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How Every Agent Can Help Solve Our Inventory Shortage

Every agent today needs more listings. If you had another listing, you would have another sale; it’s that simple. What’s not simple is solving our inventory shortage. According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), inventory in July 2020 was 21 percent lower than 2019’s already anemic levels. Making things worse, homeowners move once every…

Inland home sellers have new iBuyer portal

Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Perrie Mundy Realty Group & California Realty, which has five offices in the Inland area, has debuted Offer Optimizer. The online program allows sellers to post homes for sale, get an in-depth view of the local housing market and potentially get quick offers. The platform was developed by technology firm zavvie and is being used in several other markets.

Brokers: How to Tap Into a $3 Billion Opportunity

Brokerages shouldn’t fear iBuyers; they should embrace them. Savvy brokerages understand the opportunities that iBuyers provide agents. By offering all options to agents’ selling clients, they are giving sellers what they want and remaining at the center of the transaction.

New iBuyer Service for Homeowners Launched by BHHS Drysdale Properties

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties, Northern California’s and Nevada’s fastest-growing, full-service and 100% woman-owned real estate brokerage, today announced its launch of Drysdale Properties Offer Optimizer™. The new service will provide homeowners with multiple instant offers on their home with the push of a button.

Skip the home showings, keep the agent: Brokerages, iBuyers team up

R.A. Schuetz of the Houston Chronicle examined the growing iBuyer presence in Houston as well as the partnerships brokerages — specifically Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene — are creating to benefit homeowners (more access to more options) and agents (by simplifying the process).

Middle Tennessee’s Parks Realty Offers a New iBuyer Platform for Home Sellers

PARKS Realty announced the launch of PARKS Go, giving homeowners access to multiple instant offers with the push of a button, in partnership with zavvie in the Nashville metro and surrounding areas.

BHGRE Winans Launches iBuyer Comparison Platform

BHGRE Winans announced the launch of their FlexMove program in partnership with zavvie. With their white-labeled Offer Optimizer™ Suite iBuyer platform, Winans agents are able to better compare offers from a variety of iBuyers including Opendoor, Zillow Offers, RedfinNow, Perch and Offerpad for home sellers to show what they can actually net from a sale to each one.

Offer Optimizer™ Suite: Broker iBuyer Solution

zavvie released an end-to-end iBuyer solution for brokerages: Offer Optimizer™ Suite. The original Offer Optimizer™ is now complimented by a host of additional features and tools. “This upgraded Offer Optimizer Suite, with its clean user interface and streamlined instant offer generator form, lets home sellers evaluate their options and potential proceeds with the push of…

zavvie Partner – 8z – Launches iBuyer Competing with National iBuyers

zavvie partner, 8z Real Estate, announces their iBuyer 8z Offers in the Front Range. They are joing the national players — Zillow, Redfin, Opendoor — in making offers on homes in the Denver market and beyond.

Why zavvie’s Offer Optimizer is an iBuyer Game Changer

The real estate iBuyer space has been growing at a rapid fire pace. Enter zavvie. zavvie has added a new layer of transparency to the Instant Offer process with Offer Optimizer. Side-by-side comparisons, built-in logic and straight-forward explanations of the home selling experience is packed into the zavvie Offer Optimizer. Kevin Hawkins with WAV Group…