Trading Day: live markets coverage; Markets march in lock-step; plus analysis and opinionThe AustralianCushioning a 12 per cent fall in first-half net profit led by weaker volumes and inflation pressu more…

Realtor.com NewsReally Bad MLS Photos: 5 Horrific Real Estate Pics You Can't UnseeRealtor.com NewsSeven years ago, Paul Meleedy, a real estate agent in Lakeville, MA, created this Facebook group t more…

PR Newswire (press release)REX Real Estate Exchange Secures $15M In Series B FundingPR Newswire (press release)WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — REX Real Estate Exchange, the first more…

Local Social Pro Provides Real Estate Agents and Brokers with Customized Social Media ManagementPR Newswire (press release)LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Real estate agents and brokers toda more…

BloombergThe Tax Law Hits Manhattan Home SalesBloombergBut the sellers countered the offer, and after some back and forth, agreed to part with the property for a little more than $1.8 million. The dea more…

Realtor.com NewsCharity Begins at Your New HomeRealtor.com NewsSome approaches are relatively simple: At the Ritz-Carlton Residences Miami Beach, set to open early 2017, Ricardo Dunin, founding partne more…

Escrow scams have grown by $950M in 2017Inman.comAlthough technology has made real estate transactions quicker, more seamless and increasingly transparent, it has also made buyers and sellers vulnerab more…

Builder MagazineStudy: Do Good-Looking Real-Estate Agents Make Better Impressions?Builder MagazineA study recently published in the Journal of Housing Research explored how a real-estate agent's a more…

BloombergHamptons Buyers Battle Over Cheaper Homes — That Is, Under $3.3 MillionBloomberg… and Douglas Elliman said. Even with all that buying, inventory declined only in the non-luxury category, more…

5 lessons I wish I'd known as a new real estate agentInman.comIn fact, as agents both new and seasoned, it is one of the most underutilized tools we use because we don't like it. But, if you a more…

First Bitcoin Real Estate Purchase Recorded in TexasPR Newswire (press release)Finalized mid-summer and purchased for an undisclosed sum, the newly built custom home boasts grand entertaining areas, a more…

HousingWireNeighborhood social network Nextdoor launches real estate listing serviceHousingWireBut the program isn't just informational for prospective buyers or curious neighbors; the program is more…

Valdosta Daily TimesBusiness BriefsValdosta Daily TimesThe program is intended to connect companies with municipal leaders to share knowledge and expertise to strengthen Georgia's cities and suppo more…

The Contrasting SouFun Holdings Limited (SFUN) and Tremor Video (TLRA)BangaloreWeeklyFang Holdings Limited, formerly SouFun Holdings Limited, operates as a real estate Internet portal in China. The Co more…

TechCrunchPeer-to-peer real estate marketplace Homie wants to replace your realtor with a botTechCrunchJust a few weeks ago I was in Utah for the holidays, spending time with the many family members m more…

Palm Beach PostAnother discount broker pushes in to Florida real estate marketPalm Beach Post… decided not to use a traditional agent. Instead, he sold the house through Home Bay, a new entrant to F more…

Reader’s Digest15 Tricks to Help Sell Your Home Faster—and for More MoneyReader’s DigestPlus, almost three quarters of sellers said they only got in touch with one agent before settling on whom they more…

TechCrunchRedfin shares fall 7% after real estate earnings disappointTechCrunchRedfin, the real estate brokerage site, saw its shares tumble about 7 percent in after-hours trading, shortly after shari more…

CNBCHigh home prices hit first-time buyers harder than ever, and student loans may be part of the reasonCNBC"With the lower end of the market seeing the worst of the supply crunch, house hunters more…

Reader’s Digest22 Secrets Your Real Estate Agent Isn't Telling YouReader’s DigestYour open house helps me more than it helps you. goodluz/ShutterstockThe majority of visitors aren't buyers—t more…

Sarasota Herald-TribuneSmart homes, smart marketing on the riseSarasota Herald-TribunePettingell, a waterfront real estate specialist based on Longboat Key, is one of those captivated by technological more…

PR Newswire (press release)American Homebuyers are Ready to Embrace Virtual Reality, According to Coldwell Banker Real Estate SurveyPR Newswire (press release)A new survey from Coldwell Banker Real Es more…

My top 10 predictions for real estate in 2018Inman.comZillow will face some regulatory sniffing around about its Premier Agent ad placement program, which allows a Zillow agent advertiser to preempt t more…

Squatter attacks real estate agent with a rake, highlighting risksInman.comThe issue has become such a concern that a state law was passed in 2016 to combat it, essentially removing squatters' rig more…

October real estate industry deals and partnershipsInman.comOct. 10: Sotheby's International Realty Brand partners with news publication in Japan. Luxury residential real estate brand Sotheby' more…

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The SpinoffThe rise and fall of CricHQ, the star-backed 'Facebook for cricket'The SpinoffCricHQ would be for everyone. Cricketers also love stats: runs, wickets, economy rates, and comparing t more…

The Real Deal MagazineReal estate's tech disruptorsThe Real Deal MagazineUPDATED, Feb. 5, 11:38 a.m.: Just 20 years ago, fax machines were in wide use and most people didn't have cell phones. more…

Real estate industry deals and partnerships: January 2018Inman.comLeading Real Estate Companies of the World has named PlanOmatic as their preferred provider through its Solution Group program, which more…

The Real Deal MagazineBurner phones, fake buyers and stolen customers: When lead generation goes wrongThe Real Deal MagazineStreetEasy's Premier Agent program thrust the topic into the New York ze more…

RealtyBizNewsMajority of Americans want their real estate agent to offer VR tours, study findsInman.comVirtual reality (VR) was once nothing more than a fantasy explored in movies and video games, but more…

Corvallis Gazette TimesNew Corvallis real estate office hopes to help House HuntersCorvallis Gazette TimesSellers can have offers on the same day a property is listed if things are priced well, the Sp more…

Get 'Transported' into real estate's new VR home toursInman.comHave suggestions for products that you'd like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig Rowe. Tra more…

The Real Deal MagazineReal estate's hottest stories of 2017The Real Deal MagazineStreetEasy turned the city's residential brokerage community on its head when it announced a new advertising fe more…

Real estate team now accepting bitcoin on all current listingsInman.com“Bitcoin now accepted,” read a real estate flyer posted on Facebook Wednesday by Nicole Lopez-Cummins, an agent with Intero R more…

The Real Deal MagazineThe 10 biggest real estate tech deals of 2017The Real Deal MagazineThough property prices came back down to earth in 2017, real estate tech valuations shot into the stratosphere. more…

BloombergRussian and Chinese Buyers Are Snapping Up Greek PropertiesBloombergThe Moscow-based chief executive officer of real-estate platform Tranio.com has bought a building in the Greek capital and more…

Realtor.com NewsThe Tax Bill's Winners and LosersNew York TimesPresident Trump has called the $1.5 trillion tax cut that Republican lawmakers are on the verge of passing a Christmas present for th more…

GeekWireCityBldr raises cash, prepares to expand to California with software that reveals hidden real estate valueGeekWire… neighbors to sell their homes to a real estate developer collectively, ear more…

Compass nabs $450 million in largest real estate tech investment in US historyInman.com“On the acquisition front, we're looking for agents and boutique brokerages to come on to the Compass platf more…

BloombergThe GOP Tax Plan Would Make America's Housing Shortage Even WorseBloombergHow the dynamics play out remains to be seen. The tax changes “are being done to make the corporate tax cut wor more…

BloombergLisbon's Hot Property Market Leaves Buyers Struggling for a HomeBloombergBut central Lisbon's housing stock is much smaller than in other European cities such as Madrid, London and Pa more…

Inman selects Ambassadors for Connect New York 2018Inman.comThe Inman community is made up of the best and brightest in real estate. And connecting this diverse, enthusiastic group of real estate prof more…

BloombergEven Real Estate Developers Can't Afford Toronto's Housing MarketBloombergThat's led to Canadians buying fewer new homes. Transactions for new houses and townhomes this September more…

Facebook launches massive push into real estate listingsHousingWireAnd Facebook plans to continue upgrading the platform. The initial phase of the rollout includes custom filters for location, price, more…

BloombergTech Startup or Real-Estate Broker? Fidelity Values Compass at $2 BillionBloombergRedfin Corp., a real-estate broker that went public in July, is expected to generate $365 million in sales th more…

Compass reveals plans for massive expansion, futuristic signageInman.com“How are we going to do that? By investing in our agents, giving them support and building more for them than any company in t more…

GeekWireReal estate brokerage FlyHomes vows to purchase homes if deals fall through, helping buyers in hot housing marketsGeekWireThose novelties, Lane says, have made FlyHomes “the player for buyer more…

How real estate agents dominate with multichannel content marketingInman.comTo build a dominant real estate business in 2018, agents must create multidimensional marketing campaigns that mirror the de more…

Survival of the richest: Real estate's technology arms raceInman.comA homeowner thinking about selling starts searching for local home value information online and stumbles across an iBuyer platfo more…

TechCrunchVC doors are wide open for real estate startupsTechCrunchAirbnb, both a tourism company and a real estate play, is valued at more than $30 billion, while co-working space juggernaut WeWork i more…

GeekWireZillow CEO: Redfin 'a threat to organized real estate'GeekWireRedfin is a broker, with roughly a thousand real estate agents. We are sure there will always be buyers' agents in rea more…

GeekWireFacebook ventures into Zillow's territory with targeted real estate advertisingGeekWireThe ads are served on Facebook and Instagram. Real estate is an area we're betting big on as a co more…

ZDNetZillow: Machine learning and data disrupt real estateZDNetFrom the home buyer perspective, Zillow's Zestimate enables significant transparency around prices and information that historically more…

Inman.comReal estate agents can help buyers and sellers 'MoveEasy'Inman.comHave suggestions for products that you'd like to see reviewed by our real estate technology expert? Email Craig R more…

Six things to know about the real-estate company Redfin before it goes publicMarketWatchRedfin combines an online model, in which consumers can browse homes and take virtual tours, and an offline mode more…

'Real estate 2.0': Boulder's 8z spins off technology into new company zavvieBoulder Daily CameraThere is plenty of real estate data online — home listings, activity reports, price and ap more…

How one agent used a T-rex costume to generate real estate businessInman.comThe Tyrannosaurus Rex no longer rules the world, but it has a chance to take over the real estate game thanks to Charlotte R more…

GeekWireReal estate lawyer sues Zillow, calls Zestimate a 'tremendous roadblock' to selling her homeGeekWireSince its inception, Zillow's home-value calculator, know as the “Zestimate” more…

The week in real estate industry deals: May 1-5, 2017Inman.comWhile real estate agents chase leads and close deals on houses, there's another level of deal-making that takes place within the real more…

PR Newswire (press release)Pacific Union International Real Estate Jumps To Eighth-Largest Brokerage In The US With 2016 Sales Volume Of …PR Newswire (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2017 /PR more…

BloombergHomebuyers Face Bidding Wars on Scarcer-Than-Ever US ListingsBloombergCompetition is so extreme that real estate agent Tanya Craig, working with an out-of-town couple six months into a search more…

Inman.comChampions School of Real Estate to offer AI training courseInman.comSkyler360 is an artificial intelligence software designed to help real estate agents juggle everyday tasks related to lead more…

A response to a broker's open letter from NAR CEO Dale StintonInman.comThe first is the Center for Specialized Real Estate (CSRE) a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of NAR, which includes am more…

Realtor.com NewsThese Cities Are the 10 Biggest Comeback Stories in US Real EstateRealtor.com NewsAfter all, the 2007 real estate crash was a trauma that cut a wide swath of destruction through the ra more…

CNBCSpring housing: 'Strongest seller's market ever'CNBC"I've been selling real estate for 25 years and this is the strongest seller's market I have ever seen in my entire rea more…

CNBCHomes this spring are selling faster than everCNBCHome sales jumped nearly 9 percent in March compared with March 2016, even as the number of homes for sale plunged 13 percent, according to a new more…

'Coming soon' listings are creative — but are they effective?Inman.comIf it was to allow some access, but not all, there could be fair housing law questions as well as questions about fair d more…

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ReutersAs Modi and his right-wing Hindu base rise, so too does a celebrity yoga tycoonReutersThree weeks after the rally in New Delhi, a trust controlled by Ramdev released a YouTube video in which se more…

GeekWireZillow dropping manual listings as it seeks to heal relationship with Seattle listing serviceGeekWireZillow today is ending a feature that let brokers manually add their home listings to the S more…

14 ways technology will change the future of real estateInman.comAt Hacker Connect, part of the Inman Connect New York real estate conference, one session examined the pain points that buyers and sell more…

Agents: Homebuyers don't need to visit your websiteInman.comMore than 50 percent of homebuyers age 50 and younger find the home they actually purchase by themselves via the internet. According to more…

Year in review: 10 major real estate tech trends that shaped 2016Inman.comOver half considered smart home security functions to be “very important,” while 42 percent of agents are interested in sm more…

Coldwell Banker Real Estate Builds New Skill For Amazon Alexa To Showcase Property Listings And Connect …PR Newswire (press release)MADISON, N.J., June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon Alexa users are more…

Heavy.comTop 5 Best Drones for Real EstateHeavy.comDrones are a real estate game changer. There is no better, cheaper way to get stunning footage of properties. Showing potential buyers the size of an more…

Drew Ferrara honoredBucks County Courier Times (blog)Ferrara has been serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey as a real estate agent with RE/MAX for eight years and has extensive experience in all aspects more…

The week in real estate industry deals: May 1-5, 2017Inman.comWhile real estate agents chase leads and close deals on houses, there's another level of deal-making that takes place within the real more…

SouthCoastToday.comReal Estate NewsmakersSouthCoastToday.com“As a licensed Massachusetts real estate salesperson, Alan brings his young, energetic, creative and tech savvy personality to our company more…

HousingWireDallas real estate startup Door pulls in $2.3 million in Series A fundingHousingWireInvestors in the round included Blair Baker, managing partner at Dallas-based Precept Capital Management, more…

The AtlanticTrump's Interests vs. America's, Bedminster EditionThe AtlanticAnd scientific studies show that even minuscule financial transactions can be enough to significantly influence the r more…