Broker Public Portal appoints former RE/MAX exec as CEO

Dan Troup will lead a company founded by brokerages and MLSs, which aims to build an alternative to big portals such as Zillow and Realtor.com. Continue reading

CoStar to sunset Homesnap brand this year as it transitions to Homes

The real estate juggernaut is sunsetting the Homesnap brand name and products by the end of the year in favor of transitioning users to its dominant residential real estate brand Homes.com. Continue reading

CoStar’s Homesnap and Broker Public Portal get a divorce

BPP will pivot to creating a national “superset” of listing data for MLSs to power their own listing sites and developing a “Fast Pass” for real estate innovation. Continue reading

Homesnap Pro hits 5 years and 1 million agents

This May marks a special time for Homesnap Pro: the agent-only mobile productivity app turns five years old, and Homesnap’s agent footprint has crossed the million agent mark. That means that over a million agents across the country have access to Home… Continue reading

The endless battle for data control

The battle over listing syndication isn’t new, and the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors isn’t the first to flirt with ending automatic syndication. Continue reading

Homesnap launches search-by-commute tool for homebuyers

Homesnap has developed a free “Search by Commute” feature that allows users to filter their property searches by commute time for up to five destinations. Continue reading

Cameron Paine joins eXp Realty

Cameron Paine, who served as founding CEO of Connecticut Multiple Listing Service, has taken the reins as senior vice president of industry relations at eXp Realty, the company announced on Wednesday. Continue reading