Real Trends: Real Trending

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, Episode 63. We're breaking down recent trends and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, President of Real Trends and today we're discussing what does the Realogy Cartus deal mean for the industry and for you? The challenge is when leaders are dismissive, arrogant, or distracted, answering the question, where are your energies invested? And third, some takeaways from third-quarter earnings reports from the publicly held and one privately owned brokerage companies, national organizations.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, Episode 62. We're breaking down the trends of the week, and showing how they impact brokers and agents, I'm Steve Murray, President of REAL Trends. Today we're discussing the importance of hard evidence, the whole issue of coming soon and pocket listings, and inventory challenges appear to be multiplying. First a quick message about an upcoming event.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 61. I can't believe we've done 61 of these already. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today, we're discussing new data on home ownership, the tech treadmill, and the demise of the world as we know it. First, a quick message about an upcoming event.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news this is REAL Trending, episode 60. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, President of Real Trends and today we're discussing the expansion of the iBuyer trend, merger and acquisition activity picking up strongly, and where do housing markets go from here? But first a message about an upcoming event

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 59. We're breaking down trends and news of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today we're going to talk about changes coming for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a whole slew of new startups, helping people get into homeownership and valuations of agent and team practices and brokerage companies. But first a message about an upcoming event

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 58. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, President of REAL Trends. Today, we're discussing ignoring the noise. Secondly, valuation trends, and third, sales up, pending down.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, episode 57. We're breaking down trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of Real Trends. Today we're talking about living with iBuyers; the information age, you can't keep it secret anymore; and what are your three priorities?

Earnings are in for firms such as Realogy, RE/MAX, Compass and Redfin, and the reports aren't pretty. Steve Murray offers details into what's going on with these companies and offers some brokerage growth strategies. 

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 55. We're breaking down the trends of the week and showing how they impact brokerage and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today we're discussing important factors in the housing markets, more capital for Compass, and where is tech taking us.

Why is foreign investment in U.S. real estate falling? Steve Murray talks facts about foreign investment in U.S. real estate, offers an analysis of the Realogy/Compass litigation and reminds brokerage leaders that no matter how tough things may be, they have to push forward.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending, episode 53. We're breaking down trends of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today, we're going to talk about America's Best, millennials moving to the suburbs, and changes in the housing mortgage market.

From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news, this is REAL Trending episode 52. We're breaking down the trends and events of the week and showing how they impact brokers and agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today we're discussing the class-action lawsuits and the amended complaint, how some real estate flippers and investors are hiring Uber drivers to find properties that may be available, and last, some changes at the top of Compass. So let's jump right in. Most people in the industry have heard that some leading plaintiff law firms around the country joining forces, and have come up with a few purchasers of homes to file a class-action lawsuit, basically claiming that realtors’system of unlimited cooperation and compensation violates antitrust law and that there's a conspiracy to hide information from the public. We've commented on this once before