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US's largest Realtor association to dotloop: 'Hands off our forms'
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Singer told Inman News that retaining control over CAR's forms allows the association to protect its members' legal interests in the very litigious state of California. CAR spends a lot of resources making sure the forms are up-to-date and legally ...

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Do video right, or don't do it at all
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Not very many real estate agents are using video. A lot of people seem to have a problem with that. We are told over and over that we need to use more video. I have watched some really bad video made by real estate agents, and I have seen it used as an ...

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Real estate broker opens office as 'lounge and design center'
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What sets a small, local real estate broker apart from larger competitors and a glut of information available online? Karen Hall, principal broker of @home Real Estate in Alexandria, Va., asked this question before she opened her new office last year ...

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Down Payment Resource launches public-facing website
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Down Payment Resource (DPR) has made its large database of down payment assistance programs available to the public by launching the website DownPaymentResource.com. A winner of Inman News' 2011 “Most Innovative New Technology” award, ...

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Mortgage servicer taps Fannie Mae tool to prevent foreclosures
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National mortgage servicer RoundPoint has adopted a Fannie Mae tool designed to help servicers work more quickly and consistently to prevent foreclosures, RoundPoint announced today. Fannie Mae's Servicing Management Default Underwriter will allow ...

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Mortgage refinance applications take 'huge hit'
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A jump in mortgage rates last week appeared to drive refinance demand down to its lowest level in well over a year. Applications for refinance loans dropped 15 percent for the week ending May 31 from a week earlier, reaching their lowest level since ...

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Online auction platform Hubzu expands into short sales
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Real estate and mortgage software provider Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. has added a short-sale option for servicers and buyers to its online auction platform, Hubzu Real Estate Marketplace. The company said the Altisource Assisted Short Sale ...

Are branded apps worth the investment?
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This post explores a marketing tactic submitted by Edina Realty Home Services, the most recent winner of #madREskillz, a weekly Inman News Twitter conversation. Every Thursday, Inman News invites real estate professionals and companies to tweet offbeat ...

RealtyTrac adds 2 Oklahoma brokerages to referral network
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Foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac has signed up Oklahoma City-based Prudential Alliance Realty and Tulsa, Okla.-based Prudential Detrick Realty to its referral broker network. Firms in the RealtyTrac Network, available to only one firm in each market, ...

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In digital era, don't forget to brand
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Google, Facebook, Zillow, Trulia, realtor.com. When it comes to managing an advertising budget as a broker or agent, don't forget the old-school outlets like newspapers, magazines, billboards, TV, radio, (hot air balloons), even bus benches. That's ...

Trulia building Google Glass consumer app
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Using Google's API for its breakthrough new wearable computer technology, Google Glass, Trulia is building an app for the device that will give consumers a new way to shop for a home using the cutting-edge technology. The app, Trulia for Glass, will ...

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Tips for defusing explosive real estate situations
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You just presented a very low offer and one of the sellers goes ballistic. How do you respond: “Fight, flight or freeze?” Physiologist Walter Cannon first described the “fight or flight” reaction in 1932. Fight or flight is a complex, instantaneous ...

Dotloop releases new version of paperless transaction software
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Dotloop has released a new version of its paperless transaction management software with extensive changes that founder and CEO Austin Allison says amount to a “fresh start for the company from a product perspective.” Allison also said the company will ...

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Buyers won't rush to beat rising mortgage rates
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Tough, strange week. On Tuesday the trading and investment world returned from golf and beaches with one thought in mind: Sell bonds. No new data, no new Fed talk, blow out the 10-year T-note's February-March 2.05 percent high to 2.15 percent on ...

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Obeo adds mobile component to marketing system
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Real estate marketing tools provider Obeo had added a mobile component to its automated marketing system allowing agents to order up virtual tours, property websites, videos and mobile marketing packages on the go. Obeo's EasyEdge system employs ...

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Commission discounts can bring sellers out of the woodwork
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The market has indeed shifted. But this isn't anything like the shift that happened when the housing market crashed, and we entered the Great Recession and housing depression. This market shift had been a positive experience. Prices are rising, but are ...

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Focus, adapt and get real
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Rising home prices denting short sales
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Rising home prices in many markets may be giving underwater homeowners the determination to stick it out in the hopes of being able to eventually sell at a profit, stunting the continued growth of short sales, data aggregator RealtyTrac reported today.

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Somebody to make your cold calls
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A new service from Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Elite Connect Inc. offers to save agents from having to pick up the phone and call strangers to scare up listing presentations. For $2,599 per year — and a $500 cut per closed transaction — Elite Connect will ...

Trulia mapping rents, natural hazards
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