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Would you like a 500% increase in your topline revenue? You can absolutely do it though a strategic and well-executed recruiting plan. It requires thoughtful leadership, well-designed plans and an absolute commitment to implementation. Recruiting, done right, is your ticket to building a more successful, profitable and growing brokerage.   Let’s dig in further.     …

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Aaron O’Neal Founder/Broker O’Neal Real Estate, LLC, a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Fort Smith, Arkansas | https://onealrealestate.com Region served: Arkansas and Oklahoma Years in real estate: 15 Number of offices: 4   Number of agents: 50 Favorite part of your job: It’s something different every day, whether it’s a challenge, a…

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The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies has been studying the effects of digitalization in housing via an ongoing research series. One affected area is the energy consumption of homes and management thereof, detailed in a recent report, “Empowering Up, Powering Down: The Evolution, Effects, and Efforts to Digitize Energy Controls and Digitalize Energy Information…

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homegenius Real Estate has announced the launch of an AI-powered home search portal, driven by the company’s homegeniusIQ technology. homegeniusIQ applies proprietary AI harnessing image recognition to analyze real estate images to assess and estimate room condition and property features. Using data from property photos, homegeniusIQ can help inform a property’s value and improves the…

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Century 21 Real Estate LLC is expanding its presence in New York with the affiliation of Hire Realty LLC, a boutique real estate firm based in Pleasantville that has served residents from Westchester County to New York City and in Connecticut since 2017, the company has announced..  The company is led by broker/owner Nicholas McMillan…

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Not every city or metro is feeling the freezing effects of higher mortgage rates and dwindling consumer confidence. The local nature of real estate means that a snapshot of housing should look like a spectrum, with gradients of up and down, hot or not. At any given time, it is important to recognize which places…

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Last week we shared that because of the overwhelming response in its inaugural year, RISMedia’s second annual Real Estate Rookie of the Year contest, sponsored by industry education leader, Colibri Real Estate, is expanding to include honors for five regional winners in addition to the national 2023 Rookie of the Year.  Five finalists from each…

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Mortgage applications decreased for the second week in a row, down 4.6% from a decrease of 5.7% the previous week, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week ending May 19, 2023. This week’s numbers:  The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume,…

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BeachesMLS, a subsidiary of Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors®, has announced its new partnership with Immobel, the company behind Xomio. Xomio delivers Immobel’s two decades of experience building luxury websites and handling global listings data for the world’s biggest real estate brands, in an easy-to-use, intuitive website builder for agents and brokers, for…

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Forbes Global Properties has released this month’s Luxury Agent Poll. When asked about the primary factors influencing the behavior of buyers actively seeking properties priced at US$2 million and above, 32% of Forbes Global Properties domestic experts reported the buyer’s personal financial circumstances, followed by 29% citing a scarcity of inventory. Agents went on to…

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Content creation and marketing are essential components of every real estate agent’s social media strategy. However, creating quality content takes time, and that is something that most agents simply don’t have.  But don’t worry—there are many tools available, no matter your budget. From creation to management, these tools will streamline your workload, improve the quality…

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NAR PULSE—Advance your career with an MBA or certificate this year at NAR Academy. Receive 50% off your first eligible course as a first-time student at NAR Academy at Columbia College during the Late Summer 2023 session. Register by June 28. Eleven state and local associations received disaster assistance totaling $2.8 million      The first…

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VITALS:  RE/MAX Executive Years in business: 25 Size: 16 offices, 453 agents Regions Served: North and South Carolina 2022 Sales Volume: $2.5 billion 2022 Transactions: 5,900 https://joinexecutive.com After graduating from college with a business degree in the early ’80s, Hadi Atri had a difficult time finding a job that he was deeply passionate about. A…

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John L. Scott Prosser office Owner and Broker Laura Ripplinger has opened a new John L. Scott office in Sunnyside, Washington, the company has announced. The office will be known as John L. Scott Lower Valley. Ripplinger brings 23 years of experience and knowledge to the Sunnyside office with a background in banking, commercial real…

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Entrepreneur magazine has included JPAR®–Real Estate on its list of Top New and Emerging Franchises, the network has announced. JPAR says this honor recognizes their “commitment to innovation, technology, keeping the agent at the heart of the transaction and delivering unparalleled support.” JPAR®–Real Estate ranked No. 100 out of 500 franchises acknowledged. “We are truly…

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Tough conversations are never fun, but they come with the territory when you are an agent. Among the list of topics that real estate professionals may encounter in their work, a more controversial one may be unavoidable in the coming months. As the legal battles involving the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) persist, the ripples…

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The prospect of a crashing economy is scary. But possibly just as scary—though maybe less dramatic—is the threat of a persistent, dragging crisis, which would result in a much longer period of depressed economic activity, stunting medium-term growth and stability across sectors.  Against the backdrop of the Federal Reserve’s dogged attempt to tame inflation through…

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New home sales increased for the seventh straight month in April due to low inventory pushing an increase of demand into the new construction market. According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau, new home sales rose to a rate of 683,000, 4.1% above…

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OneKey MLS, which covers nine counties across southern New York, has released its monthly market report for its regional coverage. The report, covering March to April 2023, provides data on transactions in OneKey’s local markets. These transactions included single-family residential homes, co-ops, and condos.  Key details Across OneKey’s covered counties, there was a median sales…

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The Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® (HGAR) will be co-hosting its second annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Summit on June 5 and 6 at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, New York, the association has announced. HGAR is working alongside six other associations in hosting this conference: National Association of REALTORS®,…

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