Real Estate Webmasters wins Gold award for design of CarlyCarey.com

Real Estate Webmasters, a Vancouver Island-based real estate web design and technology company, has taken home the top award for global real estate websites at the 2021 Muse Creative Design competition. Continue reading

San Francisco ‘treehouse in the sky’ sells for $2M above asking price

The home initially hit the market for $3.5 million but the offers poured in and a bidding war ensued, with 15 offers in total. It eventually sold for $5.6 million. Continue reading

Unlicensed mortgage broker siphoned off $4.74M in refi proceeds

An unlicensed mortgage broker faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to a fraud scheme in which $4.74 million in mortgage refinancing proceeds were allegedly wired to accounts controlled by the perpetrators. Continue reading

IBuyers on track to have record-setting sales in Q3

A new report from Zillow found that the nation’s four largest iBuyers reached a 1 percent market share in the second quarter of 2021, setting the stage for record-breaking sales in Q3. Continue reading

Opendoor acquires 2 home renovation startups

The iBuying giant will keep the teams and technology from Skylight and Pro.com, but will discontinue the brands themselves. Continue reading

Home price growth soars to an all-time high in July

Home price growth in July soared a record-shattering 18 percent year over year, the highest price appreciation recorded since CoreLogic began tracking the metric in 1976. Continue reading

Uncertain school year fuels renewed interest in at-home classrooms

With the school year beginning next week for millions of students nationwide, parents in search of a new home are once again considering space for at-home learning stations. Continue reading