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Starting Wednesday, homeowners in the Houston metro area can get an all-cash offer for their home from the Seattle-based real estate brokerage
Opinion
Agents are evolving to face disruption, and if they can continue to do so successfully, I think we’ll see a fragmented iBuyer field as part of a broader, complex sales environment
The senator's proposed anti-home-flipping and vacant-home taxes could strain the likes of Opendoor, Offerpad and Zillow Offers. NAR, meanwhile, disapproves of its rental regulations
'Why don't you help us,' Frank Garay pleas of the National Association of Realtors in a YouTube video posted Tuesday
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Plus, Offerpad's new program that aims to get buyers in a new house in 24 hours
Opinion
2018 winner of Realogy's FWD Innovation Summit announced a feature to compare iBuyer deals to the open market. But Homebot's mission remains agent-focused
BHGRE Winans has launched the Flex Move program, a white-labeled version of the proprietary Offer Optimizer software from real estate tech startup zavvie
The iBuyer is piloting 2 new programs to help consumers expedite the closing process and empower them with all-cash offers
Current CEO Charlie Young and incoming CEO Ryan Gorman both agreed that while iBuying will stay small, it also offers valuable insights into what consumers want
Real estate franchisor recommends agents who help clients sell a home to Offerpad only accept 1% fee from Offerpad in the transaction, with potential opportunity to re-list the same home for Offerpad for another 1% commission
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The 'iBuyer Map' from Mike DelPrete and Remine closely tracks home purchases by Opendoor, Zillow Offers and Offerpad
Offerpad will provide the homebuying capital behind Keller Offers in 12 markets, giving KW agents a chance to rep both sides of a sales transaction for the iBuyer
The iBuyer plans to make offers on homes in Salt Lake City and Boise later this year, followed by St. Louis in 2020