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Knock unveils new plan to help homebuyers reduce mortgage rate

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Interest-free home equity advances to Knock Home Swap clients can be used to buy down mortgage rate or make a bigger down payment. Continue reading →

HomeLight founder and CEO Drew Uher: Power Buying is here to stay

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HomeLight announced on June 29 that it planned to cut an unspecified number of jobs. Uher is confident in Power Buying and shares his views ahead of Inman Connect Las Vegas. Continue reading →

Knock CEO: Sellers will need Power Buyers even more as market shifts

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If rising home prices and mortgage rates create a buyer’s market, sellers will need Power Buyers even more, says Knock CEO Sean Black. Continue reading →

Future 15: Tackling next-gen buyers with The Agency and Knock CEOs

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Mauricio Umansky, Founder and CEO of the premier brokerage, The Agency, and Sean Black, Co-Founder and CEO of Knock, took the main stage of the Hilton Midtown Grand Ballroom by storm Tuesday to tackle the next segment of Future 15. Continue reading →

Mauricio Umansky: Agents should be advisors

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The founder and CEO of luxury California-based luxury brokerage The Agency argued Tuesday that agents will stick around for the foreseeable future. Continue reading →

CEO to CEO: the future of home search innovation and open marketplaces

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Knock CEO Sean Black and realtor.com CEO David Doctorow sit down in this episode of Future 15 to talk about what recent developments mean for the future of search. Continue reading →

Knock partners with HomeSmart to roll out services in Baltimore

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Baltimore puts Knock at 70 markets nationwide, up from 14 at the start of 2021. The tech-enabled home loan solutions platform will offer its full gamut of products to the region’s consumers. Continue reading →

2022 will be pivotal for Offerpad as it competes for the iBuyer crown

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With the implosion of Zillow Offers in October, all eyes will be on Opendoor and Offerpad as they duke it out for iBuyer marketshare in 2022. Here are the biggest challenges Offerpad faces next year. Continue reading →

Power Buyers: What to know about real estate’s buzziest new buyer tools

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The innovation wave has hit the buy-side, with so-called Power Buyers emerging as this year’s buzziest business model. Here’s everything you need to know to power up your clients’ purchasing prowess. Continue reading →

Zillow and Knock co-founders discuss what the collapse of Zillow Offers means for the future of real estate

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Sean Black asked Spencer Rascoff the question everyone is asking, namely, what this means for the future of iBuying, and, more importantly, for investment and innovation in real estate. Continue reading →