Rupert Murdoch drops $30M on full-floor pad, Central Park views

Murdoch, the News Corp founder and business magnate, has signed a contract to buy the entire 27th floor of the Hampshire House in Manhattan. It’s only his latest purchase in recent years. Continue reading

New-home transactions roar to life with strongest sales pace in a year

A dip in mortgage rates and a backlog of empty homes helped power sales of newly constructed houses for the second-straight month in January, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading

BHHS Chair on housing market angst: ‘This too shall pass’

No matter what the market’s doing, the way you show up is the biggest factor in determining your outcomes. Jimmy Burgess talks with Gino Blefari, CEO, HomeServices of America and Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, about where we’ve been, where … Continue reading

Rila aims to capture home ‘vibes’ with 30-second short-form videos

The update also includes what the real estate search app calls a “home-centric machine learning media classifier,” or an algorithm that improves its content recommendations with each use. Continue reading

NAR rolls out 5th ‘That’s Who We R’ ad campaign after fee hike

The campaign’s core message this year is “here for it all” with the aim of showing how the nation’s more than 1.5 million Realtors work to make the dream of property ownership a reality. Continue reading

OJO CEO John Berkowitz on the AI revolution: ‘We’re in a hype cycle’

OJO founder and CEO John Berkowitz shares what a Chinese translation of “crisis” means for his company and what impact artificial intelligence might have on real estate. Continue reading

RealCheeky’s small brokerage transaction management solution needs work, but fundamentals are intact: Tech Review

RealCheeky isn’t necessarily a daily login. It’s a service provider that uses technology to deliver its transaction coordination service product after all pertinent paperwork is submitted. Continue reading