- Feast and Feed: Community event attracts leads and donations June 19, 2013David Wilfert knows hosting events like community garage sales is a time-tested way to scoop up clients. But the broker, an associate at the Wilfert Group, decided he wanted to take a fresh angle on community get-togethers that turn up ... […]Teke Wiggin
- Can brokers, MLSs find common ground? June 19, 2013In the not-so-distant past, multiple listing services were all about providing member brokers with access to information about each other’s listings, and to make offers of compensation to cooperating brokers and agents who could bring a buyer to a sale. ... […]Inman News
- FICO: ‘Big data’ is big business June 19, 2013“Predictive analytics is becoming the defining technology of the early 21st century,” claims San Jose, Calif.-based predictive analytics and decision management software company FICO. FICO — perhaps best known for its credit-scoring algorithms — makes a case for that bold ... […]Inman News
- Report: Wind down Fannie and Freddie, but provide government backstop for mortgage securitization June 19, 2013Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be wound down and their securitization activities spun out into a new platform overseen by a new, FDIC-like federal agency, according to a bipartisan report by Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi and former ... […]Inman News
- Tragedy averted after Realtors detect house fire June 19, 2013Two Joplin, Mo., Realtors may have saved the lives of a family of three by alerting them that their house was on fire. Bonnie Wright and Susi Yost, Realtors with Pro 100, were touring properties when they noticed white smoke ... […]Inman News