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Real estate tech funding reached $2.7B last month, most since 2017

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An astounding $2.7 billion was invested in real estate technology in September, a month-over-month increase of 132 percent according to a new study. Continue reading →

Coldwell Banker agent spends $50K to recreate ‘Dougie’ rap

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A brokerage hired members of a hip-hop group to rap about the virtues of a newly listed 14,000-square-foot property in California’s Newport Beach. Continue reading →

Is Zillow scanning your Gmail for leads?

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A real estate agent was recently shocked and confused to learn that Zillow’s Premier Agent app was pulling manually entered leads from her Gmail account and prompting her to call leads she generated on her own.  Continue reading →

Realtor nearly arrested after entering recently foreclosed home

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When Alabama Realtor Cheryl Piccinini entered an empty house for a showing, she had no idea she was facing a potential breaking and entering charge. Continue reading →

The Steep Cost of Tech Products for Mobility

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(This article appeared previously on the website Tech50+.) According to the website Pants Up Easy, which tracks disabilities, some 3.6 million Americans over the age of 15 use a wheelchair for mobility. Perhaps that seems kind of low, but it doesn’t in… Continue reading →

Zillow Offers will launch in Charlotte and Raleigh this winter

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The expansion to these two North Carolina cities also puts Zillow’s nascent but quickly expanding homebuying and reselling program up against competing “iBuyers,” namely Knock and Opendoor.  Continue reading →

What is Redfin up to in Washington, D.C.?

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Inman visited Redfin’s Washington, D.C., office recently to take a closer look at how Redfin is changing the local market and analyze the brokerage’s influence in the capital city. Continue reading →

Vija Williams hired as director of growth for Ben Kinney Companies

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Keller Williams mega-agent and frequent real estate conference presenter Vija Williams is joining Ben Kinney Companies as the new director of growth. Continue reading →

Florida’s Space Coast listing service ditches its Homesnap site

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The Space Coast Multiple Listing Service in Brevard County, Florida — named due to its proximity to NASA’s primary launch sites — dropped Homesnap as its local listing portal this week, citing concerns about limited search parameters and agent lead f… Continue reading →