NCino acquires integration partner Sandbox Banking for $52.5M

In a flurry of activity, the cloud banking solutions provider appointed Sean Desmond as CEO while granting a big shareholder, HMI Capital Management, a seat on its expanded board of directors. Continue reading

NAR pulls the plug on its annual tech conference

The Innovation, Opportunity & Investment (iOi) Summit will “evolve” to provide year-round education, while signature events will move to other NAR conferences. Continue reading

Always-on and getting smarter, AI coaching options grow

If artificial intelligence can talk to your prospective leads about their housing needs, there’s no reason it can’t chat with you about your business, and it’s ready to get talkative, tech columnist Craig Rowe writes. Continue reading

Proptech reAlpha names Vijay Rathna chief crypto officer

Rathna’s job at the real estate software company will entail implementing token strategy, spearheading blockchain integrations and digital asset innovation. Continue reading

Prominent brokerages hire StackWrap to organize tech stacks

StackWrap has signed The Agency Texas and The Align Team of eXp. Additionally, the company aligned with enterprise email marketing company Happy Grasshopper. Continue reading

Rayse proves ‘transparency is power’ to win sales: Tech Review

To succeed in this era, agents need to communicate that real estate buying journeys are not seamless and without wounds and to recognize consumers have options. Rayse is designed to broach those topics with buyers. Continue reading

Democrats reintroduce bill to expose rental algorithms

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has reintroduced the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, inspired by the Department of Justice’s RealPage investigation. Continue reading

Optimal Blue is about to drop an AI assistant aimed at mortgage execs

Conversational generative AI chat assistant, Ask Obi, is aimed at providing high-level insights “to better understand the data that drives their business.” Continue reading

Corcoran adds trending listings feature to website

The new feature, which the brokerage calls “like Netflix for real estate,” highlights for homebuyers trending properties based on unique views, interactions and leads, the firm has informed Inman. Continue reading