How the earliest metaverse agents are weathering the crypto crash

Buying and selling land in the metaverse doesn’t require a middle-man. But an early group of agents has jumped into the volatile market. Where are they now? Continue reading

Agents can’t let crypto creep into their real estate spheres

This month’s situation: A veteran agent is developing a side interest in cryptocurrency that is bleeding into her real estate business. Should her broker keep her focused on their primary business? Continue reading

Place picks up 2 new C-suite executives to ‘further our vision’

Emiliano Delucia and Abby Powell will help lead the startup less than a year after it achieved unicorn status. The company said it employs 584 people. Continue reading

Happy Grasshopper adds 124th hgRECRUITS brokerage partner

Real estate communication platform Happy Grasshopper has added Houston-based ERA Legacy Living as its latest hgRECRUITS brokerage partner, according to an announcement on Friday. ERA Legacy Living joins 123 leading brokerages, such as Better Homes and … Continue reading

Recruiting at the heart of Chime’s latest enterprise platform add-on

The innovative sales and marketing technology platform Chime has rolled out a recruiting product as part of its recent evolution as large-scale enterprise player. Continue reading

Why real estate offers the biggest opportunity to new tech companies

It’s no secret that startups are risky business, but the real estate industry has a tradition of holding the door open for new tech. Expert Georg Chmiel weighs in on how this means big opportunities for burgeoning companies looking to make an impact. Continue reading

Want to know a property’s true value? Think digital

Technology-driven floor plans are a tool for helping depict the true value of a home and ultimately driving more well-informed financial decisions for buyers and sellers alike. Continue reading

Lone Wolf enhances deal making with digital forms overhaul: Tech Review

Lone Wolf’s new forms editor for its zipForms edition of Transactions is a sleek, modernized method for quickly authoring and executing all the documents required to keep a deal moving from contract to close. Continue reading

Industry vet Melissa Kwan’s latest company to power REACH class

Melissa Kwan launched eWebinar in 2019, demonstrating remarkable prescience prior to a pandemic that would push so much of the industry into online business. Continue reading

Hippo’s mortgage partner channel takes off; helps find coverage faster

Program piloted last year now provides services to more than a dozen mortgage lenders and loan servicers, who help 7 million people finance or refinance their homes each year. Continue reading