With Giraffe360, virtual tours are no longer a reach: Tech Review

Proptech columnist Craig Rowe reviews Giraffe360, a virtual tour creation and listing marketing solution for real estate agents. Continue reading

Profits roll in at Mr. Cooper as it pursues tech-fueled growth

Deal to acquire Flagstar’s mortgage servicing business and correspondent lending platform is projected to grow Mr. Cooper’s servicing portfolio to $1.59 trillion. Continue reading

Smarter AI, agent banking take stage at Real’s RISE conference

With a new level of omnipresence within an agent’s user experience indicated by a pulsing, always-on chat environment, the Siri-inspired Leo CoPilot is designed to be at the beck and call of Real dealmakers. Continue reading

No lone star: RentSpree signs seventh Texas MLS

The relationship will place RentSpree’s software within CTXMLS’s listing module, empowering agents who work with landlords, investors and renters to easily opt-in to displaying the screening interface. Continue reading

CoStar acquires management platform Visual Lease

Visual Lease makes a platform serving more than 1,500 corporate clients. The acquisition bolsters CoStar’s core commercial real estate business. Continue reading

Homebuyers can now find Zillow 3D Home Tours on Realtor.com

Seven months after partnering on multifamily rental listings, portal behemoths Zillow and Realtor.com have agreed to syndicate 3D Zillow tours, floor plans and photos to for-sale listings. Continue reading

FootFallz hits high notes, but it’s a familiar tune: Tech Review

FootFallz is a mobile-first application that fastens the listing agent to their title rep and mortgage partners and marries productivity with new business generation. Continue reading

With $184M, Backflip to offer residential transition loans

The mobile-forward fintech company that marries real estate investment search and analysis with streamlined financing has raised a $184 million through two private credit funds, one a $30M of equity, the other is asset-backed financing of $154 million. Continue reading

What’s the buzz? North Carolina Regional MLS rebrands as Hive MLS

Along with a new name and logo, Hive MLS has set its sights on releasing new tools available to 18 MLS and Realtor Association members across North Carolina and Georgia, executives told Inman. Continue reading