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RSS Feed for Keycrew.coMarch 26, 2026 — When a home warranty company dispatches a technician to your home, the experience you have with that technician is the experience you have with the warranty company. It does not matter how smooth the claims process was or how responsive the customer service team is.
March 25, 2026 — The largest residential brokerage consolidation in American history is raising a practical question for agents and clients: does scale improve the experience, or flatten it? Compass now controls roughly 340,000 agents after absorbing Anywhere Real Estate, bringing under one roof brands that include Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Corcoran, ERA, and Sotheby’s International Realty.
March 25, 2026 — There is a particular kind of traveler for whom the friction of arrival matters as much as the destination itself. For that person – the one who measures journeys in efficiency and values the seamless transition from tarmac to front door – the middle Florida Keys have quietly become one of the most compelling propositions in North American real estate.
March 24, 2026 — Most agents say they have a book in them. Daniel Berger sat down and wrote one.
March 24, 2026 — Florida’s real estate market has dominated the national conversation for years, but not always for the right reasons. Stories of skyrocketing insurance premiums, aging condo buildings, and post-pandemic price corrections have painted a picture of a state under pressure.
March 24, 2026 — Pillar Properties, Inc. – a $100M REIT co-founded by Larry Gotcher and Curtis Philpot – is already targeting Detroit multifamily.
March 24, 2026 — West Palm Beach agent honored for service excellence as team sells 120 homes annually with 300+ five-star reviews Loodmy Jacques of The Jacques Team has received the 2026 ThreeBestRated® Award for real estate excellence in West Palm Beach, marking recognition of nearly two decades building a practice centered on client education and white-glove service rather than transactional volume. The award arrives as Jacques’s team sells approximately 120 homes annually while maintaining over 300 five-star Google reviews – a combination reflecting both production capacity and consistent client satisfaction.
March 24, 2026 — Title companies evaluating automation solutions face a decision that extends far beyond technology selection: who owns the code that runs their operations? Jimmy Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO of TrueFocus Automation, has watched this ownership question become the deciding factor in automation deals, particularly with larger title operations concerned about long-term costs and data security.
March 23, 2026 — Ask most people to picture the Jersey Shore and they conjure a single image – sand, saltwater, maybe a boardwalk. What they don’t picture is the dozen-plus distinct small towns that line that coastline, each with its own character, price point, and way of life.
March 23, 2026 — There is a word you do not hear often enough in luxury real estate: value. The word tends to get left behind somewhere above the $3 million mark, as though properties priced in the mid-to-high single digits exist in a category where price and worth simply stop being related.
March 23, 2026 — New research reveals homeowners over 70 consistently receive lower sale prices than younger sellers in comparable properties. Two factors drive this pattern: deferred maintenance and private sale decisions.
March 23, 2026 — In private real estate lending, the question of capital structure matters as much as the deals you do. For We Lend, a New York-based private lender focused on the East Coast market, the closing of a $20 million bank line with Webster Bank is less about a single number and more about what that number unlocks.
March 19, 2026 — Most commercial real estate owners can tell you the net operating income of each asset in their portfolio. Fewer can tell you why one property consistently outperforms another, or why maintenance costs at a building in Dallas run 30 percent higher than a nearly identical asset in Phoenix.
March 18, 2026 — ACME Real Estate CEO argues fragmented MLS system has left agents vulnerable as brokerages negotiate independent platform deals Major brokerages are striking direct partnerships with listing platforms, and Courtney Poulos, founder and CEO of ACME Real Estate in Los Angeles, argues the deals are accelerating a power shift that has been building for years – one that is moving control of listing data away from agents and toward technology companies. With 20 years of experience building a boutique brokerage that competes against billion-dollar firms, Poulos has watched agents steadily lose ground in their ability to control how their listings are distributed and monetized.
March 18, 2026 — With Match Day 2026 approaching March 20, Rochester MN’s housing market prepares for its annual influx of medical professionals. Match Day 2026 arrives March 20, when medical residents across the country discover where they’ll complete their training.
March 18, 2026 — Larry Mastropieri of The Mastropieri Group breaks down the forces behind South Florida’s cash-buyer surge – and what it means for buyers and sellers today. West Palm Beach has earned a ranking most real estate markets would envy and few could sustain: first in the entire nation for all-cash home purchases.
March 18, 2026 — After years of new construction leading the market, pre-existing homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are once again outpacing new builds in pricing. The reversal marks a return to historical norms and opens a window for buyers and investors willing to move before the spring selling season heats up in April.
March 18, 2026 — Most real estate markets across the country have slowed. Inventory has loosened.
March 18, 2026 — Most real estate teams fail not because the market turns on them, but because they scaled before they had a system worth scaling. Justin Nimergood, founder of Top Gun Team at Epique Realty, spent the better part of three years studying that problem before he launched his own team in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
March 13, 2026 — In a recent Beyond the Build podcast conversation, Florida West EDA’s Chris Platé reveals the site selection process, infrastructure priorities, and strategic focus areas positioning Escambia County for transformational growth. Chris Platé didn’t come to Pensacola as a tourist.