Home maintenance startup Setter nabs $10M in funding

The startup just announced an additional $10 million in funding and backing from Sequoia Capital, NFX and Hustle, as it branches out from Toronto to San Francisco and gears up to expand to many other markets across North America. Continue reading

Cloud CMA’s iBuyer feature has legs

W&R Studios now seeks to patent iBuyer Connect and make it available to Cloud CMA users across the country, potentially helping further integrate real estate agents into the growing iBuyer ecosystem. Continue reading

Exclusive: Opendoor testing new co-listing partnership with selected agents

Opendoor has selected about a dozen agent teams as partners for its new “preferred agent partnership” program, using them to sell more than 20 properties. Continue reading

Opendoor is using a $1,000 credit to nudge buyers toward its partner agents and homes

The startup is now offering a more prominent $1,000 credit for buyers who choose to purchase one of the homes Opendoor has for sale, whether they do so directly on their own, or using one of Opendoor’s “partner agents.” Continue reading

Opendoor, Compass and their big investor are silent on Saudi Arabia controversy

Nearly half of the Softbank Vision Fund’s $93 billion in total value is financed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the money controlled by the country’s ruling family — $45 billion. It recently committed the same sum to another mega tech fund th… Continue reading

Opendoor will hand out pumpkins to people who download its app

The well-funded homebuying startup is hosting an extravagant Halloween bash tomorrow, Sunday, October 14, in one of its Phoenix-area homes-for-sale featuring the “world’s first-ever in-home pumpkin patch,” complete with 750 pumpkins representing the 75… Continue reading

Cadre unveils a new market for trading shares of commercial buildings

Called Cadre Secondary Markets, the exchange lets accredited investors buy or sell slices of commercial properties, potentially making it easier for smaller-time investors to get into the market.  Continue reading