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Home Services of America acquires Oregon’s Prudential Northwest Properties
April 26, 2012 by Dylan Darling · Leave a Comment
Home Services of America recently added Prudential Northwest Properties to their large real estate service network. The Oregon based Prudential Northwest Properties was acquired in February by the Berkshire Hathaway affiliate (CEO Warren Buffet). Prudential Northwest Properties is one of the largest real estate firms in the Portland area. They add over 500 agents in [...]
Pinnacle Quest buys Dave Beson Seminars
June 23, 2011 by John Paul Dauber · Leave a Comment
Pinnacle Quest Consulting announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy Dave Beson Seminars, including its popular LetterWriter series. “We have enjoyed a long-time relationship with Dave and are pleased now to take that relationship to the next level,” said Brent Gray, CEO and co-founder of Pinnacle Quest. “The addition of the popular [...]
NAR revises Home Sales down 14% since 2007
December 21, 2011 by Eric Blackwell · Leave a Comment
As announced in a previous article on Real Estate Industry Watch, NAR today released revisions to its housing sales numbers for the past four years. The reasons for the changes appear to be both an over=reporting of the number of FSBO sales that were not counted through MLS s as well as double reporting for [...]

Schema Codes for Real Estate
March 6, 2012 by Lisa Lambert 2 · 9 Comments
(Editor’s Note: We will be featuring some how to Tech Tips from Real Estate Tech Experts. If you have a question about how to do what is being discussed feel free to contact them. They may charge for their services, but they are writing here as a FREE service to help REALTORS with their technology [...]
Zillow hires Jay Thompson : Bloggers react
March 16, 2012 by Eric Blackwell · 14 Comments
The one thing you know about the blogging community is that they will react to news that affects their world. Blogger Jay Thompson is a part of their world and has been for a long time. Zillow has been controversial for years with REALTORS due to Zestimates infamous lack of accuracy and recently with the [...]
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Home Services of America acquires Oregon’s Prudential Northwest Properties
April 26, 2012 By Dylan Darling Leave a Comment
Home Services of America recently added Prudential Northwest Properties to their large real estate service network. The Oregon based Prudential Northwest Properties was acquired in February by the Berkshire Hathaway affiliate (CEO Warren Buffet). Prudential Northwest Properties is one of the largest real estate firms in the Portland area. They add over 500 agents in [...]
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Brookfield Real Estate announces franchise acquisitions
December 21, 2011 By Eric Blackwell 1 Comment
It was announced by Brookfield Real Estate Services today that they will consumate deals on January 1, 2012 for several Canadian brokerages to become franchisees under both their Roal LePage and Via Capitale brands. The deals according the press release will be 80% cash on the first of January totalling $2.6 MM with an additional [...]

ICREA and FIABCI Move Forward with Plans for Integration
September 10, 2011 By Brian Kinkade Leave a Comment
In an effort to better serve the international real estate industry, the ICREA and the FIABCI are working toward developing a fully-integrated global organization that will embrace all sectors within the real estate industry. To help achieve this goal, representatives from both organizations have agreed to form a much closer alliance between the two organizations [...]
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Schema Codes for Real Estate
March 6, 2012 By Lisa Lambert 2 9 Comments
(Editor’s Note: We will be featuring some how to Tech Tips from Real Estate Tech Experts. If you have a question about how to do what is being discussed feel free to contact them. They may charge for their services, but they are writing here as a FREE service to help REALTORS with their technology [...]
IDX Civil War: Austin Listing Syndication Battle Heating Up
February 27, 2012 By Jon 12 Comments
As the internet continues to become the dominant force in the real estate industry, many agents & Boards of Realtors are now realizing the long term impacts of choices that they may have made several years ago, and how they are impacting their business today. The latest news is of an IDX Civil War in [...]


