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The age of streaming real estate is here

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Zillow’s recent pivot from a traditional agent ad model to it’s all-in instant offer business model reminds me of Netflix’s gutsy decision in 2007 to move into streaming and away from its profitable DVD-by-mail model. Continue reading →

A new ‘uniform’ for Fannie and Freddie aims to help homebuyers, investors

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Though relatively obscure among most consumers, the project to create the UMBS has been in the works since at least 2012. Officials have already been prepping investors for the launch of the combined TBA market for months, and during Monday’s phone cal… Continue reading →

How Apple’s new updates could shake up real estate

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Improvements to Apple Maps should be especially handy for agents who like to use voice commands with their iPhones, as those phones default to Apple’s proprietary mapping technology rather than that of a competitor such as Google. Continue reading →

MoveEasy packs Amazon Echo app, 30K agents to branded portal

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MoveEasy’s agent-branded relocation portal is a great tool for the real estate industry, and now users of Amazon Echo. Continue reading →

Microsoft’s $500M affordable housing plan begins to shape

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Microsoft will fund housing projects with at least 100 units that set aside at least 40 percent of those units for middle-income families, or 80 percent for low-income families. Real estate developers will further have to commit to keeping those units … Continue reading →

Earnnest app streamlines and protects real estate transactions

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Buyers can link accounts from up to 12,000 banks across the country using their existing personal login information, and even link the specific account to the Earrnest workflow. Continue reading →

Voice-activated home search available through GSAR

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Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors partners with VoiceterPro to provide home shoppers with voice search in central New York. Continue reading →

Zillow Offers is officially live in the Twin Cities, more markets to come

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Zillow’s direct-to-consumer home buying and selling platform, Zillow Offers, launched Monday in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, it was announced. Continue reading →