Monthly Archives: June 2021

After buying frenzy, demand for second homes comes down to earth

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New lending restrictions and buyer preferences meant slower growth last month in mortgages for vacation homes and investment properties. Continue reading →

Offerpad is a more profitable flavor of iBuying: Mike DelPrete

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Offerpad’s latest financials strongly suggest that a less venture-funded, less tech-enabled, more real-estate focused and less breakneck version of iBuying can be (almost) profitable. Continue reading →

Email marketer ActivePipe rolls out brokerage-wide nurture campaigns

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Helping power the new nurture service is technology ActivePipe acquired in its purchase of HomePrezzo in 2020. Continue reading →

Knock CEO Sean Black sees a ‘transaction revolution’ on horizon

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Ahead of his speaking engagement at Inman Connect next week, Knock CEO Sean Black dished on the tech trends he expects to accelerate this year. Continue reading →

Average homeowner gained $33,400 in equity last year: CoreLogic

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The average annual equity gain from Q1 2020 to Q1 2021 for homeowners with mortgages is the highest in at least a decade, according to CoreLogic. Continue reading →

Attom releases platform for on-demand access to real estate data

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The service is intended to help technology providers, brokerages, financial institutions and other real estate industry players leverage data on-demand as needs arise for marketing, sales and critical business decisions. Continue reading →

Tackling agent retention? 4 strategies for a stronger firm

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You can’t predict when your agents will decide their time with your brokerage is done, but while they’re with you, you can work to support them. Here are a few effective ways to prioritize retention. Continue reading →

Why agents and title agencies don’t always see eye to eye

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While the title agency tends to bear its fair share of a transaction’s detail-oriented work, it’s when communication and cooperation collapse that closings tend to be delayed. Here’s why both companies need to work together and communicate clearly. Continue reading →