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Stake secures $12M in Series A funding to incentivize renters

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Stake, which offers banking services and cash rewards to renters for being proactive in their occupancy, has secured a Series A funding round of $12 million. Continue reading →

Flat-fee HomeLister to use Series A funding for national expansion

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Already in 17 markets, the alternative sales platform secured $10 million in a Series A round led by M13 and Homebrew. It’s the second flat-fee or discount service to earn financing this month, joining HomeLight. Continue reading →

A Douglas Elliman top agent leaves company, brings team to Sotheby’s

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Agent Daniela Sassoun is bringing her team to Sotheby’s International Realty’s East Side Manhattan Brokerage. She reportedly closed nearly $30 million in sales in 2021. Continue reading →

CoreLogic eyes industrywide data consolidation with new platform

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CoreLogic’s Discovery Platform is being marketed across the industry, from real estate agents to insurance providers, and could be considered a real estate iteration of an enterprise cloud service. Continue reading →

Homebuyers ‘win with cash’ as Homeward launches in West Coast

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The company, which provides cash backing to homebuyers, will now operate in both Oregon and Washington, bringing the total number of states in which Homeward operates to seven. Continue reading →

When exactly was the turning point for home price growth?

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At the year’s outset, housing experts wondered when the market’s rapid price growth might begin to slow. New data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index provides fresh clues. Continue reading →

Baton Rouge agent sentenced to 30 years, beating death of 60-year-old

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Prosecutors suggested the attack may have been racially motivated, claiming Ward, who is white, yelled racial slurs at Arnold Jackson, a Black man, as he beat him so severely in 2018 that he later died from his injuries. Continue reading →

Place picks up 2 new C-suite executives to ‘further our vision’

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Emiliano Delucia and Abby Powell will help lead the startup less than a year after it achieved unicorn status. The company said it employs 584 people. Continue reading →

Recruiting at the heart of Chime’s latest enterprise platform add-on

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The innovative sales and marketing technology platform Chime has rolled out a recruiting product as part of its recent evolution as large-scale enterprise player. Continue reading →

House payments have skyrocketed. Are they finally beginning to peak?

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Mortgage payments are as high as it’s been in recent memory. But a sudden slowdown in growth may spell a turning point for the market. Continue reading →