Inman Intel: Insights & Research
The regional brokerage has purchased HK Lane, a 75-agent firm in the Coachella Valley, and welcomed back about 50 agents that were part of a team that left for rival eXp Realty in April
Inman Intel Index Highlights
4 in 10
Anywhere agents who responded to Intel's survey in January said their brokerage has announced it will be switching to Compass tech platforms. Another 39% said their brokerage has not provided guidance on this yet.
40%
of agent respondents in January said they had negotiated compensation with at least one recent buyer — a share that has dipped in recent months but remains higher than at any point before May.
1 in 3
agent respondents in January said their buyer pipelines were worse off than the same time last year, down from nearly 1 in 2 October
55%
of brokerage leaders surveyed in January told Intel they were concerned about the state of the economy. That's as low as any point since the U.S. announced a wide array of reciprocal tariffs on foreign imports in April.
Moving technology and concierge company MoveEasy has rebranded as LiveEasy to accommodate new tools, better connectivity and its introduction to the rental market
Agents who use the new system can rapidly generate social media content, marketing visuals, property descriptions and other assets to boost market attention
With focus on single-family rental category, Picket calls itself a 'provider of integrated technology and services for residential real estate investing, management and resident experience'
OJO Pro+ will cater to just a handful of teams in each market. The product is one of two new offerings from OJO meant to provide high-quality leads and insights to agents
The housing downturn was supposed to bring the market back into balance between buyers and sellers. But recent inventory gains have stalled
The CEO of coaching and training business SparkTank Media dished on how artificial intelligence will enhance lead prospecting and where agents are failing amid a murky economic landscape
The new features will allow agents to automate more of their work and better manage their deals, according to an announcement Tuesday. The goal is to help agents amid a challenging market
A more robust proptech-partner network in the industry is now slightly more geographically minded as MoxiWorks welcomes market-intelligence firm Local Logic to its MoxiCloud
The Real Brokerage has already taught GPT how to help agents. But failing to use the same software or work with the same data results in few opportunities, CTO Pritesh Damani told Inman
The website's new skill leverages a form of artificial intelligence called computer vision to scan images for rapid description creation, item tagging and room identification, the company said
Rapidly growing Latch, which will soon be led by Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, tapped AppFolio's wide-ranging property management software to streamline its enterprise access systems
'We invested heavily in building our end-to-end software solution for rent reporting and consumer app layer and now we’re focused on revolutionizing the entire renter experience,' Boom says
As the market for proptech nears $100B, executives at companies like Contactually and Trackxi are grappling with a paradox: As the market grows, what brokerages and agents want is narrowing
In the 18 months since the acquisition, the firm has gradually rolled out its proprietary technology, pl@tform, to Christie's affiliates and early adopters are now seeing 'great impacts,' said Wong
The company’s unique property image tagging and compliance product has been implemented into the Central Virginia Regional MLS
Web activity grew by 54% in March 2023, easily the greatest increase of all top-ranking websites worldwide, according to Veza Digital