by Rachel Williams | Dec 15, 2020 | Industry News, Point of View
The latest episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, includes an interview with Tim Rood, Head of Government & Industry Relations at SitusAMC. He will discuss potential housing market risks in 2021, the end of forbearance moratoria, and how policymakers have handled housing challenges in the past.
by Christina Hughes Babb | Sep 25, 2020 | Industry News, Technology
Zillow, which heretofore has turned to brokerage partners to represent it in home purchases, has announced it will begin using its own agents in the booming iBuying department. In streamlining this operation by way of Zillow Offers, Zillow promises to make homebuying transactions smoother. Zillow said it will implement the new practice in January for [...]
by Sheri Gibbs | May 9, 2017 | In Your Office
We all want to achieve success. We have dreams of being star real estate agents and record-setting brokers. But we all know that dreaming doesn’t make that happen. So, what makes some agents more successful than others? We have compiled the following list of habits and characteristics that incredibly successful agents have in common. [...]
by Sheri Gibbs | May 8, 2017 | In Your Office, Point of View
Once upon a time, virtual reality seemed like a far-off fantasy, a fabricated idea from an episode of Star Trek. Today, we not only have the capabilities for virtual reality but also the ability to use it in ways never thought of before. Virtual reality (VR) can immerse you in a virtual world, taking you [...]
by Sheri Gibbs | May 8, 2017 | In Your Office
We have all received the advertisements that seem to know when we drive by a particular restaurant or shopping center. It turns out, they do. Advertisers have found ways to track the location of active users, called location-based marketing, and use it to directly target prospective customers. Two of the most popular forms of location-based [...]
