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8z Real Estate is latest brokerage to jump into the iBuyer business

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Colorado-based real estate brokerage 8z Real Estate is the latest to offer a direct-to-consumer home buying and selling platform, known as an “iBuyer.” Continue reading →

Is Purplebricks really in turmoil? A closer look

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The stock price is significantly down from the highs of last year, the U.S. and U.K. CEOs are out, and revenue guidance has been repeatedly downgraded. Find out what other challenges Purplebricks faces in the U.S. here. Continue reading →

Why did Zillow sue Compass? It’s more complicated than you think

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Zillow is suing Compass because it worries about anybody who is focused on using technology to reduce the time, stress and uncertainty it takes to buy and sell properties. Continue reading →

Compass CEO reveals more ambitions to be real estate’s ‘one-stop shop’

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Compass CEO Robert Reffkin believes the real estate industry is experiencing a “Netflix versus Blockbuster moment,” and he wants his company to emerge as a one-stop shop that provides all services associated with moving. Continue reading →

Zillow has been buying homes for a year now. How’s it going?

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It’s been a year since Zillow’s ambitious undertaking to buy and sell homes to consumers with quick-close, all-cash offers under the “iBuying” model. Continue reading →

Tour24’s self-guided apartment tours are catching on — is residential next?

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Tour24 is an app that helps prospective renters tour apartments on their own. A leasing office can determine the hours the app allows, monitor time-in and out, and set the schedules for the validity of the smart lock’s access code. Continue reading →

Attention, agents: Opendoor launches new referrals program

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Opendoor introduced on Tuesday a new program to refer clients outside of the company’s buy parameters to partner real estate agents.  Continue reading →

Raising the real estate bar, the Zillow and Compass way

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A few years ago, a real estate veteran allegedly wore a hat with the number “40” emblazoned on the crown, which was his purported ranking on the Stefan Swanepoel 200 Power List. Continue reading →

Why iBuying is the new Zestimate

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Between Zillow’s powerful grasp over the start of the consumer homebuying journey and the relative ease of instant online offers, it’s no question that the listing powerhouse can dominate this new frontier of buying and selling. Continue reading →