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

Home price hikes persisted in Q3 as September signaled growth decline

Prices rose 4.2 percent in the third quarter of 2021 and were up 18.5 percent over the same time last year, according to the latest House Price Index by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Continue reading

Skyrocketing US home prices are finally beginning to slow down

September 2021 marked the first month since May 2020 in which annual home price growth decelerated, with home prices increasing 19.5 percent year over year, down from a 19.8 percent annual gain in August. Continue reading

6 stories readers might have missed while eating Thanksgiving leftovers

Whether you were stuffing your face with pumpkin pie or breaking up a brawl between brothers who aren’t on speaking terms, here are the top stories you might have missed this weekend. Continue reading

Petition calls for Turpin public guardian to lose real estate license

Vanessa Espinosa, former deputy public guardian for the Turpin children and, until recently, an agent in California, is facing calls for the state to revoke her real estate license. Continue reading

Pacaso shares now available for luxury home in Santa Barbara

Pacaso acquires luxury second homes under an LLC, then sells that LLC in shares, using an in-house developed app to coordinate usage, order maintenance when needed and generally oversee aspects of ownership. Continue reading

Adwerx nabs $14.5M to expand customer relationship advertising

Customer Relationship Advertising, or CRA, refers to the technology’s capability of connecting directly to clients’ CRM tools to identify and target leads with online campaigns, per agent. Continue reading

Targeting Zillow again, CoStar’s Homesnap unveils new showing tool

The company announced its latest management tool, which it bills as a direct competitor to the widely used ShowingTime product. Continue reading

RE/MAX CEO: Balanced housing market, seasonal norms will return

RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos stressed during a third-quarter earnings call Tuesday that the company’s recent investments are beginning to pay off and that it’s on firm footing for 2022. Continue reading