Residential real estate on the Web: new challenges and new opportunities for real estate professionals
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The emergence, widespread adoption and unparalleled growth of business on the Internet has had significant economic implications. Transacting real estate sales over the Internet is natural because of the information-intensive nature of these transactions. Electronic commerce, however, has threatened the role of the agent as the critical intermediary in traditional real estate transactions. Thus, real estate agents must adapt to the Internet and discover new ways to continue to add value to the real estate sale process to survive.
Publication Name: Real Estate Finance Journal
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0898-0209
Year: 1999
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The Internet and mortgage brokerage: new challenges, new opportunities
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The Internet computer network has significantly affected the operations of various mortgage brokerage businesses. It has brought changes associated with the carrying out of real estate sales, customers' expectations concerning price and service, and the function of brokers in mortgage transactions. Mortgage brokers need to learn to utilize the Internet and the concepts of electronic commerce to stay competitive and effectively address the challenges and opportunities it brings to the mortgage brokering industry.
Publication Name: Real Estate Finance Journal
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0898-0209
Year: 1999
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E-commerce is here: can e-mortgages be far behind?
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The Internet's potential for supplying mortgage lending and related services is considered. Growing competition is forcing mortgage lenders to seek to exploit the advantages of emerging technologies.
Publication Name: Real Estate Finance Journal
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0898-0209
Year: 2000
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