Where the billionaires are concentrated

While the census doesn’t name individual billionaires or their ventures, these trends toward tech-centric business creation certainly include the founders of high profile Bay Area companies such as Facebook and Google. It’s also unsurprising, then, tha… Continue reading

Nextdoor raises $123M in funding

Nextdoor, a hyperlocal social network for neighbors and local businesses has raised an additional $123 million in funding, led by Riverwood Capital. Continue reading

Is Realtistiq the next total business solution for brokers?

This brokerage software solution helps real estate offices manage and market their businesses. Continue reading

Price growth in the nation’s metros continues to slow

The median existing single-family home price in the country’s metro areas rose 3.9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019, according to NAR. Continue reading

Agents rating agents? This brokerage is putting it to the test

A new collaboration is giving more than 600 agents at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Professional Realty a new way to provide feedback for their peers. Continue reading

Crowdfunding platform buys what’s left of RealtyShares

Six months after crowdfunding platform RealtyShares went bust, another real estate firm has swooped in and acquired what remains of the once-buzzy company. Continue reading

Amazon’s $7K, do-it-yourself tiny home goes viral, sells out instantly

If you can’t find the perfect house, have one sent to you. A build-it-yourself tiny home recently posted on Amazon has gone viral and sold out instantly. Continue reading

Best Ways to Prepare for Life’s Big Financial ‘What-Ifs’

The world turned upside down 10 years ago for Chanel Reynolds, a Seattle-based digital strategist, when her husband José Hernando, then 43, died in the hospital, a week after a bicycle accident. But the tumult involved far more than becoming a widow wi… Continue reading