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Here’s the real secret to increasing your lead conversion rates

Dec 15, 2025

If you want better lead conversion rates in your real estate business, stop chasing volume, and start delivering real relevance, Josh Ries writes.

Analyst: Portals like Zillow face ‘long-term risk’ from Google real estate experiment

Dec 15, 2025

Google is displaying real estate listings as search results in some markets — prompting questions about IDX violations and analyst speculation about risks to the portals.

Brian Walshe found guilty of first-degree murder

Dec 15, 2025

The Massachusetts art fraudster has been found guilty of killing, dismembering and disposing of his wife, real estate executive Ana Walshe.

Zillow stalemate with Chicago’s MLS looks like it’s coming to a head

Dec 15, 2025

In a weekend email to its members, Chicago’s MRED MLS warned that Zillow had been contacting subscribers to say there may be "disruptions" starting in the new year.

Opendoor appoints new president and CFO

Dec 15, 2025

Lucas Matheson of Coinbase Canada has been named president and Christy Schwartz, who had been interim CFO, has officially been given the title on a permanent basis.

From cable repo to nail tech to $50M producer in under 3 years

Dec 15, 2025

In three years, Scott Poe has built a 50-agent brokerage, partnered with Zillow and Realtor.com, launched a mortgage company and architected a system designed to scale to $1 billion in sales.

Many agents contemplate leaving NAR if their MLS lifts policy: Intel

Dec 15, 2025

While most would stay, the share of real estate agents who say they would toss their Realtor membership if allowed is not small. Here's how some brokerages are planning to respond, and what arguments agents might find convincing, according to Intel's latest industry survey.

How to get compensated when buyers ghost you: The Download

Dec 15, 2025

From agent commissions to a brokerage compensation dispute, find out how real estate pros are making bank and protecting their pay.

Break it to make it: How one Hudson Valley brokerage recalibrated its tech for growth

Dec 15, 2025

Curasi Realty spent the past year recalibrating its tech, choosing tools that simplify marketing, strengthen reporting and support agent growth.

When seeing is no longer believing, referrals matter more than ever

Dec 15, 2025

New AI technology is becoming so sophisticated, writes contributor Molly McKinley, that consumers may not recognize what's real or fake. This is a red flag for agents.

7 AI prompts that will help real estate agents win big in 2026

Dec 14, 2025

The agents who embrace artificial intelligence, build local authority and deepen their value will dominate the next market cycle, Jimmy Burgess writes.

How Netflix, Disney and OpenAI are redefining control online

Dec 13, 2025

From Netflix’s Warner Bros takeover to Disney’s AI partnership with OpenAI, major platforms are signaling a shift away from growth at all costs and toward tighter control over distribution and access. As consolidation, regulation and automation reshape digital power, professionals who understand where leverage lives — and how quickly it can move — will be better positioned to adapt.