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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.”

Have a question? Connect with our executive editor, Paul Hagey.

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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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December 2020
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Best Practices for Effective Strategic Planning

Many real estate leaders seldom think about what the end state of their business looks like or evaluate their performance from year to year.
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December 2020
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How the pandemic has changed hiring

Covid-19 has shifted the overall job landscape. The unemployment rate in April 2020 of 14.7 percent represented the highest rate since the U.S. Bureau
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December 2020
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A guide to real estate’s future

Over the last several years, the speed with which the residential real estate brokerage industry is becoming more digital, more sophisticated, more corporate has
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November 2020
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How to ensure a successful tech implementation

Evaluating and buying tech that will streamline operations, improve efficiency and open up new revenue or improve profits is incredibly exciting. Implementing this technology,
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November 2020
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Is it time to separate ‘church’ and ‘state’ in organized real estate?

Managing a successful MLS today requires more sophistication and resources than ever before. One of the largest impediments to successfully run MLSs, however, often
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November 2020
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SPACs emerge as latest innovation that could reshape real estate

As the industry continues to mature, a new path for private companies to go public has suddenly arrived with SPACs. This go-public vehicle gives
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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.

Mortgage rates drop to all-time low

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  • From: Freddie Mac
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30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates dropped to 2.71 percent for the week ended December 3, and 15-year fixed to 2.26 percent, marking yet another record low, nearly the lowest in half a century.
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While mortgage rates remain at all-time lows, house prices have continued to rise as inventory across the U.S. is low. Rates likely will not drop much lower if at all, so buyers remain active and refinances common. A more balanced market will likely emerge when Covid-19 uncertainty settles.

Lone Wolf Technologies acquires W+R Studios

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  • From: Vendor Alley
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W+R Studios, makers of the popular comparative market analysis Cloud CMA, Cloud Agent Suite and many other industry tools, has been acquired by Lone Wolf Technologies.
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Founders Greg Robertson and Dan Woolley believe merging with a larger tech company is a good move given real estate’s increasingly higher financial and tech stakes. Since company founder Lorne Wallace sold his interest in the company in 2015, Lone Wolf acquired zipLogix in 2019 while its institutional investor Stone Point Capital bought out fellow investor Vista Equity Partners just last month. The residential real estate technology space is undergoing significant consolidation – Constellation has already acquired some 20 brands, MoxiWorks acquired Imprev last year and now there are even talks about giant CoreLogic fending of acquisition interest from credible players.

Existing-home sales jump again in October

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  • From: NAR
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Sales, and prices, of existing homes continue to rise throughout the U.S., as the real estate market sustains its comeback after the Covid-19 freeze in spring. Sales in October jumped 4.3 percent from September and 26.6 percent from a year ago, while median prices jumped to an all-time high of $313,000.
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The real estate market continues to be blazing hot, which gives real estate brokers and agents ample opportunity to invest, innovate and grow their businesses into 2021. While uncertainty looms, the bold have immense opportunities.
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