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Zillow has been buying homes for a year now. How’s it going?

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It’s been a year since Zillow’s ambitious undertaking to buy and sell homes to consumers with quick-close, all-cash offers under the “iBuying” model. Continue reading →

Keller Williams wants to be Redfin

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Keller Williams has famously declared itself a “technology company” and is investing heavily in software, but it turns out the firm has an even more specific goal in mind: It wants to be Redfin. Continue reading →

Raising the real estate bar, the Zillow and Compass way

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A few years ago, a real estate veteran allegedly wore a hat with the number “40” emblazoned on the crown, which was his purported ranking on the Stefan Swanepoel 200 Power List. Continue reading →

Realogy, KW top Swanepoel Mega 1000 rankings

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Realogy and Keller Williams are the creams of the real estate crop once again, according to the second annual Swanepoel Mega 1000 list of the country’s top 1,000 brokerages along with top 20 franchisors and holding companies. Continue reading →

What agents are saying about Zillow’s self-guided home tours

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A week after Zillow announced “Tour it Now,” agents lambasted the company’s moves to establish dominance in the iBuyer space. Continue reading →

Who’s the real Real Trends 500 winner? Depends on who you ask

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In a statement to Inman, NRT CEO Ryan Gorman declined to address the slide to number two and instead focused on NRT retaining the top spot in sales volume. Continue reading →

Charlie Sheen keeps cutting the price of his mansion

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Charlie Sheen has slashed the price of his California estate to $7.99 million — the fifth price drop since listing it last year — proving that even celebrities sometimes struggle to sell their homes. Continue reading →

Home prices continued to grow at sluggish pace in January

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The price of an average home in the U.S. rose 4.3 percent year-over-year in January, falling from 4.7 percent in December, according to Case-Shiller. Continue reading →

WATCH: What are platforms, and why should you care?

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Are broker platforms augmenting or replacing existing MLS platforms? What is the impact to industry participants? Explore why this topic is the new buzzword of the industry and what the future looks like. Continue reading →