Kristen L. Haynes

Kristen L. Haynes

BIC, GC, CMRS Broker/Realtor, NC/SC

License #: Broker, NC: 173307, SC: 13212

New Home Buyers Brokers / Realty Pros

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NWMLS, Compass offer differing versions of IDX dustup

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Fri, 2025-04-18 05:12
Northwest MLS on Thursday reinstated a data license it says it yanked after Compass violated its rules. Compass says the rules were changed after it started doing private listings in Washington.

Bright MLS CEO: Time for fence-sitting is over. It’s time to decide

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Fri, 2025-04-18 03:00
If you’re arguing for secrecy in a marketplace that is built on trust and efficiency, Bright MLS CEO Brian Donnellan writes, then maybe it’s not the model that’s outdated — maybe it’s the mindset.

10 things your broker wishes you’d learned in real estate school

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Fri, 2025-04-18 03:00
Broker Joseph Santini offers 10 truths about real estate that will put you on the right track and save you some time on your path to success.

Place buys Remine at auction for $1.5M in cash

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Thu, 2025-04-17 19:23
The purchase price is a fraction of what Austin Board of Realtors’ Unlock MLS, First MLS, Miami Realtors’ MLS and Heartland MLS paid to buy the company 3.5 years ago.

Ben Kinney’s Place buys Remine at auction for $1.5M in cash

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Thu, 2025-04-17 19:23
The purchase price is a fraction of what Austin Board of Realtors’ Unlock MLS, First MLS, Miami Realtors’ MLS and Heartland MLS paid to buy the company 3.5 years ago.

Zillow Showcase listings get marketing bump with analytics

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Thu, 2025-04-17 18:01
Available to agents whose sellers’ properties are leveraging Showcase, the insights dashboard is designed with transparency in mind, allowing agents to unravel which home features may be leading to more online attention.

Measure to disband Florida Real Estate Commission met with alarm

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Thu, 2025-04-17 16:33
If passed into law, the bill would end the seven-member body that oversees licensing and disciplinary matters for 320,000 real estate professionals. Florida Realtors and other groups slammed the plan.

BTT Group Joins Jason Mitchell Group

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Thu, 2025-04-17 14:49

The Jason Mitchell Group (JMG), has announced it is welcoming  BTT Group to its rapidly expanding national network. This strategic partnership signifies an extraordinary opportunity for BTT Group, as JMG’s proven platform and referral pipeline promise to drive significant growth and elevate their entire team. Led by Brian Thomas, BTT Group has established itself as…

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Homes are sitting longer and not just because of mortgage rates

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Thu, 2025-04-17 14:49
According to a new Redfin report, concerns over affordability, economic uncertainty and tariff fears under a second Trump administration are giving buyers serious pause. As of March, the typical U.S. home took 47 days to sell, the longest stretch in six years.

Realtor.com: 81% of Homesellers Expect Offers to Meet or Exceed Expectations

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Thu, 2025-04-17 14:35

Homesellers find themselves in an advantageous position this spring selling season, with a definitive 81% of recent survey respondents expecting to receive either their asking price or more in seller negotiations—and 70% of potential sellers thinking it’s a good time to sell due to the increased value of their homes and the limited inventory available—according…

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How brokerages and proptech can tap into fractional leadership

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Thu, 2025-04-17 13:30
Fractional leadership isn’t a trend, Amy Chorew writes. It’s a flexible, future-ready model built for the realities of modern business.

NWMLS Temporarily Shuts Off IDX Listing Feed to Compass

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Thu, 2025-04-17 13:24

Northwest MLS (NWMLS) reportedly shut off its internet data exchange (IDX) listing feed to Compass earlier this week. RISMedia confirmed the report with Compass. As of today, NWMLS has reinstated the feed after Compass agreed to comply with its rules. The shut-off of NWMLS’ IDX feed to Compass.com meant that any non-Compass property listed by…

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New Residential Construction Declines 11.4% in March

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Thu, 2025-04-17 13:21

March saw a significant downtick in privately owned housing starts, declining 11.4% from February’s revised estimate of 1,494,000 to reach a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,324,000. This comes on the heels of an 11.2% bump in housing starts in February following a 9.8% month-over-month decline in January. Privately owned housing starts were up on…

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As Mortgage Rates Climb, Buyers Should ‘Stress-Test Their Budgets’ as Competing Economic Forces Leave Rate Future Unknown

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Thu, 2025-04-17 13:15

Following the sharp sell-off in government bonds last week that pushed the 10-year treasury yield up to 4.5%, as is usually the case, mortgage rates followed suit, this week rising to their highest point in two months.  The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) released by Freddie Mac Thursday shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM)…

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