A post-pandemic real estate vision, why firms buy + sell, back-office insight
In addition to the articles, here are a few items we are reading from across the internet.
The lasting impact of Covid-19 on American society and population concentration will not be fully realized for years to come, but it appears increasingly likely that a significant portion of city residents will move – or spend much more time in – towns farther afield.
Opendoor already had in-house employee agents. This move represents likely another test by the iBuyer in refining its model into something sustainable and profitable.
Addressing inequality in the US and in the residential real estate brokerage industry presents an immense challenge. It requires proactive action, careful, diligent thought and an honest evaluation of current actions. That’s one reason T3 Sixty established a new diversity consulting division, to assist clients in dealing with these complex issues.
Housing, neighborhoods and real estate play an integral role in America’s challenges with improving diversity. Increasing the residential real estate industry’s diversity, including in its leadership ranks, will be a significant step in improving equality in the nation.
The Clear Cooperation Policy represents a significant development in the industry this year. The policy effectively maintains MLSs as the central repository of listings, which reinforces the residential real estate brokerage’s unique cooperative framework.
HomeLight represents one of many new business models looking to build out the components of an end-to-end residential real estate transaction.
This story, once again, points to the central role the real estate industry has to play in addressing and improving the racial divide in America.
The real estate industry has been blazing hot in the third quarter, thanks in large part to record-low mortgage rates. This additional refinance fee may slow some of the refinance activity, but not drastically.
This article features Utah, but merely represents one example of a similar story playing out in communities across the country. The housing market is firing on all cylinders across the country.
The largest city in the United States is certainly not bulletproof and has recently had to deal with a significant number of challenges including excessive traffic, limited space, delivering clean water, global warming and the pandemic. Now, a growing number of people want to live elsewhere.
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