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• Augmented Intelligence: The Real ‘AI’

  06-01-2018 06:03
  Brokerages are placing their bets on Buyside to bring smart data to their agents’ fingertips
  If there’s a trend dominating headlines and transforming businesses today, it’s predictive analytics. To become more efficient in generating and curating sales leads, the best-in-class predictive tools mine databases to augment the best in human intelligence. Today, society benefits from predictive applications in everything from online shopping to homeland security. In real estate, it
  
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• As 2017 Ended, Rents Rose

  06-01-2018 06:02
  The median national rent rose toward the end of 2017, contrary to the predominant trend for the year, according to the November Zillow® Real Estate Market Report. The gain, 2.4 percent year-over-year to $1,435, is on par with income increases, which have ticked up 2.5 percent since November 2016.
  “After about a two-year slowdown, rent growth is starting to pick back up across the nation,” says Aaron Terrazas, senior economist at Zillow. “The slowdown in rental apprecia
  
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• John De Souza: Keeping Up With Today’s Consumer

  06-01-2018 06:01
  Born in Caracas, Venezuela, John De Souza—president of Cressy & Everett Real Estate—has lived in the South Bend area for more than 24 years, graduating from the University of Notre Dame with both a BA in management and MBA in technology management. He used his education to work as a managing consultant for the better part of 14 years, even returning to his alma mater to teach a business course.
  But the real estate world came calling.
  “This is my 11th year in real estate, an
  
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