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The significance of information technology on real estate agency firm earnings

2011 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA), 2011
The application of various forms of information technology (e.g. internet, SMS, emails etc.) in businesses have affected how brokerage are being conducted by estate agency firms. Information technology is used to attract new buyers/sellers, reduce marketing costs and to close property deals quickly.
null Ting Kien Hwa, Mona Isa
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Racialized Real Estate Agency in U.S. Housing Markets: A Research Note

Urban Affairs Review, 2023
Case studies have illuminated that U.S. real estate agents, as key housing market gatekeepers, continue to maintain racial residential stratification well into the twenty-first century. We use novel survey data gathered from real estate agents across the
Hannah Lee, K. Crowder, Elizabeth Korver‐Glenn   +2 more
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Does the neighbourhood of the dwelling and the real estate agency matter? Geographical differences in ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market

Urban studies, 2022
This study aims to investigate to which extent the ethnic and socio-economic composition of the neighbourhood is related to levels of discrimination in the rental housing market and how this is linked to theories of ethnic discrimination.
Billie Martiniello, P. Verhaeghe
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Analysing the criteria for measuring the determinants of virtual reality technology adoption in real estate agency practice in Lagos: a DEMATEL method

Property Management, 2021
PurposeThis study aims to analyse the criteria used in measuring the determinants of the adoption of virtual reality (VR) technology in real estate agency practice in Lagos, with a view to providing information with which the practice can be enhanced ...
A. Adegoke, T. Oladokun, T. Ayodele, S. Agbato, Ahmed Demola Jinadu, Sulaimon Olawale Olaleye   +5 more
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Is the real estate profession under threat? Assessing the effect of the involvement of non-professionals in Nigeria real estate agency service provision

, 2021
PurposeThis paper examines the effects of non-professionals' involvements in real estate service provision on real estate agency practice in Ibadan Nigeria, in order to provide information that could enhance real estate agency practice in the country ...
A. Agboola, O. Jasper, A. Zakari
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Agency Risks in Outsourcing Corporate Real Estate Functions [PDF]

Journal of Real Estate Research, 2004
Firms outsource business functions to focus on core competencies and cut operating expenses. However, companies must consider agency costs in determining the optimal staffing/ outsourcing balance.
Karen M. Gibler, Roy T. Black
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Munirah’s Homefield Real Estate Agency: “The Lady In A Man’s World Of A Real Estate”

International Journal of Entrepreneurship Case Study (IJECS), 2022
MUNIRAH MOHAMAD has been involved in the real estate industry for over 20 years. She can be described as a lioness in the world of real estate, which the other so-called superior sex-male counterparts have dominated. Her well-defined story is depicted, so the world knows that success comes through hardship despite her well-to-do background. Some might
Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad, Marhaini Hassan   +1 more
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Total Quality Management and Residential Real Estate Agency Issues [PDF]

Journal of Real Estate Research, 2000
This study explores the implications of applying Total Quality Management (TQM) principles to residential real estate brokerage, specifically the need for customer focus.
Hans R. Isakson, Michael Spencer
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Agency Costs and Inefficiency in Commercial Real Estate

Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 1997
Executive Summary. Persistence in partially disaggregated NCREIF returns suggests that the institutional real estate market is inefficient and that the most significant source of market inefficiency is agency cost. A major structural distinction between the stock and real estate markets is the imposition of an agency cost control mechanism on stock ...
Richard Graff, James Webb
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Client selection of a residential real estate agency or agent

Services Marketing Quarterly, 1991
Research relating to professional services marketing remains somewhat sparse, despite the increased attention the topic is receiving in the business and academic press. This article reports the findings of a study relating to client selection of a particular type of professional service provider: a residential real estate agent/agency, a virtually ...
Ellen Day, Hugh O. Nourse
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