by Brian Pate | Jul 22, 2025
Rule changes in North Carolina for real estate agents have put Realtors in the middle of a battle between the NC Real Estate Commission, the NC Bar Association and NC Realtors, leaving agents not knowing how to proceed. What happened? Last Monday, July 21, 2025, NC...
by Brian Pate | Jun 26, 2025
The landscape of higher education in the United States is undergoing a fundamental transformation. According to the newly released New Majority Learner Report 2025 from Genio, nontraditional students—once considered outliers—now make up the majority of college...
by Brian Pate | Jun 2, 2025
Zillow has fired its first shot at limiting private exclusive listings from real estate companies and will begin removing them from Zillow and Trulia after June 30, 2025. How will sellers react when they find out their home is not being marketed on the busiest real...
by Brian Pate | May 12, 2025
A new fight is heating up in the world of real estate listings, and CoStar Group is stepping into the ring with a new tool called Boost—a marketing feature on Homes.com aimed at supporting agents facing listing restrictions. If you haven’t noticed, the portal wars are...
by Brian Pate | Apr 22, 2025
Off-MLS Listings: A Business Strategy or a Compliance Risk? What Real Estate Professionals Need to Know An editorial by Brian Pate, Pate Realty Group and Brian Pate Seminars As debates continue around the value and transparency of off-market listings, regulators are...
