Tru Realty CEO reveals the secret to picking tech vendors as an indie

Sarah Richardson chats with Inman about staying competitive, choosing from a wide array of tech vendors and the importance of building a strong agent culture. Continue reading

Purplebricks’ market share ceiling comes into view

Purplebricks’ H1 2020 financial results highlight a business whose growth has clearly plateaued and reached maturity in the U.K. However, the company appears to have reached peak efficiency, putting a ceiling on its future growth prospects. Continue reading

How the single-family rental investment landscape has evolved in the past decade

Here’s a decade-long overview of how the single-family rental business has evolved and the role of institutional investors within the market. Continue reading

What’s in a name? Perch CEO Court Cunningham on his company’s future as ‘Orchard’

Court Cunningham, the CEO of the real estate startup formerly known as Perch, discusses how his company aims to add value to the real estate transaction process. Continue reading

A real estate portal’s path to market power: a Zillow case study

Zillow’s drive to dominance in the greater New York City real estate market — via rental listings on StreetEasy and its hyperlocal Hamptons portal Out East — reveals the path to market power of real estate portals around the world. Continue reading

The Essential Guide to 2020, 2025, 2030 and beyond

Real estate experts see massive amounts of change — some exciting and some challenging — coming to the industry in the decades ahead. Continue reading

Redfin expands estimate coverage, cites greater accuracy

The error rate of Redfin’s AVM improved five basis points and expanded to the state of Connecticut as well as Boise, Des Moines, Spokane and Chattanooga. Continue reading

This was the year — and decade — big money pumped into real estate

Both 2019 and the decade leading to it were dominated by disruption. And the thing fueling that disruption was a whole lot of cash. Continue reading