Silicon Valley Bank, proptech hub for real estate clients, collapses

In the most dramatic banking implosion since the Great Recession, regulators on Friday shut down the bank, which boasted ties to proptechs, including Airbnb, Opendoor and OJO. Continue reading

MoxiWorks and Milestones team up to offer digital home management

The partnership will allow agents at more than 800 brokerages access to post-close software, providing new owners the ability to monitor the financial and operational state of their home. Continue reading

Zillow expands ShowingTime+ media tools into 6 new markets

Zillow’s Listing Media Services product is now available in Houston, Jacksonville, San Diego, Phoenix, Chicago and San Francisco, the search portal announced Wednesday. Continue reading

The message is blunt: Real estate leaders anticipate a tough 2023

Inman’s first-ever Intel leadership survey revealed that leaders think the market will be worse in 2023 compared to 2022 — but they also expect to thrive regardless of the economic headwinds. Continue reading

Welcome Homes CEO Alec Hartman on this moment’s parallels with 1981

The CEO of construction tech startup Welcome Homes thinks builders will have to take risks to prevent a massive affordability crisis, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the early 1980s. Continue reading

Revive, NextHome partner in brokerage’s latest tech integration

Presale renovation company Revive and real estate company NextHome have fastened together a partnership to provide homesellers access to a solution for facilitating efficient, technology-supported interior updates. Continue reading

Rila aims to capture home ‘vibes’ with 30-second short-form videos

The update also includes what the real estate search app calls a “home-centric machine learning media classifier,” or an algorithm that improves its content recommendations with each use. Continue reading

Plunk releases market data API, signs 3 proptech partners

Plunk envisions its data API assisting users in the same way a stock ticker does Wall Street investors, by helping them make critical decisions with the most prompt business information. Continue reading

Zavvie debuts power buyer program

The white-labeling program, zavvie Power Buyer, was announced exclusively to Inman and will include two models: contingency-free (cash offer) financing and a buy-before-you-sell bridge loan. Continue reading

RateMyAgent, Realtor.com forge review publishing partnership

Realtors who use the review facilitation solution RateMyAgent can now send their customers’ feedback to the trade group’s home search portal Realtor.com. Continue reading