Real estate agents still ‘very integral’
Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014 | 9:45 AM ET
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff gives three reasons why online housing data provided by his firm and others are not a substitute for agents.
Even in this age of the Internet, real estate agents are still a “very integral” part of buying and selling homes, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday.
It may seem like a counterintuitive statement from a pioneer in the online proliferation of housing data. But Rascoff said the efforts of his company and others will force agents to evolve.
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Watch the above video for the Zillow chief’s three reasons why real estate agents won’t be going away anytime soon.
By: Matthew J. Belvedere
