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Murdoch’s REA Group Gives Up After 4th Rejection Trying to Acquire UK Portal
It’s strike four, over and out, for Rupert Murdoch’s REA Group, as its continuing, months-long effort to acquire Rightmove has come to an end. Its fourth offer of $8.3B was rejected by the UK portal’s board of directors Sept. 30, and Murdoch’s Sydney-based News Corp subsidiary said there will not be another offer. News Corp…
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Howard Hanna Introduces ListAssist Natural Language Home-Search Technology
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has announced the integration of ListAssist HomeSearch, a new property search technology for buyers that focuses on using more precise and personalized language. According to the company, with ListAssist HomeSearch, users can now simply describe their dream home using natural language in the search bar of HowardHanna.com. Whether it’s a…
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Team Tactics: 4 Things Your Team Should Be Branding, and 2 You Shouldn’t
In real estate, branding is important. Name recognition, being “top of mind” and expanding your sphere are almost synonymous with success in the real estate business. At the same time, some take a “more is better” approach and seek to scrawl their logo, name, catchphrase or company on every billboard or knickknack they can get…
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Petition to End Clear Cooperation a ‘Collective Effort’ Says NAR-Alternative Organization
An idea to draw attention to a flashpoint issue in residential real estate while also potentially gaining new members for the American Real Estate Association (AREA, our acronym usage, not theirs) has worked out well, thanks to the group’s co-founder, Jason Haber. Haber, an agent with Compass in New York, who created the American Real…
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Court Report: Settlements Discussed in Buyer Cases; United Mortgage Lawsuit Dismissed
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 September was far from the bumpiest the real estate industry has experienced in recent memory, with lawsuit updates coming in the form of existing suits winding down or ending.…
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Rupert Murdoch’s REA Group calls it quits on Rightmove acquisition
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The Agency launches Aclara Lending mortgage brokerage
US housing turnover rate hits 30-year low as lock-in effect lingers
Cloze Names Real Estate Veteran Simon Chen to Board of Directors
Cloze—a provider of AI-powered sales and marketing software for real estate brokerages—has announced the addition of proptech leader Simon Chen to its Board of Directors. In addition to his current role as CEO at Arrival Home Loans, Chen is a well-known industry executive with experience in the review and application of solutions that drive productivity…
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