In its first substantive court response to Compass’ lawsuit over the company’s new listing rules, Zillow pushed back strongly on accusations that it conspired on rules over private listings, while characterizing the New York-based marketing strategy as a “Hidden Listing Scheme” as the two real estate behemoths gear up for a legal showdown. In a…

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Two ERA-affiliated Atlanta firms, ERA  Foster & Bond and ERA  Sunrise  Realty, have announced their merger to create a unified brokerage boasting six offices and over 175 agents. The brokerage will maintain a strong presence across Atlanta, Canton, Duluth, Marietta, Milton, Athens and Savannah under the shared theme “Better Together.” The company is led by David Moody…

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UtahRealEstate.com (URE) has announced a new data integration partnership with Realtors Property Resource® (RPR®), the National Association of Realtors®’ exclusive analytics platform. The agreement brings URE’s on- and off-market listings—serving approximately 20,000 Realtors® across six local associations—directly into RPR’s desktop and mobile tools at no additional cost to members. “UtahRealEstate.com is focused on providing tools…

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The latest RISMedia webinar—“The AI Advantage: Future-Proofing Your Real Estate Career”—offered a crash course in artificial intelligence (AI) tools by Michael Thorne, a Vancouver agent and instructor of Buffini & Company’s AI Bootcamp, a 12-month live-training program. The webinar packed vital information and education into a tight 75 minute runtime; Thorne’s stated goal was to…

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The Bob & Ronna Group—the number one team in the entire Bright MLS in the last 12 months in both sales volume and total homes sold—announced it has joined Samson Properties—the number one brokerage in the Washington D.C. metro area by total homes sold in 2024, and one of the fastest-growing real estate companies in…

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Builder confidence remains challenged as of late due to continued economic uncertainty, but the industry feels the future may be looking up, according to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for July found that builder confidence registered at 33 (out of 100), up…

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The U.S. Senate recently unanimously passed H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Reform Act. The National Association of Realtors® stated in a release that it strongly supported this bipartisan legislation, which aims to make permanent the VA’s temporary policy allowing veterans to directly compensate their real estate agents, ensuring they can participate in the housing…

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There are varying five-word combinations that an agent loves to hear from a new client. They include: “I’m buying a house solo,” “There is no better half,” “Mine is the only opinion” and “You just work with me.” So, that means no couples arguing over anything, no people investing together with differing agendas, etc. For…

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