1. In This Week’s “The EDGE”
The EDGE Information and news that gives you an edge in the real estate business
In This Week’s “The EDGE”
• Find Your Real Estate Agent on…Amazon.com?
• Houston Market Movements
• All Aboard for Certification!
“The Edge” is a weekly tool for managers to use to inform their agents and stay current and up-to-date with important real estate industry issues.
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2. Find Your Real Estate Agent on…Amazon.com?
The EDGE Information and news that gives you an edge in the real estate business
Find Your Real Estate Agent on…Amazon.com?
Inman News reports that Amazon.com is considering entering the real estate referral space by allowing visitors to find an agent via the world’s largest Internet retailer.
After the story was published, the holding page that had been on the site was removed, but Inman had other verification that Amazon was looking at adding real estate agents to its professional services marketplace on the site.
The article states that it is likely the site would charge agents a referral fee, as well as an initial fee to be listed on the site.
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3. Houston Market Movements
The EDGE Information and news that gives you an edge in the real estate business
Houston Market Movements
From a heart-of-summer perspective, the residential real estate market
has performed as expected when predictions were made at the front of
the year. Buyer interest is high and inventory is not at a proper level to
meet demand. Total sales and new listings are generally behind last year's
levels from week to week, but there is evidence of improvement in both
metrics.
In the Houston region, for the week ending July 9:
• New Listings increased 3.1% to 3,012
• Pending Sales increased 7.4% to 1,853
• Closed Sales decreased 2.6% to 1,215

4. The EDGE Information and news that gives you an edge in the real estate business
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8:30am-10:30am
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11:00am-2:00pm
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