WATCH: Where Opendoor’s and Zillow’s business models converge

There used to be some pretty clear differences between the two leading iBuyers — Zillow and Opendoor. But times have changed. Listen in for more on how the two iBuyers are more alike than one might think. Continue reading

The 4 bullseyes in real estate for venture capitalists

Sapphire Ventures’ Paul Levine named four real estate bullseyes for venture capitalists in a presentation entitled “What’s Next in Real Estate” at Inman Connect Las Vegas 2019. Continue reading

More venture capitalists are coming for real estate

More and more investors are coming around to real estate startups and companies that focus on property-oriented technology. Continue reading

Homeward CEO: ‘Opendoor and Redfin will look like the same company in 5 to 10 years’

Tim Heyl, a mega agent with Keller Williams and a budding tech entrepreneur, argues that the residential real estate industry’s business model is going in two directions, and that successful firms don’t want to be caught in the middle. Continue reading

Indie brokers are getting in on the iBuyer game. Can they compete?

In a panel at Inman Connect, Tru Realty CEO Sarah Richardson said her iBuyer division now uses 12 callers to make 40,000 calls to homesellers a week. Continue reading

Zavvie revamps iBuyer comparison tool for brokerages

Real estate tech startup zavvie is revamping its proprietary iBuyer comparison tool to gear it toward easy brokerage implementation.  Continue reading

Fifth Wall Ventures announces new $500M proptech fund

Fifth Wall Ventures announced today it successfully hit its $500 million goal for a second proptech fund. The Opendoor and Blend-backer now has 48 global limited partners across a number of proptech subsectors, giving startups access to some of the ind… Continue reading

How to talk to clients about iBuyers

Everyone’s abuzz about iBuyers and their threat to the real estate industry. But the reality behind the hype is more complex, as a couple of recent news stories show. Here are three quick ideas on how to use these stories to highlight your own value as… Continue reading