A 4.99% mortgage? This company says they’ll offer it soon

A week after announcing a new in-house mortgage product, Opendoor has another move up its sleeve — 4.99 percent mortgages. The company’s CEO said the offering has “obvious scale advantages.” Continue reading

Realtor.com is gaining on competing portals despite decline in users, owners say

Average monthly unique users to Realtor.com sites fell 6.5 percent compared to the prior year as lead volume also slid 1 percent. Company said it had to 72 million average unique monthly users in the most recent quarter. Continue reading

Realtor.com CMO says the future of search is ‘conversational’

In an exclusive interview with Inman, Mickey Neuberger shares early insights from the portal’s new natural language search feature and AI’s part in Realtor.com’s tech blueprint. Continue reading

Doorvest acquires Wreno, integrates renovation management platform

Doorvest helps investors find and buy single-family rentals and it’s acquired Wreno, a solution for managing home rehab projects. Continue reading

Why you should consider going beyond typical team offerings

A real estate platform as a service creates a robust consumer-facing business that also offers a streamlined experience for agents and their clients, no matter where they are. Continue reading

‘Fire yourself’: KW expansion team leader on personal growth

Find out why Adam Hergenrother, a Keller Williams expansion team leader with 35 teams in 22 states, thinks getting out of your own way is the key to growth. Continue reading

RE/MAX tech platform moves ahead. Paid version next?

RE/MAX’s end-to-end real estate platform centered around a new customer relationship management tool (CRM) is entering its beta phase imminently, with the first pieces of it set to trickle out to agents this summer. Continue reading

Compass looking to nearly double its tech team with new Seattle hub

Compass is launching a west coast technology campus and looking to nearly double its technical staff to populate the new hub. Continue reading