Transparency and speed: 3 leaders share the future of transaction tech

SkySlope’s Buck Avey, Openn’s Peter Gibbons and ShowingTime’s Michael Lane share how transaction management is key to ushering in a more equitable buying and selling experience. Continue reading

Realogy CEO Ryan Schneider: Make no mistake, ‘Zillow is a competitor’

Ryan Schneider said Zillow is competing with agents and lamented they’re still writing checks to the company. “It is a shame our industry let those companies get created,” Schneider said at ICNY. Continue reading

Zillow president says agents are essential, criticizes dual agency

Zillow President Susan Daimler on Tuesday praised the “essentialism” of real agents, while also subtly knocking rival CoStar. Continue reading

Inman announces first round of exhibitors for ICNY22

Inman Group® announced 31 exhibitors for Inman Connect in New York, April 19 – 21, 2022. It’s the 25th anniversary of these events. Continue reading

ShowingTime takes page from Open Table with live showing scheduler

Debuting in Dallas, Houston, Denver and Atlanta, the consumer-facing software update will speed up home showings in light of the reduced number of days listings remain on the market. Continue reading

Local Showings by Delta Media enters the showing coordination contest: Tech Review

Local Showings is a home showing management app by Delta Media for agents to use when setting up and requesting home showings. It has mobile companion apps for Android and iPhone users and offers coverage for 97 percent of MLS listings nationwide. Continue reading

From hate speech to antitrust: The year in MLSs and associations

2021 came with Realtor misbehavior, rising legal and regulatory scrutiny and MLSs becoming tech investors after Zillow’s acquisition of ShowingTime. Continue reading

Instashowing partners with Rhode Island Association of Realtors

Instashowing, a company that specializes in top-of-transaction technology, has announced the formal partnership with the Rhode Island Association of Realtors to provide its showing management tools to more than 6,000 members. Continue reading

Real estate in 2021 was weird, wild and always unpredictable

The year saw explosive rivalries, wild stock market performances and plenty of rage. Continue reading

The 6 tech trends that defined real estate in 2021

Finally, COVID-19 wasn’t at the heart of the year’s prevailing real estate technology trends. Instead, 2021 was marked by notable acquisitions and the fallout from the biggest of them all. Continue reading