Insight
Monthly digests, articles and press
Monthly Brief
T3 Sixty’s monthly executive brief providing analysis on the most important trends and developments as well as a quick digest of the most notable news in the industry.
The industry has so many stories, blogs, press releases and announcements each month that we all struggle to digest the information and distinguish between truly meaningful developments and hype or advertisement.
With T3 Insight, T3 Sixty analyzes developing trends, provides new brokerage industry best practices, and creates new perspectives on recent developments in technology, leadership, and organized real estate, in a monthly executive brief. It helps executives understand how the industry is changing in real time.
Each monthly executive brief also includes a composite of latest news and current articles under the title “What We’re Reading.”
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
Articles
Individual deep dive topics that T3 Sixty explores as part of the monthly digest
The articles listed here are an alternative view of the composite monthly brief. This offers an easy way to view recent, chronological, articles.
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July 2021
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As the brokerage industry matures into one with more public companies, more companies are offering agents compensation in the form of equity and revenue sharing that supplements traditional commission splits. This article provides insight into this shift.
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July 2021
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As the need to automate and increase efficiencies continue to rise, industry-specific back-office accounting systems are becoming gradually more important to brokerages. With many options to choose from T3 Sixty compiled a list of eight important questions and steps to help brokers to find the right system for them.
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July 2021
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Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are an invaluable tool for brokerage leaders to grow and adapt their businesses. In this article, we identify and provide details on the six most critical KPIs brokerages should track.
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June 2021
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MLSs have long offered services provided by exclusive technology partners. This strategy has created some vulnerabilities for MLSs when they want to diversify offerings or help themselves and participants fully leverage derivative MLS data. This article explores the importance of MLS technology interoperability.
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June 2021
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A diverse team has numerous benefits – it supports creative solutions, innovation, increased retention, improved culture and better decision-making. This article provides insight into how to develop and implement a diversity-focused hiring plan.
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June 2021
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The industry is consolidating at an increasing clip, and the strategy by companies vying for the top of the future leaderboard is becoming clearer. This article outlines the game plan by looking into one of its newest player employing the strategy.
What We’re Reading
Notable industry articles curated with T3 Sixty’s perspective
T3 Sixty’s commentary on the stories we’re reading each month is included in the monthly brief. The most current stories are listed here.
- Reading for: July 2021
- From: Fannie Mae
- Commentary
Fannie Mae downgrades housing forecast After a torrid start to the year, the housing market may not see as big a 2021 boom as originally projected by some experts. Citing a continued dearth of inventory, constrained by homebuilding challenges, Fannie Mae has downgraded its 2021 home sales forecast from a 6.3 percent increase over 2020 to a 4.2 percent increase to 5.49 million single-family home sales. The economy, and real estate, continues to fly high, but inflation, higher prices, and homebuilding challenges, are beginning to emerge as the limiting reagents of the housing market. As these factors evolve, the outlook will undoubtedly shift further as the year progresses.
- Reading for: July 2021
- From: Inman
- Commentary
This month, Oregon passed a new law, which goes into effect throughout the state in January 2022, that requires real estate agents to reject the personal letters and sometimes photos that buyers, via their agent, submit along with their offers. This practice is fairly widespread in the industry and has become increasingly controversial in recent years as recognition grows that the act could contribute to discrimination based on race, family status or other details that comes through in these “love letters.” Oregon is the first state to pass the law, and others are expected to follow suit.
- Reading for: July 2021
- From: Vox
- Commentary
Watchdog group sues 36 New York agents and landlords for housing discrimination The New York watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative, after an eight-month investigation using testers, has sued 36 agents, brokers and landlords in New York state court alleging their activities led to housing discrimination. The investigation centered on alleged discrimination against Section 8 recipients. Race is not the only inequity real estate brokers, agents and leaders need to focus on. This investigation and lawsuit highlights another important element of diversity that the industry needs to focus on as well: discrimination against lower-income clients. This broad-based need to improve industry diversity is one of driving forces behind The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation, a nationwide nonprofit founded by T3 Sixty CEO Stefan Swanepoel, that aims to help people from underrepresented and underprivileged groups jumpstart real estate careers.