Zillow debuts collaborative SharePlay search feature

SharePlay will let users search listings with friends and family, and is meant to turn the experience of searching Zillow into a “game sport.” Continue reading

Engel & Völkers opens up shop in Raleigh, North Carolina

The brokerage’s license partner of Engel & Völkers Charlotte, Yuriy Vaynshteyn, will help lead the new office, alongside Nikita Zhitov and Vincenzo Verdino, founders of CityPlat Commercial Real Estate, a Raleigh-area firm. Continue reading

The transaction of the future is all cash and requires less paperwork

Clelia Peters asked speakers during an Inman Connect panel a series of rapid-fire questions about how agents and real estate tech companies would handle real estate transactions in the future. Continue reading

New Redfin tool allows shoppers to phone a friend with FaceTime

The feature lets buyers hop on a FaceTime call with their agents and others, browse listings and share their favorites with the group. Continue reading

America’s Hottest Neighborhoods: Willow Glen in San Jose, California

Robust work-from-home policies amid the pandemic and an upcoming development by Google, as well as other charms, make Willow Glen an enviable place to live. Continue reading

Apple’s iPhone 12 leaked: What do agents have to look forward to?

Subtle marketing or legit leak? Either way, Apple’s iPhone 12 will be larger and faster, and it’s rumored to come with LiDAR scanning tech on its three-lens, 3D camera. Continue reading

Coronavirus drives adoption of video tours

Amid quarantines and calls for social distancing, agents are turning to video chats and virtual tours to show off properties. Continue reading

Real estate stocks slammed amid coronavirus market woes

Days of coronavirus-induced stock selloffs have driven the share price of numerous companies, including many in the real estate industry, plummeting. Continue reading

How to fail at business in 4 easy steps

What do Andrew Carnegie, Benjamin Franklin, Oprah, John D. Rockefeller, John Paul DeJoria, Steve Jobs and Walt Disney have in common? Learn what really powers success in entrepreneurship here. Continue reading

The Dominos pizza tracker of home search: Josh Team on KW’s new app

In the first day that Keller Williams new consumer-facing app was live, it increased engagement in the company’s tech ecosystem by 600 percent. Home searches were up 2,500 percent. Continue reading