President Pierce: Clear Cooperation Policy ‘Coming Soon’
Over the last five years, our market has seen a significant and steady decrease in listing inventory. This decline has ushered in various types of “Pocket Listing” practices in our marketplace. While these practices went by various names (whisper listing, pocket listing, private network listing), they often shared a few pervasive qualities: confusion, frustration and […]
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Doug Devitre Talks Highlights and Takeaways of Upcoming Recharge Event
Real Estate Technology expert Doug Devitre will be speaking at this year’s Recharge Real Estate Conference and Expo on March 4 at the Sheraton Overland Park. He’ll be coming to the Recharge stage with lessons on smart home and voice first technology. He said he can help Recharge attendees increase their confidence explaining the benefits […]
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Independence School District to Talk New Programs at Upcoming Lunch and Learn for REALTORS®
The Independence School District will host a free REALTOR® Lunch and Learn program for Kansas City REALTORS® at the Independence School District Central Office in Independence, Mo. at 12 p.m. on Feb. 27. During this complimentary lunch program, the Independence School District’s leadership team will share the latest information about Independence area schools, including their […]
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President Howe: We won the Super Bowl! What’s next?
You may have heard by this point that a certain local team won a certain championship game. If you haven’t heard, I’m here to enlighten you: the Chiefs won the Super Bowl! You may have been one of the hundreds of thousands of people who stood in the freezing conditions last week to celebrate with […]
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Homesnap Pro’s Biggest Update to Launch Monday for Heartland MLS
Heartland MLS agents already have free access to Homesnap Pro as an included subscriber benefit, but on Monday, Homesnap will release the biggest update in its history. Homesnap Pro is a real estate app that gives access to MLS listings and information like basic facts, value, last sale sate and price from mobile or desktop. […]
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RPR and ShowingTime Integration Available for Heartland MLS
REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR) has launched a new integration with ShowingTime that allows RPR users to schedule a showing directly from the RPR desktop or mobile app. RPR added a “Schedule with ShowingTime” link to the Property Details page on each active Heartland MLS listing. Users can click that link schedule a showing for that […]
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Homesnap Pro’s Biggest Update to Launch Monday for Heartland MLS
Heartland MLS agents already have free access to Homesnap Pro as an included subscriber benefit, but on Monday, Homesnap will release the biggest update in its history. Homesnap Pro is a real estate app that gives access to MLS listings and information like basic facts, value, last sale sate and price from mobile or desktop. […]
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2019 Brings Record Highs and Lows for KC Regional Housing Market
According to year-end market data from Heartland MLS, home sales across the Kansas City region were nearly equal to 2018. Sale prices and inventory, however, experienced significant movement. Declining inventory was an ongoing trend throughout the year, with a year-over-year decrease of over 19%. Local inventory totals have fallen each year since 2011. Comparing the […]
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RPR Offers Tools, Educational Resources to Enhance Market Expertise
REALTORS® Property Resource offers customizable CMAs, school reports, census data, demographics, tax data, foreclosures, mortgage information, mapping, distress data, flood zones, historic data and more all in one place, and it’s offered for free to all members of the National Association of REALTORS®. Not only can all REALTORS® have access to this platform, but they […]
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Will the Market Get the New-Home Supply It Needs?
The lagging pace of new-home construction has been a big contributor to the national inventory shortage, but a homebuilding resurgence—of sorts—could open up more options for buyers this year, economists predicted during January’s International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. Strong buyer demand, coupled with solid job growth and low mortgage rates, helped builders boost productivity […]
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