My neighbor’s house won’t sell. Virtual staging would help

Virtual staging is becoming an increasingly easy and affordable way to market a stale listing. Here are a number of software companies that excel in making empty homes meet market expectations. Continue reading

Entrata buys Colleen AI in bid for property management autonomy

Software company Entrata acquired its second company in a year with the acquisition of the rental industry’s Colleen, which provides artificial intelligence-based tenant communications and leasing operation support. Continue reading

StackWrap makes sense of your tech-stack: Tech Review

Indie broker Max Fitzgerald built this app to be the top layer of brokerage tech stack, enabling better organization, access and understanding of its most-used tools. Continue reading

SentriLock partners with Direct Offer to provide DO AudioTour tools

The deal will put DO AudioTour tools into the hands of more than 500,000 subscribers, allowing agents to deliver market insights and listings to consumers, executives announced Thursday. Continue reading

CoStar Group taps Christian Lown of Freddie Mac as new finance chief

Freddie Mac Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Christian Lown will be taking his talents to CoStar Group in July, executives announced. Lown departs Freddie Mac on June 28. Continue reading

Inside Real Estate folds kvCORE as part of major rebrand as BoldTrail

Parent company Inside Real Estate will carry the BoldTrail name in a range of iterations as they roll out this summer. The new moniker is meant in impart that real estate isn’t for the faint of heart. Continue reading

Your insights matter: Take the Inman Intel Index survey for June

The Inman Intel Index goes beyond sentiment and trends by tapping into the industry’s most engaged community. Add your voice to real estate’s most ambitious monthly survey today. Continue reading

Realtor.com releases next chapter of buyer agency campaign

Two months after the successful launch of its buyers agency ad campaign, Realtor.com has unveiled the next chapter — this time focusing on how buyers’ agents are key to bolstering homeownership rates in underrepresented communities. Continue reading

RealPage breaks silence on federal price-fixing probe into Yardi system

CEO Dana Jones pushed back in a statement on Tuesday, saying RealPage isn’t responsible for an undersupply of rentals, increased demand for homes or inflationary pressures shaping the market. Continue reading