Qualia CEO Nate Baker talks tech disruption, iBuyer growth and ‘onerous’ housing regulations

Nate Baker, whose company produces software to streamline real estate transactions, thinks trends like iBuying will get bigger even as supply shortages continue to plague cities. 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

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

NRT and incoming Coldwell Banker CEO Ryan Gorman talks pocket listings, venture capital and 2020

Ryan Gorman thinks agents will continue to play a vital role in the industry and that 2019 was a kind of tipping point for venture-backed real estate tech. Continue reading

Move over Phoenix, Los Angeles is latest battleground for real estate tech

Years ago it was hard to imagine iBuyers ever making headway in a city with older and more expensive homes. But this year Opendoor, Zillow and others went all in on L.A. Continue reading

iBuying can be huge, even if it remains a niche industry tool

Mike DelPrete found that iBuyers’ business model differs from traditional home flippers. He also suggested iBuyers can profit from staying in their lanes. Continue reading

Do iBuyers make fair market offers?

To fulfill their strategies and build a viable business that makes money, iBuyers will need to operate walled gardens under their control. Continue reading

Redfin beats expectations, posts $239M in revenue for Q3 2019

The latest earnings report comes as the tech-oriented brokerage steadily expands programs such as RedfinNow and Redfin Direct, which could upend how consumers engage with real estate. Continue reading

Redfin beats expectations, posts $239M in revenue for Q3 2019

The latest earnings report comes as the tech-oriented brokerage steadily expands programs such as RedfinNow and Redfin Direct, which could upend how consumers engage with real estate. Continue reading

Zillow: Our iBuyer offers are nearly the same as traditional offers

A year and a half after Zillow began buying houses with cash, the online real estate giant says that its instant iBuyer offers are nearly the same as what sellers can get on the open market. Continue reading