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In today’s eco-conscious environment, energy efficiency isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a property’s standout feature. As a real estate agent, I witness first-hand how homeowners and buyers prioritize sustainability, driving demand for green improvements. This shift isn’t just ethical; it’s economical. Investments in energy-efficient home improvements, such as window replacements, insulation upgrades, solar panels and Energy…

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Lead generation platform PropStream has announced it will be attending the STR Summit, designed to educate aspiring Airbnb investors. The event occurs from June 23-25, 2024, in Denver, Colorado at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center. The STR Summit is targeted at short-term rental investors. Topics of discussion include the ten steps to building…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. The last week of April 2024 saw many settlements in the class-action lawsuits facing the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), brokerages and MLSs. (For a full list of these lawsuits and their scope,…

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Above, Ryan Schneider Making the decision to be the first company to settle class action lawsuits last September has and should continue to give brokerage giant Anywhere Real Estate a major leg up on moving forward regarding how buyer agents conduct their business, according to President and CEO Ryan Schneider. Responding in-depth to questions following…

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Change is no longer on the horizon. It’s here. Now more than ever, RISMedia’s 36th Annual CEO & Leadership Exchange is a can’t-miss gathering of more than 400 of the industry’s most powerful residential real estate decision-makers. Join us on September 4 – 6 at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., where 100 of…

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The settlement domino effect appears to be accelerating.  Only one company—Keller Williams—chose to settle commission-focused lawsuits in the three months between November 2023 and February 2024, even as hundreds of companies were named in dozens of Burnett copycat suits across the country following a $1.8 billion verdict against the industry. Now, in the last month…

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