As every industry faces disruptive technologies, the same steps are inevitably taken in each that always lead to the same outcome: The incumbents fail to embrace change quickly enough and are displaced. Continue reading
SmarterAgent, a mobile platform that allows agents and brokers to create websites and customized search apps, is suing HomeAway and Real Estate Webmasters for patent infringement, claiming the two companies are infringing on a patent related to locatio… Continue reading
Fueled by 180,000 agents worldwide, Keller Williams has been quietly leveraging its data to boost artificial intelligence-powered technology. Continue reading
Listen in to learn top strategies for advertising online and how to make the most of the platforms available to you from Nextdoor’s Lauren Nemeth, Zillow’s Curt Beardsley and Google’s Brian Dick onstage at Inman Connect New York. Continue reading
Zillow and Realogy joined 159 other businesses to announce their support their support of the Equality Act, ahead of its expected re-introduction into Congress next week. Continue reading
Zillow dived into iBuying after seeing it as an “existential threat,” the company’s newly reinstalled CEO said this week, and he anticipates major changes to its current practice of charging agents for a subscription to get leads. Continue reading
Online real estate giant Zillow has begun airing its first-ever iBuyer TV ads, which lean heavily into the company’s widespread name recognition and play up the program’s ease of use. Continue reading
A New Jersey District Court Judge dismissed last week, an antitrust lawsuit that alleged Zillow impacted competition by concealing the Zestimate on homes listed by certain brokerages. Continue reading
Regular columnist Jay Thompson takes a look at earnings news — as well as the industry’s response — and why not really understanding the interworkings of businesses is a massive hurdle in real estate. Continue reading
Profits at Douglas Elliman fell by nearly 75 percent in 2018, thanks in part to a slower residential market, according to the latest earnings report. Continue reading