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Ylopo debuts virtual assistant

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Real estate digital marketing startup Ylopo has developed a digital assistant that can send text messages and follow up with consumers on behalf of agents. Continue reading →

Nextdoor will now tell you how much your home is worth

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Your Home, as the company is calling the new feature, is meant to be a landing space on Nextdoor’s website and app that shows users how much their home might be worth and how much they might earn if they sold it. In essence, Nextdoor is now providing u… Continue reading →

Google sibling Sidewalk unveils its master plan for Toronto smart city

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Here are just a few of the ideas outlined Monday in Sidewalk Labs’ massive master plan for a proposed new community in Toronto, Canada. The community, the first part of which has been dubbed Quayside, would occupy a section of waterfront property east … Continue reading →

Mortgage tech startup Blend raises $130M, adds Pixar vet to board

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Digital mortgage lending startup Blend announced Monday its raised an additional $130 million in venture capital funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $310 million. The company plans to use the capital to further grow its team of nearly 400 … Continue reading →

JP & Associates hires former RE/MAX president Geoff Lewis

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JP & Associates Realtors announced Monday that Geoff Lewis, a veteran executive of RE/MAX, is joining JPAR’s parent company Vesuvius Holdings, LLC. Continue reading →

After 40 years, Coldwell Banker begins rolling out a new logo and branding

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Following the tests this summer, Coldwell Banker plans to debut final branding standards during a leadership summit in September. Then, a company-wide rollout will begin in January 2020, though individual offices and franchisees will have as much as tw… Continue reading →

We’re in a ‘homebody era’ and that means a housing shortage for years to come

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In May 2019, the average tenure of homeowners in the U.S. — that is, the amount of time a typical homeowner lives in their home — rose 10 percent year-over-year to 11.3 years… Continue reading →

Zacks analyst: Zillow Offers will ‘make or break the tech giant’

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Technology is transforming real estate and iBuying is taking center stage, according to Daniel Laboe, an analyst at Zacks, an investment research firm. Continue reading →

The Real Word: The house with no front door

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Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, they’ll look at the new amendments to the bombshell lawsuit, moving away from single-family zoning and the infamous Atlanta home with no f… Continue reading →

High-end homeowners love biometric tech — but should they?

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Unlocking a home with only a fingerprint or facial scan can be awesome, but some experts wonder what happens to all the biometric data users upload. Continue reading →