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• Get more out of Instagram! 12 tips every agent should follow
  Instagram offers an opportunity to easily create content that is straightforward, easy to digest and likely to garner engagement. Simply put, it means that, if you haven’t already, you should be integrating Instagram into your social media strategy. Here’s what you should be doing to maximize the platform.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices sets up shop in Mexico for first time
  Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has brought on its first network member in Mexico in the expat and retiree destination of San Miguel de Allende.
• Fires haven’t extinguished buyer activity in the Bay Area
  Compass' latest Bay Area market analysis shows strong buyer activity despite recent wildfires, with listings under contract declining only 3 percent.
• Why Opendoor going public is a rising tide that could lift Zillow
  For the second consecutive month, Deutsche Bank's research team raised its target stock price for Zillow. This time, it was fueled by its biggest iBuyer competitor going public.
• Redfin: Homes are selling like hot cakes in swing counties
  According to Redfin's latest market analysis, the home sales pace is growing fastest in swing counties as urban homebuyers migrate to suburban locales.
• As ban looms, here are some of the best real estate TikToks we’ve seen
  TikTok has become a creative marketing outlet for scores of real estate professionals. Now it's facing increased pressure from the Trump administration.
• Over 11M households struggled with rent and mortgages this spring
  Renters were much more likely than homeowners to struggle with monthly payments, according to a new Mortgage Bankers Association report.
• Buyside launches first-ever National Home Valuation Week
  Throughout the week, starting on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, top real estate firms in the U.S. will join forces to promote homeowners to check the value of their home through their local broker.
• Builder confidence reaches historic all-time high in September
  The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index jumped 5 points to 83 in September, an all-time high for the index since the series began in 1985.
• Lawmakers blast brokerages, agents named in ‘Newsday’ report
  Among those who testified during a Senate hearing Thursday was Douglas Elliman’s Long Island CEO, Ann Conroy, who said the company did not discipline any of the 10 agents who allegedly engaged in discriminatory practices.

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