Redfin calls on real estate websites to drop crime data

The company cited the real estate industry’s history of redlining, as well as the potential to reinforce racial bias, as reasons to abandon crime data on search portals and other websites. Continue reading

Showingtime’s offer management platform sees surging interest

Real estate professionals in the U.S. and Canada used ShowingTime’s Offer Manager to handle more than 120,000 offers over the past year. Continue reading

Showing apps, portals, big tech partner with RESO on data standardization

The lack of uniform terminology and information standards in listing data has long plagued those who advocate for technology adoption and greater transaction efficiency. Continue reading

MHAuthority.com offers buyers direct access to manufactured living options

Launched by State Listings, Inc., MHAuthority.com is a website designed specifically for the marketing of manufactured homes and mobile homes for rent and sale nationwide. Continue reading

California Association of Realtors teams up with RentSpree

The new partnership will let agents access and use the California Association of Realtors’ rental documents within the RentSpree technology platform. Continue reading

BridgeMLS to offer members voice services via Voiceter Pro

Voiceter Pro has partnered with a number of MLSs around the country and now has added Northern California’s influential bridgeMLS to its lineup. Members can use both Google and Amazon smart speakers. Continue reading

CRS Data updates tax tools for MLS partners

The tax data platform has released new tools and services for its MLS partner product. Updates feature enriched tax maps, comp searches and prospecting tools. Continue reading

BridgeMLS and BoxBrownie partner up

BoxBrownie and bridgeMLS strike deal to offer discounts to members for listing photography edits, virtual staging, day-to-dusk upgrades and other digital creative services. Continue reading

Bombshell NAR lawsuit: How much did sellers pay in buyer-side commission?

A recently filed lawsuit against NAR, among other big industry players, alleges that NAR-member agents, along with many of the country’s various multiple listing services, colluded to inflate Realtor commissions. Here’s a look at the commission numbers… Continue reading

What the bombshell buyer-side lawsuit means for Realtors

In case you missed it, a class action lawsuit was filed with the United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois on Wednesday, March 6th. Continue reading