An estimated $4B will flow to U.S. proptech companies in 2019 – that’s just the beginning

An estimated $4 billion is forecasted to flow into the U.S. real estate technology (proptech) space in 2019, a record for the industry, according to a new report from CB Insights, but experts in the space say the industry hasn’t come close to reaching … Continue reading

KvCORE shines in increasingly crowded all-in-one platform space

KvCORE is Inside Real Estate’s all-in-one business management, marketing and sales solution. See how it stacks up among its industry competitors in this in-depth proptech review. Continue reading

Bright MLS and Homesnap launch multichannel digital ad product

Members of Bright MLS will be able to use Homesnap’s digital advertising tool to market listings on Facebook, Google, Waze and Instagram. Continue reading

Fund That Flip gets $11M for lending platform

The home financing platform is for experienced home investors and recently secured $11 million in funding from Edison Partners of Princeton, New Jersey. Continue reading

Coldwell Banker in pole position? CBx Seller Leads sees big 1st-year growth

Coldwell Banker’s CBx Seller Leads, a free lead service for affiliated companies, has seen a 74 percent adoption rate in its first 12 months. The “machine learning” software helps convert leads into listings at three times the market rate, according to… Continue reading

Peer Reputation: More than another rank-and-refer platform?

Peer Reputation helps agents connect, rank and refer one another to leverage relationships. But is its true potential in peer-to-peer referrals, or could recruiting be a better use? Continue reading

New $97M venture fund to focus on construction technology

Brick and Mortar Ventures, a firm that thinks of itself as the “Fifth Wall of construction,” announced Tuesday that it now has nearly $100 million to pour into high tech startups. Continue reading

Animated Kingston Lane CEO Sharran Srivatsaa introduces ‘The Machine’

Kingston Lane’s The Machine is a new marketing automation platform for agents to win more appointments. Continue reading

Ben Kinney’s Brivity now part of Keller Cloud Innovator Program

Real estate software solution Brivity announced Monday it is now a Keller Cloud Innovation Partner. The platform, a product of Keller Williams mega-agent Ben Kinney, now integrates with KW Command, and its mobile app is the exclusive provider of custom… Continue reading

Prominent indie Baird & Warner makes its own investment in tech

Baird & Warner will partner with Inside Real Estate’s kvCORE platform to provide companywide technology advantages for agents and clients. Continue reading