Power Buyer Orchard now serving first-time homebuyers

After piloting cash-offer product in Texas and Colorado, company plans to offer Buy With Orchard in all of its markets in the months ahead. Continue reading

Guild Mortgage rolls out cash offer program in 11 states, more to join

Guild’s CashPass program is available for primary residences, second homes or investment properties, with down payments depending on occupancy. Continue reading

Brokerages push back on NAR ad campaign targeting ‘competitors’

The trade group highlighted its own members — including Zillow, Compass, Redfin, Homie, Opendoor and Offerpad — among those whom it’s competing with for consumer mindshare. Continue reading

Mauricio Umansky: Agents should be advisors

The founder and CEO of luxury California-based luxury brokerage The Agency argued Tuesday that agents will stick around for the foreseeable future. Continue reading

Power Buyer Knock enters Seattle market, adds jumbo mortgages

To serve five new markets in Washington, Knock has partnered with a number of local real estate brokerages, half of which are affiliated with Keller Williams. Continue reading

Homie to expand Power Buyer program amid surge in demand

The expanded program and a new buy-before-you-sell offer will be unveiled in Colorado and Utah in the next two weeks, followed by Arizona, Nevada and Idaho, executives told Inman exclusively. Continue reading

Power Buyer clients made 1 offer on average. Traditional buyers? 7

As homes continue to fly off the market for five to six figures above sellers’ asking price, real estate startup zavvie said homebuyers are increasingly turning toward Power Buyers to help them effectively win against well-funded institutional and indi… Continue reading

CEO to CEO: the future of home search innovation and open marketplaces

Knock CEO Sean Black and realtor.com CEO David Doctorow sit down in this episode of Future 15 to talk about what recent developments mean for the future of search. Continue reading