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The Real Word: Should RE/MAX buy Redfin?

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, RE/MAX and Redfin are partnering up, and some think it’s just a matter of time before the bigger brokerage buys Redfin. Source: click here

Chatbot inventor offers behind-the-scenes look at tech

Austin, Texas-based inventor Michael Butcher designed a bot originally intended to help restaurants, auto mechanics and nail salons follow up with leads — but it turned into something more when he was asked by a real estate agent friend to develop an iteration that would help pre-qualify buyer and seller leads. Here, Butcher gives us […]

10 steps for creating a phenomenal buying experience

In an age where you have so much information literally at your fingertips, why do buyers still need a buyer’s agent? Your client experience is where your value lies. It’s yours to prove. Source: click here

Housing starts declined in March

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 reveals more ambitions to be real estate’s ‘one-stop shop’

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 […]

Breaking: Zillow sues Compass over poached employees, intellectual property

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. […]

Atlanta’s privatized affordable housing startup PadSplit raises $4.6M

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 company Vacasa buys Sterling Resorts

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 eyes commercial buildings in new partnership

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

The Inman Weekender: Contract terms every agent should know

  Get ‘back to basics’ this weekend 21 contract terms every agent should be able to explain with easeBY NICOLE SOLARI | APR 16 7 reasons pre-listing inspections are an absolute mustBY CARA AMEER | APR 17 How to keep your seller from straying to an iBuyerBY TROY PALMQUIST | APR 17 Open house cheat […]

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