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Insurance startup Lemonade raises $300M funding round

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Lemonade, a tech-centric insurance startup that uses artificial intelligence, announced Thursday it had raised $300 million in a new round of funding. Continue reading →

RE/MAX Results arms agents with buyer insights

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RE/MAX Results, the nation’s largest RE/MAX franchise by transaction sides is arming its agents with a new tool to provide its agents and customers with buyer demand insight through real estate data and analytics startup Buyside.  Continue reading →

Sam DeBord named CEO of Real Estate Standards Organization

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The trade association that creates the standards for getting real estate data where it needs to go has chosen a new chief. Continue reading →

iBuyers riding a wave of change as they disrupt real estate

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The iBuyers are going to improve their algorithms. They’re going to push their prices closer to market rates. And they’re going to get better and better as they eat up more of the real estate industry. Continue reading →

Does property activity online boost your listing’s exposure?

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Why aren’t we looking closer at views, favorites and the metrics that make a listing stand out? Troy Palmquist digs into popular sites’ metrics, or lack thereof. Continue reading →

Redfin expands in the Midwest, launches in Des Moines and Lincoln

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In the two new markets, Redfin agents – who are employees, not independent contractors – will sell homes for a 1.5 percent listing fee versus the industry standard 3 percent. However, 1.5 percent is still higher than the 1 percent listing fee Redfin of… Continue reading →

Tour24’s self-guided apartment tours are catching on — is residential next?

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Tour24 is an app that helps prospective renters tour apartments on their own. A leasing office can determine the hours the app allows, monitor time-in and out, and set the schedules for the validity of the smart lock’s access code. Continue reading →

MoxiWorks offers agent discount on wearable safety device

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MoxiWorks has partnered with safety device company Revolar Technology to offer agents a discount for one of the company’s wearables. Continue reading →