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Compass tells MLSs to change CCP or face legal exposure

Housing Wire

And at the MLS used by the San Francisco Association of Realtors , agents can designate listings as Coming Soon. Compass wrote that this ensures participation / sharing with agents who participate in that MLS while giving agents and sellers greater flexibility in marketing a property.

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Compass clients solicit class action suit against NWMLS

Housing Wire

Specifically, they are reaching out to home sellers who experienced a price drop or significant days on market. Those efforts are not for the benefit of sellers or buyers, but are instead designed to benefit those brokerage firms by entrenching them as the gatekeepers of property listings.

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

However, other email tools not specific to real estate agents (like Mailchimp and Flodesk) offer built-in templates that make delivering beautifully designed email newsletters a cinch. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? Need some great ideas?

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Nothing burger? Smart move? Industry reacts to NAR’s CCP changes

Housing Wire

Under what NAR is calling its MLS Listing Options for Sellers policy , sellers will have the option to delay marketing their listing publicly as long as they sign the required disclosure. They didnt fully embrace what we were advocating for, but at the same time, lets be fair, having this new designation will make a difference, Haber said.

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The best real estate brokerage software for 2024

Housing Wire

AgentFire Brokerage pricing: Starting at $149 per month + $5 per agent CRM included: No Example site: [link] Integrations: Follow Up Boss, Wise Agent, LionDesk, Real Scout + more AgentFire focuses on building gorgeous, affordable branding-first websites that will help your brokerage stand out — crucial in a post-lawsuit market.

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Lower mortgage rates fueling existing home sales

Housing Wire

Because housing data and all economics are so violent lately, we created the weekly Housing Market Tracker , which is designed to look forward, not backward. Also, the days on market are on a level they might feel more comfortable in. from January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.58 million in February.

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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

The median days on market is just 16 days — a slight increase from the record low seen in the last two months of 14 days. In comparison, in 2011, homes took 96 days to sell. . Join us in Scottsdale, Arizona Oct. To register for HW Annual, go here.

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