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Startup enters Sacramento, Riverside, Denver and Portland in quest to expand into 50 markets by 2020
by Emma Hinchliffe Aug 16
Turf war between Compass and Pacific Union shifts to commercial
Both claim to be residential market share leaders, and now they'll go head-to-head in the commercial real estate space
by Patrick Kearns Aug 15
Offerpad partners with Bellhops, offers free moving services to sellers
The iBuyer will pay for its homesellers' moves within a 50-mile radius through partnership with moving startup
by Emma Hinchliffe Aug 15
Airbnb will rapidly expand line of co-branded apartment buildings: report
Partnering with a Florida-based developer, Airbnb may launch as many as 14 apartments focused on short-term subletting by 2020
by Emma Hinchliffe Aug 14
Marketing agency Black29 Group acquires Pro R.E.A. Staffing
The deal is part of an effort to provide agent recruitment services to real estate brokerages in the US and Canada
Trulia Neighborhoods launches to make communities look like Instagram Stories
New feature combines drone photography, crowdsourced feedback from residents, and info about schools, crime, and LGBT protections for 300 communities and counting
by Marian McPherson Aug 14
How psychology is holding back real estate tech
Opinion
Investors and entrepreneurs assuming that tech will disrupt the real estate industry in the same way it has with low-value, high-frequency transactions are taking a myopic view
by Mike DelPrete Aug 13
Real estate's tech boom is getting its own college course
Mike DelPrete will teach University of Colorado Boulder course on iBuyers, Zillow, new construction methods and more
by Emma Hinchliffe Aug 13
Brian Copeland launches single-fee virtual brokerage Doorbell
Tennessee-based real estate startup will give agents a long leash — along with some tech tools and other support
by Teke Wiggin Aug 13
U.S. News & World Report serves up agent-matching by HomeLight
HomeLight matches buyers and sellers with agents based on performance data
by Teke Wiggin Aug 13
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Opinion
Creating choices will ensure agents success in the future
by Brad Inman Aug 13
Startup brokerage Houwzer offers homesellers a $2,500 rebate they can transfer to family, friends
Operating in Philly and D.C., the company is raising its flat listing fee from $995 to $2,500, but courting millennials and their relatives with its new Houwzer Assist credit
by Emma Hinchliffe Aug 13
Money dollars falling from sky
The parent company of the cloud-based brokerage released its second-quarter earnings Monday
by Emma Hinchliffe Aug 13
Keller Williams tallies $98.3B in second-quarter sales
President and CEO John Davis says sharp focus on proprietary technologies helped spark 8.7% sales boost
by Marian McPherson Aug 13
Forget email: Use Slack to build a better real estate office
Opinion
The fast-growing chat platform is ideally designed to benefit and help coalesce fractured agent communications
by Craig C. Rowe Aug 11