OJO Labs raises $40M in Series C funding

OJO Labs, the startup behind the artificial intelligence-based personal assistant “OJO,” announced Tuesday its raised $45 million in Series C funding. Continue reading

Buyer’s side commission confusion? Survey shows alarming results

Nearly half of homesellers don’t realize they pay the buyer’s agent commission fee, according to a survey from flat-fee real estate referral service Clever Real Estate. Continue reading

Moneyball: How Realogy deploys AI to gain a recruiting advantage

With 2 million transaction records ingested every quarter, Realogy has a stark advantage over its competitors in the form of a robust data trove it uses to sharpen agent recruiting, company CEO Ryan Schneider said during a presentation Wednesday in New… Continue reading

WATCH: AI is changing the game for consumers, are you ready?

Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants are getting smarter and smarter, but these experts say real estate agents should think of them as tools or even employees rather than threats.  Continue reading

Tech startup REX raises $45M, plans expansion into new markets

REX, a tech startup that relies on artificial intelligence, has raised $45 million with an eye toward expanding into new markets. Continue reading

What I learned from a year of real estate technology reviews

Industry-wide, it was a wild year, thanks in no small part to the acceptance of iBuyer platforms and the viral growth of Compass. Continue reading