How well do you remember 2023’s biggest real estate stories?

Scandals, lawsuits, technology and more dominated the headlines in what turned out to be one of real estate’s most eventful years in recent memory. Continue reading

After a big 2023, make no mistake: Artificial intelligence is here to stay

A year after ChatGPT burst onto the scene, real estate professionals told Inman that AI and AI-backed companies are on the way to becoming a baked-in part of the modern real estate business. Continue reading

AI mortgage chatbot launches as ChatGPT comes under scrutiny

Beeline CEO Nick Liuzza is unfazed after the lender launched what it claims is the world’s first AI mortgage chatbot during the same week that the FTC hit ChatGPT creator OpenAI with an investigative demand. Continue reading

How early adopters in real estate learned to stop worrying & love AI

Less than a year after becoming publicly available, tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E have inspired brokers to explore — and integrate — artificial intelligence, a rigorous process of trial and error, they told Intel. Continue reading

AppFolio exec: AI is about ‘activity elimination,’ not axing human jobs

Rather than being replaced by artificial intelligence, the real estate agent of the future will have fewer rote tasks to perform, Cat Allday, AppFolio’s vice president of AI and product operations, tells Intel. Continue reading

Rentec Direct leverages ChatGPT to market apartment vacancies

Rentec Direct, a property management software firm, uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT to help clients quickly draft marketing content for available rentals, according to the company. Continue reading

Will chatbots make housing discrimination worse?

New artificial intelligence technology can recommend real estate listings based on neighborhoods’ ethnic makeup. Experts are worried about the tech’s potential for discrimination. Continue reading

OpenAI.com, home of ChatGPT, approaches 1B monthly visitors

Web activity grew by 54 percent in March 2023, easily the greatest increase of all top-ranking websites worldwide, according to Veza Digital. Continue reading

AI on the go: The new ChatGPT iOS app is finally here

According to social media expert Katie Lance, OpenAI has unveiled its official iOS application for ChatGPT, the company’s AI chatbot, allowing you to create content while you’re out and about. Continue reading

Ocrolus taps OpenAI to sift more mortgage apps — without humans

The document automator’s analysis of borrower-supplied mortgage documentation provides “full-stack capabilities,” helping lenders capture data fields, detect fraud and analyze cash flows. Continue reading