Author Archives: Teke Wiggin

Low-fee brokerage Houwzer nabs $4.5M more in funding

By Teke Wiggin | January 7, 2019 - 5:01 am |January 7, 2019 Uncategorized

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Houwzer serves homebuyers and sellers in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and with the new funding, plans to expand to a third, as-yet-unnamed, market in the next year. Continue reading →

Compass slapped with lawsuit over website access for the blind

By Teke Wiggin | December 28, 2018 - 5:29 pm |December 28, 2018 Uncategorized

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Compass is being sued for allegedly failing to make its website fully accessible to blind people, raising the specter that real estate brokerages remain exposed to a similar legal risk. Continue reading →

Top purchaser from iBuyers accused of aggressive eviction tactics

By Teke Wiggin | December 26, 2018 - 9:23 pm |December 26, 2018 Uncategorized

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The company’s Memphis-area rentals also amassed property violations at an unusually high rate, equal to a new violation every day or two, according to The Post. Continue reading →

Arizona Realtors get Lone Wolf transaction software

By Teke Wiggin | December 26, 2018 - 4:52 pm |December 26, 2018 Uncategorized

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TransactionDesk will be made available to Arizona’s 50,000 Realtors under the deal. Continue reading →

Can machine learning value homes more accurately?

By Teke Wiggin | December 26, 2018 - 4:43 pm |December 26, 2018 Uncategorized

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ClearAVM is designed to help lenders with tasks including pre-valuation, portfolio valuation, home equity situations and underwriting. Continue reading →

The 7 biggest real estate tech news stories of 2018

By Teke Wiggin | December 25, 2018 - 9:00 am |December 25, 2018 Uncategorized

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Real estate tech made great strides in 2018, landing squarely in the crosshairs of the world’s biggest investors. Continue reading →

Homelessness edges up despite low unemployment rate

By Teke Wiggin | December 17, 2018 - 8:24 pm |December 17, 2018 Uncategorized

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Homelessness increased slightly in 2018, as rising rents continued to limit access to affordable housing despite a low unemployment rate. Continue reading →

The 17 markets with the most mega sales in the world

By Teke Wiggin | December 14, 2018 - 2:43 pm |December 14, 2018 Uncategorized

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New York City, Los Angeles, Aspen, Colorado, are among the 17 markets with the most mega property sales in the world, according to a new report. Continue reading →

Mortgage demand hits new low

By Teke Wiggin | December 12, 2018 - 4:12 pm |December 12, 2018 Uncategorized

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For purchase mortgages, across all loan types, the net share of lenders reporting demand growth over the previous three months clocked the lowest reading for any fourth quarter since the Fannie Mae survey’s inception in 2014. Continue reading →

eXp Realty taps Keller Williams Realty vet to lead US growth

By Teke Wiggin | December 7, 2018 - 1:30 pm |December 7, 2018 Uncategorized

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EXp Realty, the rapidly expanding, cloud-based brokerage, has snagged a veteran of Keller Williams Realty to spearhead the company’s U.S. growth strategy. Continue reading →