With $15M goal, Knock turns to ‘everyday’ investors

Alternative financing company Knock has secured $10 million from Second Century Ventures, the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors, and Foundry Venture Capital. It’s using Wefunder to reach $15 million total. Continue reading

Knock increases bridge loan for home prep to $35,000

The six-month loan is a component of Home Swap that allows clients to prepare a home for market through basic repairs, small finish upgrades, painting and other items buyers look for in a home. Continue reading

Zillow Offers’ demise ‘attributable to internal factors,’ report claims

Zavvie has found that both iBuyers and power buyers are seeing explosive growth — suggesting Zillow’s recent moves don’t reflect weakness in the iBuying concept. Continue reading

Future 15: tune in to modernize and future-proof your real estate business

Knock CEO Sean Black will host Future 15, an exciting new series that will welcome real estate’s big thinkers to talk about trends, tech, and innovation across the industry. Continue reading

Brokerage exec tells all: Tools to win in today’s market

In the above session from Connect Now, Shelley Smith of Knock and Carol Perry of HomeSmart International discuss a brokerage that successfully adopted new technology and tools that benefit clients as much as agents, and how you can do the same. Continue reading

Knock moves into 50th market, launches closing guarantee

Knock, a real estate technology company that facilitates a buy-now, sell-later financing model called Home Swap, is officially in Chicago, the company announced, in combination with news that it’s now offering a $5,000 on-time closing promise. Continue reading

Keller Williams among 9 Florida franchises to partner with Knock

Nationwide, Knock is now partnered with 215 real estate brokerage firms with 90,000 agents in approximately 4,100 ZIP codes in Arizona, Southern California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Continue reading

Knock CEO Sean Black sees a ‘transaction revolution’ on horizon

Ahead of his speaking engagement at Inman Connect next week, Knock CEO Sean Black dished on the tech trends he expects to accelerate this year. Continue reading

Knock’s Carolina’s expansion puts Home Swap in 40 markets

Knock Home Swap is now available in 40 markets in 10 states with the latest expansion into South Carolina and new markets in North Carolina. Continue reading

This agent did the Knock Home Swap on her own home. Here’s what happened.

It’s because of this commitment to my clients that I decided I would try the Knock Home Swap™, an innovative new lending solution that promises to help homeowners buy before they sell, on myself. Continue reading