Less than two weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice pulled out of a proposed settlement with the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to broaden its investigation into the trade group’s rules, the agency has provided a big clue as to one of the rules it will be digging into: the Clear Cooperation Policy. In […]
Redfin CEO On Damage of Pocket Listings
by Glenn Kelman, CEO Redfin In a November 2019 fair-housing initiative, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) moved to ban so-called pocket listings, where real estate agents tell only a select group of buyers about a home for sale. But since then, the number of homes sold without being marketed to the public has […]
June 1 – CVAR Connect
CVAR’s COVID-19 Resources REALTORS®: Updates & Guidelines What’s Happening at CVAR under COVID-19 restrictions Latest COVID-19 Updates from C.A.R. Citrus Valley Association of REALTORS® is conducting all business remotely. Meetings and classes presented by CVAR will be online and free of charge (see classes below). _________ What About Love (Letters)? Click for this week’s CVAR Tip Clip! Why do […]
Arrests in Real Estate Scam
A Southern California brother-and-sister team were arrested last week on federal charges alleging they orchestrated a $6 million real estate fraud scam in which they listed homes without the owners’ consent and collected money from multiple would-be buyers for each home. Adolfo Schoneke, 43, of Torrance, and Bianca Gonzalez, 38, along with co-conspirators operated real […]
March 15 CVAR Connect
CVAR’s COVID-19 Resources REALTORS®: Updates & Guidelines What’s Happening at CVAR under COVID-19 restrictions Latest COVID-19 Updates from C.A.R. Citrus Valley Association of REALTORS® is conducting all business remotely. Meetings and classes presented by CVAR will be online and free of charge (see classes below). ____________ Home Office Tax Tip Why do some remote workers raise red flags with […]
Nov. 23 – CVAR Connect
CVAR’s COVID-19 Resources REALTORS®: Updates & Guidelines What’s Happening at CVAR under COVID-19 restrictions Latest COVID-19 Updates from C.A.R. Citrus Valley Association of REALTORS® is conducting all business remotely. Meetings and classes presented by CVAR will be online and free of charge (see classes below). ____________ Online at CVAR Nov. 23 | CRMLS Training – Virtual Matrix Nov. […]
Best Week to List a Home
Home sellers expecting the quickest sales may want to make sure the house is in tip-top shape for showings because a big week in the housing market is quickly coming. The best week to put a home on the market is March 31 to April 6, according to a new analysis from realtor.com®. Researchers analyzed […]
Remine Gets $30 Million to Grow MLS Platform
Real estate tech company Remine announced that it raised $30 million to grow its data-focused MLS platform. Remine, the CVAR member benefit that was honored last year as one of HousingWire Magazine’s HW Tech100, partners with MLSs to offer real estate agents and their consumers an MLS platform that utilizes data and analytics to offer “actionable intelligence.” The […]
10 Standards for MLS in Crisis
by Cameron Paine Founder, Inevate LLC The MLS industry is in an existential crisis. There are no minimum standards of performance, no agreed upon definition of what it even means to be an MLS. Members of differing MLS’s have different experiences with what the MLS means to their business life. When the Realty Alliance says that MLSs […]
Quick Tips for MLS-Touch Users
Check out the helpful tips for MLS-Touch users in the brief videos below. The phone application for REALTORS® is a free CVAR member benefit. Visit the MLS-Touch booth at Real Estate REvive Conference & Expo on March 29. MLS-Touch is a Gold Sponsor at the 6th annual event, featuring host Leigh Brown, an economist panel, […]