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Ylopo debuts virtual assistant

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Real estate digital marketing startup Ylopo has developed a digital assistant that can send text messages and follow up with consumers on behalf of agents. Continue reading →

HUD Sec. Ben Carson wants more cities to ditch single-family zoning

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Carson — who leads the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) — made his comments Tuesday during a visit to Minneapolis, where lawmakers voted last year to ditch single-family zoning, which had previously dominated the city limits. Spea… Continue reading →

Should more American cities do away with single-family zoning?

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As housing costs price more people out of the market, some regions want to allow more multifamily development Continue reading →

Offerpad hires Zillow vet, promises cash offers within in 1 hour

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Offerpad, the Arizona-based online fast homebuying and re-selling company, announced Wednesday that it has hired Bryan LaFranchi to lead its program in which homesellers can get all cash for their old properties and put the money toward the purchase of… Continue reading →

Realtor.com lays off Arizona sales team, consolidates in California

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The team in Scottsdale had been working on realtor.com’s lead generation and marketing products, which are geared toward real estate agents. Now, all those sales efforts at realtor.com will be consolidated into an office in Westlake Village, California… Continue reading →

Compass poaches entire 22-person Coldwell Banker team

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Los Angeles-based WSA Real Estate operates in the tony western half of Los Angeles. Team members are now decamping for Compass, which is not acquiring the entity itself. Continue reading →

Where the billionaires are concentrated

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While the census doesn’t name individual billionaires or their ventures, these trends toward tech-centric business creation certainly include the founders of high profile Bay Area companies such as Facebook and Google. It’s also unsurprising, then, tha… Continue reading →

Redfin finds most affordable cities are also the least disaster-prone

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A new study from Redfin maps how disaster-prone certain metros are, while also factoring the cost of buying a home in that city. Continue reading →

Home appreciation slows, but prices remain out of reach

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A pair of reports from Zillow and Redfin paint a picture of slowing price growth, but homes remain unaffordable to the middle class in many major metros. Continue reading →