A bevy of cities in Texas and Florida offer the most bang for first-time homebuyers’ bucks, according to Zillow’s latest analysis released Wednesday. Thanks to an abundance of undervalued homes ripe for appreciation, Tampa, Florida, topped the list alongside Orlando, Florida, which also cracked the top five. Houston, San Antonio and Dallas comprised the list […]
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A week after debuting an automated marketing platform for its agents with the marketing company Imprev, real estate franchisor Re/Max is touting the results of another automated tool. Last October, Re/Max gave its agents access to automated marketing through a partnership with the online advertising firm Adwerx. Since then, Re/Max says, the online marketing campaigns […]
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has signed Berlin, Germany-based brokerage Rubina Real Estate as its first global franchisee, it announced this week. The brokerage, which will operate as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Rubina Real Estate starting in April, serves central Berlin and has aspirations to expand to other parts of Germany. “Rubina Real Estate is an ideal fit […]
What’s it like to be a smaller software company looking for funding and trying to provide an innovative, high-tech product that brings data and transparency for buyers and sellers? See Adwerx’s Jed Carlson and HomeLight’s Devu Gandhi, along with moderator Clelia Peters (co-founder and advisor, Metaprop) onstage at Inman Connect New York’s Capital Connect as they […]
“Investors are getting increasingly sophisticated in this space,” said JMP Securities managing director, Ryan Abbe onstage at Inman Connect New York’s Capital Connect. “They’ve now seen enough companies come through their offices pitching them on what they’re doing that they know what works and what likely doesn’t.” Watch Abbe, along with GCA Global managing director […]
When Simon Chen joined ERA Real Estate as chief operating officer in May, he learned that the company’s acronym stood for “electronic realty associates.” In his new role as CEO, Chen plans to get back to those roots — even if the electronics referenced in ERA’s name at the time referred to a fax machine […]
Another company has entered the iBuyer fray. On Wednesday, tech company BuzzBuzzHome rolled out a feature on its app and website that allows homebuyers to make an initial deposit for a condo in a new development without any paperwork. Launched in 2009, the Toronto-based company previously functioned as a property database that connected buyers looking […]
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Tuesday delivered a letter of support in favor of a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule that could potentially pave the way for the trade group to create an Association Health Plan through which its self-employed Realtor members could receive more affordable medical coverage. The rule, which would modify […]
What I call “disruption fatigue” set in for me a couple of years ago, and now disruption has arrived. The number of people who want to sell their home has declined, and the number of people who want to buy homes has increased —creating a record-breaking shortage of homes for sale. The shortage of homes […]
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