Knock CEO: half of all home sales will go to iBuyers in 10 years

Knock CEO and co-founder Sean Black believes in 5-10 years more than 50 percent of sellers will be selling their homes to a company, rather than a person. Continue reading

Computer vision will find your dream home at a discount

Computer vision and image tagging are making the home shopping experience more accessible and personalized, according to Dominik Pogorzelski, vice president of product for restb.ai. Continue reading

We’re live from Inman Connect New York 2019

Inman Connect New York 2019 is the biggest and most ambitious iteration of our East Coast conferences yet, drawing more than 250 speakers to Manhattan to discuss the state of residential real estate and how to succeed in an increasingly technologically… Continue reading

Tony Hawk says real estate agents will go extinct in Home Bay ad

Ken Potashner, chairman and CEO, says the savings Home Bay is able to offer buyers and sellers isn’t because his company is skirting on service — he says his tech platform makes everything more efficient and faster, with an average sale time of 38 days. Continue reading

Zillow will announce winner of $1M Zestimate contest later this month

On January 30, Zillow plans to reveal the winner of “Zillow Prize” and award $1 million to the team that made the biggest improvements to the accuracy of the Zestimate. Zillow is also awarding $100,000 to the runner-up and $50,000 to the third-place co… Continue reading

Redfin Now is buying homes for cash in Los Angeles

The company had previously been operating its iBuyer program in other parts of Southern California, including San Diego and Orange County, but also revealed Wednesday that it has closed on 150 homes across the region. Continue reading

8 hot water heater facts every homeowner should know

Hearing a ruckus in your basement? Don’t ignore it — it could be the beginning of an impending hot water tank failure, says Scott Schnurr of DRF Trusted Property Solutions. Continue reading

10 housing markets poised for explosive growth in 2019

The thread that ties these metros together is affordability — something that buyers have struggled to find over the past few years as supply has failed to meet demand. Continue reading