How real estate portals are reacting amid the coronavirus pandemic
In this fast-moving, dynamic time, portals are making significant moves to retain their agent clients and ease their financial burden
by Mike DelPrete Mar 24
'Millions More Buyers': What's a real estate portal’s competitive advantage?
Opinion
Attempts to compete directly with the leading portals — from both upstarts and financially strong runner-up portals — have met with limited success
by Mike DelPrete Mar 4
Gary Keller, Josh Team on why they copied the portals: 'All this chaos'
Keller Williams' new consumer app tries to give homebuyers and sellers exactly what they want — and strip away everything they don't
by Jim Dalrymple II Feb 15
Trulia sued by broker over Premier Agent advertising
The Zillow-owned search portal is facing a lawsuit from a broker over its advertising business
by Patrick Kearns Dec 2
Are property portals worth what they cost? A case study
Being the place where consumers go to start their property search, even with alternate options, often yields more effective results
by Mike DelPrete Nov 18
Lifestyle-driven portal LandOnEarth announces national beta launch
Now out of stealth mode, consumer-facing but agent-backed home search solution enters the market with focus on lifestyle-first homebuying
by Craig C. Rowe Apr 8
A man using his cell phone
The companies are integrating systems, meaning work on Homesnap will show up in CoreLogic's Matrix platform
by Jim Dalrymple II Mar 22
Corcoran CEO: Online portals are 'biggest competition' going forward
Pamela Liebman dishes on franchising, disruptors, lack of women in leadership, aggressive recruiting and more in a one-on-one interview
by Patrick Kearns Jan 28
Agent sues Move and NAR for ‘harassing’ texts
The South Florida agent says she kept receiving telemarketing messages from realtor.com, even after opting out
by Patrick Kearns Sep 19
Map visualization tool SightMap offers renters a better way to apartment hunt
The company has released a version of its dynamic property mapping that works on major listing portals
by Craig C. Rowe Jun 13
Global Insights: Crossing the Rubicon (portals vs. agents)
There is movement from real estate portals towards getting directly involved in the transaction, putting them in direct competition with real estate agents
by Mike DelPrete Jun 7
Toronto skyline
The real estate portal giant discussed plans to add North-of-the-border properties to its U.S. website and app
by Emma Hinchliffe Feb 28
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The Australian company is using the tech behind bitcoin for its 'No-Portal' system, which aspires to include property listings, home appraisals, and agent reviews
Restb.ai uses AI to tag room features for easy searching
Barcelona, Spain-based tech team helps agents embed searchable data in listing photos
by Craig C. Rowe Feb 1
News Corp. headquarters
Former Move sales rep alleges he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to participate in what he believed to be unlawful conduct
by Andrea V. Brambila Jan 11