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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 →

Redfin unveils plan to cut out buyers’ agents

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Redfin announced Wednesday it has been quietly testing a pilot program in Boston, a revised version of its 2006 service Redfin Direct, that allows consumers to make direct offers on Redfin-listed homes through the company’s website. Continue reading →

Too smart to fall for a real estate scam? Think again

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Real estate and rental internet crimes affected 11,300 victims in 2018, according to the new report, and cost them nearly $150 million, up dramatically from 2017, when 9,645 victims were impacted by these types of crimes, and lost a collective $56 mill… Continue reading →

Property tech firm PayLease buys smart apartment startup Zego

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With the acquisition, Zego’s platform will be integrated into PayLease’s payments, resident billing and utility management platform. Continue reading →

Spanish language clients? This new free glossary should help

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The free, 94-page e-book includes includes English-Spanish and Español-Inglés translations for common terms such as appraisal report (informe de tasación), buyer’s agent (agente del comprador), and closing costs (costos de cierre). In addition to techn… Continue reading →

Realtor.com and Opcity test cash rewards for buyers

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The specific dollar amount that a consumer receives is based on a sliding scale. If the property is worth $150,000, the consumer will get back roughly $400, but on a $4 million property, the consumer gets back around $12,000 according to Johnson. Continue reading →

The sacred pact of cooperation between brokers is unraveling

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In the end, broker cooperation becomes less and less important. The listing business, as we know it, will be much smaller. Buyers will compete with institutions and agents will deliver on demand service or risk being left out. Continue reading →

3D imaging companies say Zillow’s app is not true 3D

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Inman has interacted with imagery from all of these providers, and the three dimensional spaces created by Matterport and GeoCV do have more features and are more immersive than those produced by Zillow’s 3D Home. Continue reading →

Zillow Offers opens Southwest hub, plans to add 160 new jobs

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Zillow’s cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new southwest hub that will serve as the operations center for its year-old Zillow Offers platform. Continue reading →