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A Stellar Idea: My Florida Regional MLS Reimagines the Multiple Listing Service
The nation's third-largest Multiple Listing Service, My Florida Regional MLS, will become Stellar MLS on June 4, 2019, in a move that totally reimagines the MLS. Currently serving 58,000 customers
Leading Real Estate Photography Firms Form Association
Leading real estate photography companies have joined together to form the nation’s first trade group for real estate photographers. The Association of Real Estate Photographers (AREP)
MoveEasy Adds Amazon Alexa to Entire Platform
Consumers using Amazon Alexa now can access a free “Concierge for Life” service to help them move into a new home and keep their home in great shape. Real estate’s leading customized moving and post-transaction service for brokerages
OJO Labs Raises $45 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate Product Development and...
OJO Labs, which empowers consumers to make better decisions by providing the AI based personal assistant, “OJO,” has raised $45 million in Series C funding to accelerate its development and market expansion.
Ben Caballero Becomes the World’s First $2 Billion Real Estate Agent
Guinness World Record holder for home sales, broke his world record for an individual real estate agent, selling 5,793 homes totaling $2,270,911,643 in a single year.
New Podcast Series from the World’s #1 Ranked Real Estate Agent
Ben Caballero: Real Estate Lessons from the #1 Ranked Agent in the US” is a new four-part Podcast series featuring the legendary Ben Caballero, the first Guinness World Record holder for real estate sales. He's also the first individual with more than $1 billion of MLS recorded sales transactions in a single year, a feat he's accomplished for the last three years running.
SUMMER NEW HOME SALES NUMBERS STAY STABLE THROUGHOUT TEXAS
The pace of new home sales remained steady in three of the four largest new home building markets in Texas last month, but continued to slow in Houston according to data released today by HomesUSA.com, including its New Home Sales Index and data from local Multiple Listing Services.
SUMMER NEW HOME SALES NUMBERS REMAIN STABLE THROUGHOUT TEXAS
The pace of new home sales in Houston continued slowing last month, but the other three largest new home markets -- Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio – remained stable. The Days on Market (DOM) for new home sales in Houston increased from 152 days in May to 158 days last month, according
Edina Realty Launches “Emma Marketing” Automation for Agents
At its annual agent technology camp, Edina Realty, the largest residential brokerage serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin, announced the launch of marketing automation for its agents. This innovative service, powered by Imprev, automatically creates branded marketing content for agents throughout the life of Edina Realty’s listings
Homesnap Delivers One Million Free Leads for Agents
Homesnap, the industry-endorsed national home search platform, today announced that it has sent over one million free leads to listing and buyers agents. These leads are shared by Homesnap to help real estate agents build their brand and connect with potential clients.
Agents Make Moving More Affordable
zipLogix™ in concert with MooveGuru™ released a notification today to zipForm® Plus users informing them of a new program that invites home buyers and sellers to save 10% or more on moving expenses.
IS DALLAS UNSTOPPABLE? NEW HOME SALES STRONG THROUGHOUT TEXAS
New home sales in Texas last month were higher in all four of the state’s largest markets including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. But the Dallas-Ft. Worth market continues
Ben Caballero Sets a New World Record with $1.9 Billion in Home Sales
Guinness World Record holder Ben Caballero of HomesUSA.com in Addison, Texas set a new world record for home sales in a single year. Caballero sold more than 4,700 homes worth in excess of $1.9 billion in 2017, smashing the world record he set in 2016.
Real Estate Agent Ben Caballero Named Guinness World Record Holder
America’s number one ranked real estate agent, Ben Caballero of Addison, Texas, just became the number one real estate agent in the world, according to Guinness World Records. At the REAL Trends “Gathering of Eagles” conference in Denver today, America’s number one ranked real estate agent, Ben Caballero of Addison, Texas, just became the number one real estate agent in the world, according to Guinness World Records. At the REAL Trends “Gathering of Eagles” conference in Denver today, Caballero was recognized as the first real estate agent ever to be recognized by Guinness World Records (GWR) for home sales, for having sold 3,556 verified homes in a single year.
WAV Group Announces New Technology Consulting Division, Gumpper to Lead
One of real estate’s leading business consulting firms, WAV Group, announced today it is expanding its services to include IT Consulting - technology roadmaps, vendor selection, SaaS integrations – and that David Gumpper, former Chief Technology Officer for Michael Saunders & Company, is partnering with the WAV Group to lead this new Technology Consulting division.
Broker Public Portal with Homesnap Grows Over 150% in First Year
Broker Public Portal (BPP) since its launch with Homesnap in January last year has grown from serving 45 Multiple Listing Services to more than 120 MLSs today, representing 800,000 real estate agents and brokers. As a result, Homesnap has become one of the nation’s most collaborative consumer real estate apps. Real estate agents have invited more than 19 million clients and contacts to access MLS listing data, and 8.5 million consumers have engaged with their agents through Homesnap.
zavvie Reveals Colorado’s Hottest Neighborhoods with ‘Hot Hoodz’
What are Colorado’s hottest neighborhoods? Denver’s West Colfax and Chaffee Park are on the list, as are Old Town in Windsor, Downtown in Colorado Springs, and Keewaydin in Boulder. That’s according to December’s “Hot Hoodz,” released by zavvie, a national HyperLocal and social media real estate marketing startup based in Boulder.
FBS acquires Solid Earth’s Spring software platform to achieve powerful industry vision
FBS, creators of the industry-leading Flexmls® System and Spark Platform, announce acquisition of Solid Earth’s Spring software platform and the hiring of the Spring team. The trio of the Spring® Portal, the Spark® API, and the Flexmls® System creates a new, powerful platform that puts MLSs, brokers, and agents in full control of their data and brand to clearly and beautifully showcase their unique value propositions to their client-bases on both web and mobile platforms.
TEXAS NEW HOME SALES AND PRICES IMPROVE, BUT TAKE LONGER TO SELL
New home sales and prices improved in Texas, but took slightly longer to sell in September, according to HomesUSA.com® New Homes Sales Index and other data released today. The Index is 12-month rolling average of the Days on Market for new homes listed in the local Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) for the four largest Texas markets, including Houston, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio.
WAV Group’s Kevin Hawkins joins Forbes Real Estate Council
Kevin Hawkins, President of WAV Group Communications, has been accepted ito the Forbes Real Estate Council, an invitation-only community for executives in the real estate industry.
