How one agent uses TikTok to wrangle some of his youngest clients

A year after launching his TikTok account, GZB Realty broker and managing director Alexander Zakharin now generates 80 percent of his business using the youth-oriented app. Continue reading

Offerpad: Sellers can stay in homes up to 60 days after closing

To help alleviate the stress of selling, Offerpad will now give sellers the option of remaining in a home up to 60 days after closing escrow. Continue reading

Versatile online marketing solution HighNote brings it all together

Just like how Slack centralizes and categorizes office communications, HighNote can do the same for your pre-listing pitch, agent or team profiles, local market guides, and all other forms of digital content. Continue reading

Court orders new trial in Zillow-VHT listing photo saga

After nearly six years, court will decide whether real estate behemoth willfully infringed on thousands of photos. Continue reading

Sprout Mortgage gives brokers more control of loan estimate

Sprout Mortgage, which bills itself as a leading provider of nonconforming loans, says it’s giving mortgage brokers more control over how lender fees are presented to consumers in the loan estimate. Continue reading

EXp and ‘Undercover Billionaire’ star Grant Cardone team up

Cardone will develop sales training material that will be used across eXp’s brands. Agents at the brokerage will also get access to the sales guru’s own learning content. Continue reading

Self-tour company Rently raises cash in industry ‘ripe for disruption’

The funding amount was undisclosed, but McCarthy Capital typically makes equity investments of between $15 million and $75 million. Continue reading

Compass cuts IPO price range to $18-$19 per share from $23-$26

In advance of tomorrow’s long-awaited IPO, the brokerage also slashed the number of shares it expects to sell to 25 million from its initial goal of up to 36 million. Continue reading

‘That’s our bloody cat’: Man finds missing feline in a listing photo

After learning a neighbor had listed his home on the U.K. equivalent of Zillow, a London oncologist decided to take a peek — only to discover his lost cat in the listing photos. Continue reading