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NAR PULSE—Are your agents traveling this summer? For a limited time, members can enjoy a free Double Upgrade and up to 25 percent off their next Hertz rental through the REALTOR Benefits® Program. Plus, new Hertz Gold Plus Rewards members who sign up this summer can earn 500 activation Bonus Points after completing their first [...]

Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie’s Education Foundation honored 52 outstanding teachers from the Northern California communities served by its offices. The company hosted three grant ceremonies. The San Francisco event was held on June 7th at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco and honored 15 teachers. Families, peers, community leaders and BHG agents honored the [...]

Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC recently announced that Legacy Properties West in Durango, Colo., is the newest member of its luxury real estate network and will operate as Legacy Properties West Sotheby’s International Realty. Tom Morse is broker and owner, and the firm’s office is located at 743 Main Avenue in Durango. “Legacy Properties West [...]

Florida’s housing market continued its upswing in May, with higher closed sales, more pending sales, rising median prices, more new listings and a lower inventory of homes for sale, according to the latest housing data released by Florida REALTORS®. “Home sales continue to increase, it’s taking less time for sales to close, and median sales [...]

As a real estate professional, finding key leverage points within your business is important to effecting positive change. As the industry continues to evolve, so must our skills and sales strategy. Identifying and capitalizing on those areas where a small tweak or addition to strategy can make a big difference will accelerate and support sustainable [...]

It could have been a disaster. For Brad Whitehouse, Mike Burns and Alan Smith, pooling their resources to purchase RE/MAX Professionals in the Denver Metro area seemed like a no-brainer in 2006. They were experienced. They were well-prepared. They were filled with ideas and optimism. How were they to know the industry was headed for [...]

New agents building their practice may spend every weekend sitting open houses. Likely, they are dialing up everyone they know and they might even go door to door to acquire new prospects. These are honorable and productive business techniques. Once an agent starts building their career, however, they get busy and often prefer to use [...]

Realogy Holdings Corp., a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation and settlement services, recently announced the appointments of Jessica M. Bibliowicz and Fiona P. Dias to its Board of Directors. Bibliowicz is a veteran financial services executive and served as Chief Executive Officer of National Financial Partners Corp., [...]

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® has named imageSurge as a preferred provider through its Solutions Group program, introducing imageSurge’s Interactive Real Estate Storefront™ to the network’s 500+ real estate firms worldwide. imageSurge’s Interactive Real Estate Storefront™ transforms ordinary real estate office windows into powerful marketing platforms. Real estate companies can publish content and [...]

Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate recently announced the addition of Waco, Texas-based brokerage Edwards & Thomas Real Estate to its franchise network. The company, now operating as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Edwards & Associates, is led by Leslie and Thom Edwards. The brokerage will continue to serve the greater Waco area, including [...]

While spring may be the hottest selling season, summer gives you an additional opportunity to wow buyers: outdoor staging. An outdoor living space is an added bonus to any new home, and potential buyers want to envision themselves hanging with the family or hosting a party at their new home. Freshen up the outdoor space [...]

Over the last month, we asked our Facebook Fans to submit their greatest Success Stories for consideration for our brand new Real Estate Pro of the Month contest. Brokers and REALTORS® nationwide submitted tremendous stories of their accomplishments and the many challenges they face day in and day out. We sincerely thank everyone who participated! [...]

A pocket listing is one which is held by the listing agent, and not advertised through public channels such as the MLS. While they are more frequently found in commercial transactions (some brokerages specifically advertise for principals only on Loopnet or other commercial sites), they are becoming more common in residential transactions. Pockets are often [...]

There may be tools you already own that can help you close the gap on reassuring sellers about your marketing efforts. Realtor.com® has spent the past year updating and improving the tools your agents can use to show activity on your listings. Consumers are finding properties, taking actions to learn more about them, sending your [...]

Google+ continues to establish itself as one of the top social media platforms, especially in the world of real estate. In fact, according to Forbes magazine, Google+ is the second largest social network with 343 million active users. While you may be saturated with social media strategies and recommendations, Homes.com has outlined 10 compelling reasons [...]

Pending home sales rose in May to the highest level since late 2006, implying a possible spark as mortgage interest rates began to rise, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, increased 6.7 percent to 112.3 in May from a downwardly revised 105.2 [...]

Paige Tepping: CoreLogic is a leading property information, analytics and services provider. Can you tell us the segment of the company you manage? Ben Graboske: I manage CoreLogic’s real estate data and software businesses serving brokerages and MLSs. Specifically, I oversee our “broker-in-a-box” enterprise software solution, AgentAchieve®, our data platform, Realist®, and our MLS systems, [...]

Most leaders know that command and control is dead and that fear doesn’t motivate employees. Quite the opposite, in fact. That’s why, for the most part, we refrain from doing scary things. Yet according to Christine Comaford, author of the New York Times best seller How Teams Become Brilliant Together, even good leaders unintentionally strike [...]

As consumers continue to become increasingly savvy and demand more from real estate professionals, the need for a reliable real estate rating system is more important than ever before. While the World Wide Web offers no shortage when it comes to ratings and reviews of the real estate industry and the professionals who work on [...]

In the following Q & A, Dennis Walsh, CEO of Dennis Walsh & Associates, answers an important question about new-construction homes. Q: When it comes to new-construction homes, what qualities are most important to today’s homebuyers? A: Let me begin with a story I once heard from a real estate agent. This agent was working [...]