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Stake secures $12M in Series A funding to incentivize renters

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Stake, which offers banking services and cash rewards to renters for being proactive in their occupancy, has secured a Series A funding round of $12 million. Continue reading →

Flat-fee HomeLister to use Series A funding for national expansion

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Already in 17 markets, the alternative sales platform secured $10 million in a Series A round led by M13 and Homebrew. It’s the second flat-fee or discount service to earn financing this month, joining HomeLight. Continue reading →

Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang merge under new CEO

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Richard Harris, a veteran of SparkPost, Oracle and AddThis, will lead the merged company, which said it will employ 144 people with no layoffs anticipated. Continue reading →

Proptech investor Paul Hurst sees a ton of opportunity in market shift

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The problems that proptechs are trying to solve — inefficiencies in real estate transactions — remain, said Parker89 Managing Director Paul Hurst, while speaking at Connect Now. Continue reading →

Notarize lays off 110 employees, cites Sequoia’s warning to startups

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Having “created a category” — remote online notarization — CEO Pat Kinsel says the company must evolve to survive a potential downturn. Continue reading →

Rental market not immune to cuts as Zumper lays off 15% of staff

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A cooling real estate market has already led to cuts at companies far and wide. The San Francisco-based rental search portal is the latest. Continue reading →

HomeLight raises $115M and acquires cash offer rival Accept.inc

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Scottsdale, Arizona-based HomeLight announced that its all-stock deal raises the company’s valuation to $1.7 billion and makes it the largest “agent-focused” cash offer program in the U.S. Continue reading →

Revolution RE to use $3M in VC to empower landlord business data

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The data aggregation and workflow automation company Revolution RE received a relatively modest monetary injection of $3 million. Continue reading →

CRMLS and Perchwell ink deal to launch new platform in 2023

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The agreement to launch an MLS platform for subscribers comes six months after California Regional MLS bought an equity stake in Perchwell through its venture capital fund. Continue reading →

Power Buyer Knock revamps board of directors

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Representative of NAR’s venture capital arm, Second Century Ventures, will serve as an observer on Knock’s board of directors. Continue reading →