Clever acquires renter assistance, rewards app Gravy

Gravy, an application built to support renters in their homebuying process, has been acquired by Clever Real Estate, a company that specializes in educating consumers about agent choice and the overall transaction process. Continue reading

Notable search features and sharp UX highlight Hōm: Tech Review

Billed as a lifetime engagement solution, Hōm offers a lot for the growing agent targeting first-time buyers, but it’s more an assemblage of nice-to-haves than an application designed to create meaningful change. Continue reading

After retiring SimpleNexus brand, nCino grows its mortgage business

Since acquiring SimpleNexus for $933.6 million and rebranding the company, nCino has been signing new clients and cross-selling its new mortgage capabilities to existing customers. Continue reading

It’s past time for proptechs to shift focus from agents to the consumer

Proptech has a role to play in how real estate consumers view and interact with the professionals who help them buy and sell homes. Continue reading

Proptech executives are quietly laying groundwork for a busy 2024

Executives, owners and investors at real estate technology companies signaled in responses to November’s Inman Intel Index survey that 2024 will be a year of growth. These are their plans. Continue reading

How Andrew Flachner is harnessing technology and the human touch

In the latest profile in his Snapshot series, Brandon Doyle talks to RealScout co-founder Andrew Flachner about how tech can transform the way agents and clients interact. Continue reading

More agents than ever earn business from networking and SOI

From cold calling and radio shows to painting classes, agent efforts to grow sphere of influence aren’t one-size-fits-all. Continue reading

Reorzo’s location marketing solution needs to find itself first: Tech Review

Reorzo is a web app that integrates with Wordpress to give agents a way to deliver an AI chatbot and location-specific marketing reports and web pages, among other lead engagement tactics. Continue reading

Title insurer First American back online after cybersecurity incident

There are “some limits to functionality” as First American continues efforts to return to normal business operations following a cybersecurity breach that led the company to isolate some systems from the internet on Dec. 20. Continue reading

Artificial intelligence roused real estate amid a big year for proptech

Technology roared to life in 2023, sending a current of excitement across brokerages, MLS’s and the vendors who serve both. But it was AI’s rapid acceleration that drove the narrative. Continue reading