According to land investment specialist Curtis Williams, agents with their fingers on the pulse of AI developments have a critical advantage over colleagues less expert in the technology
Expect the portal wars to go into overdrive in 2024, with CoStar Group leading an ambitious effort to unseat Zillow as the country's top real estate portal, technology advisor Mike DelPrete writes
As we approach the final weeks of 2023, agents are continuing to migrate from legacy brands to low-fee, cloud-based brokerages. Mike DelPrete looks at the numbers and trends
Zillow is shoring up its Home Loans business by ratcheting up pressure on Flex agents, who refer clients to the mortgage arm or risk losing future leads, real estate advisor Mike DelPrete writes
Despite all the talk of alternative revenue streams, Zillow's latest money-making strategy is raising the price of its agent-based lead-gen offering
In a series of key charts, Aziz Sunderji of Home Economics and Mike DelPrete, a strategic adviser and global expert in real estate technology, put August existing-home sales in historical context
While other companies are shedding their mortgage arms, Zillow's seeing potential and doubling down on Zillow Home Loans
Opinion
Shifts in the housing market are exposing underlying changes and the strengths and weaknesses of existing business models, including upstarts like The Real Brokerage, Mike DelPrete writes
Even as real estate companies cut costs and narrowed losses in the second quarter of 2023, the third quarter may deliver the truest test of their financial mettle, Mike DelPrete told Intel
Opinion
The last mile of lead generation, where an agent connects with a client, is what tech can't recreate on its own, Mike DelPrete argues
Compass was caught flat-footed last year when the market changed, but it executed a necessary turnaround to sustainability
Opinion
As Zillow's Listing Showcase rolls out, it’s becoming clear that it will play a central role on the seller side of the business as it unlocks new premium revenue streams
Opinion
Serving up straight solutions and not sermons, this year's ICLV was the business-building retreat we need to shore up against the tide and flow with the waves of change
At CEO Connect on Tuesday, DelPrete used business book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' as context for why traditional brokerages can't adjust on the fly to upstart 100% commission models
At Inman Connect Las Vegas, real estate strategist Mike DelPrete explained the 'unfair advantage' of the low-fee business models and how agents are the ultimate solution