How realtor.com just got way better at lead conversion

News Corp., owner of realtor.com, announced the $210 million acquisition of lead qualification service Opcity. With this acquisition, realtor.com dives deeper into the lead conversion funnel in a major way. Continue reading

Are Uber, Waze and Tesla getting into real estate? Not exactly…

Uber Real Estate announced the launch of Uber Real Estate services, touting promises such as “Uber-like execution” for the real estate industry. Continue reading

How’s your office performing? Use Sisu’s data visualizations to keep track

Sisu visualizes agent and brokerage performance data for coaching, accountability and goal tracking. Continue reading

Owners.com adds 3 new home search, property tour features to site

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Owners.com, which operates in all 50 states, has announced the launch of three, new consumer-facing features for its mobile and desktop websites. Continue reading

Keller Williams acquires app company SmarterAgent to compete with Zillow, Redfin

Keller William’s decision to acquire SmarterAgent was a defensive move against tech distributors in the industry, Team said. Founded a decade ago by brothers Brad and Eric Blumberg in Philadelphia, SmarterAgent hands Keller Williams a team of 31 mobile… Continue reading

WATCH: How can we standardize APIs for real estate?

In this ICSF session, Howard Hsieh, head of technology at Restb.ai; Aakriti Agarwal, product manager at Blend; and Haitham Al-Beik, founder and CEO of letsbutterfly, share ideas on building smarter APIs for real estate. Continue reading

How long is that commute? New tool tells you in minutes, not miles

Drive Time, a technology developed by big data company Inrix, lets homebuyers search for properties based on desired drive times and time spent in traffic. Continue reading