The Real Word: Realtor.com’s quest to find noisy homes

Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, online listing portal realtor.com released a new metric to gauge noise levels for properties. Continue reading

Agents sue SetSchedule for spam phone calls, ‘unjust enrichment’

The suits exemplify patterns of behavior that other agents have alleged against SetSchedule, both in online forums and directly to Inman. Continue reading

‘Millions More Buyers’: What’s a real estate portal’s competitive advantage?

Real estate portals benefit tremendously from network effects, which is the key factor that gives them unprecedented market power and an impregnable moat to repel competition. Let’s take a look at international portal leadership across three markets an… Continue reading

Coronavirus poised to wreak havoc on real estate

Some agents are already seeing their business impacted from the spreading global disease. Others are preparing for the worst. Continue reading

Meet the New Guard: Mueller, Team, Wilson

The New Guard will be honored at Inman Disconnect March 30-April 1, 2020. Here now, three new inductees worthy of the distinction. Continue reading

The Dominos pizza tracker of home search: Josh Team on KW’s new app

In the first day that Keller Williams new consumer-facing app was live, it increased engagement in the company’s tech ecosystem by 600 percent. Home searches were up 2,500 percent. Continue reading

What is iFunding? Here’s how it works

This emerging consumer financing category is addressing the financial realities of today’s prospective homebuyers. Continue reading