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Home sellers are feeling good about 2021

Housing Wire

Home sellers are chomping at the bit. As the economy reopens, vaccinations continue to roll out and stimulus checks reach bank accounts across America, home sellers are increasingly optimistic. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process.

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NAR schedules proxy war with Zillow

Housing Wire

But, ironically, the emerging NAR-Zillow proxy battle comes three months after Zillow announced it is an NAR-member real estate brokerage. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Presented by: Propertybase.

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titlegenius by Radian makes closing simple, transparent and less expensive

Housing Wire

However, there is an opportunity in the closing process for better integration between platforms to improve communication and sharing of documents between the brokerage, lender and closing company, each of which has its own process and technology, to relieve some of that stress.

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Millions will enter housing market in 2021: Zillow

Housing Wire

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and home sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors.

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CEO Matt Widdows pushes HomeSmart toward IPO

Housing Wire

HomeSmart is a growing real estate brokerage that may go public, but the company faces questions about its business model and the compensation of founder and CEO Matt Widdows. HomeSmart, like Compass , Keller Williams , eXp and other brokerages, states it has unique technology to modernize real estate.

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Spencer Rascoff SPAC to take iBuyer Offerpad public

Housing Wire

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors.

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How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs

Housing Wire

HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space? Vance Loiselle: In the 20th century, the primary technology innovations in real estate were the telephone and the MLS. HW: What steps in the real estate transaction could benefit from further digitalization?