Housing starts fell 0.3 percent between February and March and dropped 14.2 percent year-over-year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development, released Friday. In total, 1,139,000 housing starts were recorded. Building permits for private homes fell by 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,291,000. Completions, meanwhile, dropped 1.9 percent […]
Compass CEO Robert Reffkin believes the real estate industry is experiencing a “Netflix versus Blockbuster moment,” and he wants his company to emerge as a one-stop shop that provides all services associated with moving. Reffkin outlined his vision for Compass during an interview this month with Bloomberg, saying that his goal is “to realize the greatest […]
Zillow on Friday filed two lawsuits against Compass, alleging the tech-enabled brokerage poached its employees as part of an effort to steal its intellectual property. The suits were filed in Washington state and in federal court, respectively, and argue that Compass lured away three Zillow employees who had signed contracts with non-disclosure and non-compete clauses. […]
Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. With the goal in mind of alleviating the challenges of homeownership and adequate housing alternatives, an Atlanta-based company has raised a seed round of $4.6 million to help people share in the cost of living in […]
Vacation rental management tech startup Vacasa isn’t slowing down its ambitions to conquer the market: this week, it announced that it has purchased Sterling Resorts, a vacation management company on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Sterling has changed hands before: it was bought by Pacifica Companies in 2015 and currently manages 450 homes. Now it will become a part of […]
Airbnb is working to launch a new hospitality service that will give short-term renters access to spaces in commercial buildings in New York City. Source: click here
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The best way to attract seller leads is to create quality information that will help them and position you as the local expert. Here are 50 blog post ideas aimed at attracting sellers. You only need to write them once, but you can repurpose them throughout your career. Source: click here
DashCMA quickly performs robust comparative market analyses for real estate agents. The CMA visualizes data to better communicate home values to clients and uses metrics that many others don’t. Source: click here
There is increasing buzz around lawsuits against social media platforms, real estate agents and brokers over “scammy” and “spammy” lead generation activities. Some of these problems come from real estate professionals who don’t fully understand digital marketing practices and technology. Here are eight easy rules for agents who want to stay out of the fray. […]
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