the top motivations and concerns of aspiring second home owners and co-owners across the U.S.
A recent study by Point2 identified the top million dollar markets—small, mid-sized, and large—with the highest shares of homes listed above $1 million. California has four of the top five large markets with the highest shares of homes listed at over $5 million.
The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) released its 2023 Member Profile, with 32% of Realtors® pointing to low inventory as the primary obstacle facing homebuyers in 2022.
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) issued a report titled, “A Surfeit of Real Estate Agents,” identifying “marginal agents” with five or fewer sales per year as the number one threat to the industry.
