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5 New Green Building Innovations for New Construction in 2016

The National Association of Homebuilders’ annual International Builders’ Show has become a platform for top and emerging brands to showcase the most innovative technologies in the industry today. Following the trend of sustainable building, which has almost become a new

Is Move, Inc. Taking Steps Towards Online Real Estate Transactions?

New agreement offers unified platform for transactions Move Inc., which runs realtor.com for the National Association of Realtors, announced an agreement with zipLogix that will bring the zipForm digital library to the Reesio document/transaction management platform, according to Housing

4 Steps for Brokers to Harness the Power of Diversity in Their Business

Real estate brokerages across the country understand the demographic base of real estate practitioners is rapidly evolving. ADP recently published that for the first time in U.S. history, we have four generations in the workforce adding to the multicultural

Improve Your Networking Skills With these Five Tips

Attending networking events can be crucial to building relationships, finding sources for referrals and meeting new people. The primary goal of networking is not just to meet every person in the room, but also to make lasting impressions and

Using Technology in Your Real Estate Marketing, Part Two

This is the second part in a two-part series on how to use technology to engage with your clients. Part one can be read here. 6. It’s going to get increasingly harder and more competitive to generate leads, so shifting to

What You’re Missing at the NAHB International Builders’ Show

If you’re a serious builder, chances are that right now (this very moment), you’re either at the NAHB’s International Builders’ Show or want to be. If you’re among the unlucky few who weren’t able to make the trip to

Using Technology in Your Real Estate Marketing, Part One

This is the first part in a two-part series on how to use technology to engage with your clients. 7. Recognize that there are thousands of in Boston, and darn near all of them are saying the same thing in their

Suzanne Zinn Mueller, Move Inc.’s New Industry Relations Chief, has Big Plans for Realtor.com

Move Inc., the operator of realtor.com, has hired Suzanne Zinn Mueller as senior vice president of industry relations. Mueller, having spent a decade with Coldwell Banker Bain in Seattle as a marketing executive, joined Move Inc. in December. Mueller said in an

Microsoft to Cease Support for Older Versions of Internet Explorer

It’s a been a good ride, but it’s over for older versions of Internet Explorer Time to update your version of Internet Explorer! Microsoft has announced that on Jan. 12, it will cease supporting older versions of its popular Web

Twitter to Expand Character Limit to 10,000

Twitter announced that they would be expanding the character limit to 10,000 characters per tweet, effectively removing the limit. The feature is planned to be released by the end of the first quarter, but both the character limit and

Boston Among Nation’s Most Prominent Smart Home Hubs

A study conducted by realtor.com found that some of the top cities in the U.S. for smart home technology are Phoenix, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Houston, Miami and Atlanta. Smart technology, according to CNET, can include products/tools that control anything from lighting and

5 Real Estate Trends to Expect in 2016

How will the 2016 housing market take shape? When all the statistics are tallied, 2015 will likely have been the best year for new home sales since 2007, which has raised expectations for 2016. Realtor.com has highlighted five housing trends

Nearly Half of Homes will have Smart Home Tech by End of 2016

Survey Finds that a Majority of Homes will have Smart Technology in 2016 A new survey released by Coldwell Banker Real Estate, which polled more than 4,000 Americans, found that almost half of homeowners (45 percent) will have smart

Lexington Public Schools Among Nation’s Top 25 School Districts

Lexington Public Schools is among the top 25 school districts in the country, according to a new ranking from analytics website Niche, which placed the district at No. 15. Here is the full ranking: Tredyffrin-Easttown School District – Tredyffrin Township,

Homebuyers Increasingly Seek One-Stop Home Shopping

One-stop shopping offers benefits to homebuyers, but they still want agents’ help Fifty percent of recent homebuyers used one source, or one-stop shopping (OSS), to procure homebuying services, according to a National Association of Realtors survey. That is compared to 29 percent

Here Comes Generation Z

Millennials’ entry into the housing market is a popular topic, but a new generation is already poised to follow in their footsteps – Generation Z. Some aren’t even old enough to vote, but these kids are already thinking about

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