NFX leads $80M round for Overmoon’s vacation home fintech

Overmoon, a company in the increasingly popular vacation rental market, is off to a stellar start in 2024, having secured $80 million in debt and equity funding to launch their tech-enabled solution for owners of vacation rentals, or those who inspire … Continue reading

Anywhere’s BHGRE and ERA name new presidents after Sherry Chris

Sherry Chris, who recently retired, formerly led both brands. Now Ginger Wilcox will lead BHGRE while Alex Vidal leads ERA, according to an announcement Wednesday by Anywhere Real Estate. Continue reading

Side hires Zillow veteran Stephen Capezza to serve as president

Capezza joins Side during a period that has proven challenging for the broader real estate industry and “is the exact right person to help guide Side through the next phase of our growth,” the company said. Continue reading

Zillow’s VRX acquisition reveals why the portal can’t be dismissed

Never on the defensive for too long, Zillow’s strategy, Brad Inman writes, is to secure its position as the leading listing service and digitize everything — as the rest of the industry sputters. Continue reading

Virtual brokerage Radius launches mortgage arm in California

The company’s move into mortgage lending comes on the heels of a $14 million Series A round led by Trulia co-founder Pete Flint’s NFX Ventures. Continue reading

EXp hits 80K agents, anticipates surpassing 100K by end of the year

As the online real estate brokerage surpassed 80K agents on Wednesday, Glenn Sanford also said at Inman Connect New York that Zillow is a competitor of companies like his. Continue reading

Trulia’s former president on what makes a ‘world-changing’ company

Ahead of Inman Connect New York this month, former Trulia president and current proptech investor Paul Levine talks iBuying, company culture and the future of real estate. Continue reading

The biggest questions and answers about portals ditching crime data

Redfin, Trulia and realtor.com have all vowed to not use crime data going forward. The companies’ stands are now prompting a debate in the industry. Continue reading

Zillow-owned Trulia will ditch crime data beginning in 2022

The announcement comes days after realtor.com and Redfin also revealed plans to avoid crime data, with the latter company calling on others to follow suit. Continue reading

Redfin calls on real estate websites to drop crime data

The company cited the real estate industry’s history of redlining, as well as the potential to reinforce racial bias, as reasons to abandon crime data on search portals and other websites. Continue reading