The 6 tech trends that defined real estate in 2021

Finally, COVID-19 wasn’t at the heart of the year’s prevailing real estate technology trends. Instead, 2021 was marked by notable acquisitions and the fallout from the biggest of them all. Continue reading

Bright MLS welcomes teams into its platform

As teams continue to dominate the real estate industry, the major Mid-Atlantic MLS is launching new tools to help them better track their performance. Continue reading

Tennessee MLS Realtracs debuts new showing service

Realtracs Showings comes amid an ongoing race to build alternatives to ShowingTime, which Zillow acquired earlier this year. Continue reading

North Carolina Regional MLS expands footprint

The multiple listing service is teaming up with the Albemarle Area Association of Realtors, which will extend its reach to dozens of new cities and towns in North Carolina. Continue reading

Encryption, inequality and ‘Zero DOM’: 6 pocket listing takeaways

Inman took a deep dive into pocket listings, which continue to polarize the real estate industry long after many thought the practice would disappear. Continue reading

How agents use encrypted apps to scout off-market listings

Agents, investors and developers are using Telegram and Facebook’s free, encrypted instant messaging and voice-over-IP service to network and find off-market listings. Continue reading

This is the 1 thing multiple listing services can do to overtake Zillow

Tech leaders Christian Sterner and Branick Weix share how controlling the dissemination of rich data is the key to MLSs relevance and survival. Continue reading

Multiple listing service technology needs to evolve, faces challenges

A panel of multiple listing service executives at Inman Connect Las Vegas argued Thursday that their industry’s technology could use an infusion of time, talent and money. Continue reading

Brad Inman challenges agents to embrace the future: ‘This is your time’

The real estate industry has been in an era of rapid digitization for the past decade, and venture capitalists are pushing fast-forward on a future where transactions are as simple as buying a new car. Although that future terrifies most agents, Inman … Continue reading

Zillow, ShowingTime and why lack of competition kills customer service

The Zillow-ShowingTime deal is what a modern-day monopoly might look like. As fewer companies dominate the scene and own the software it takes to run a real estate business, prices will go up while customer service and innovation decline. Continue reading