Flyhomes joins portal wars with launch of AI-powered search

Cash-offer pioneer Flyhomes says it will partner with agents to expand nationwide after acquiring “conversational real estate search” tech from ZeroDown, hiring co-founders Laks Srini and Abhijeet Dwivedi. Continue reading

Avenue 8 co-CEO on brokerage end: ‘We’re going all-in on Sidekick’

San Francisco’s Avenue 8, long a tech-minded independent brokerage, will stop working as a real estate company to focus on its AI brokerage productivity solution, Sidekick. Continue reading

RealReports unwinds property DNA: Tech Review

RealReports goes beyond beds, baths and budget with an AI-backed solution for helping real estate agents better understand how what’s around and in a home impacts its value. Continue reading

Rocket Homes tech chief unpacks ‘Explore Spaces’ visual search tool

Rocket Homes Chief Technology Officer John Fair told Inman the tool has already resulted in users spending nearly twice as long on the lender’s website and returning six times more frequently. Continue reading

Brand boost: How to harness AI for quick and easy design elements

Need to create a more pulled-together look for your brand while working with a limited budget? Rachael Hite shares tips to put tech to work for a cohesive design. Continue reading

Zillow launches AI tool to stop fair housing discrimination

The Fair Housing Classifier is an open-source tool aimed at helping real estate, technology and civil rights organizations create smarter, fair-housing compliant chatbot and search functions for their websites. The code is available on GitHub. Continue reading

 7 tips for using AI to find (and keep) real estate clients

In real estate, where every detail counts, AI can be the tool that sets you apart, Chris Pollinger writes. ChatGPT’s new update allows you to do more than ever before. Continue reading

Polly, nCino integration could help lenders build referral business

A growing network of partners including CoreLogic and Byte Software are accessing Polly’s capital markets platform and product and pricing engine through open APIs. Continue reading