The city council just approved an effort that will look for strategies to stop iBuyers such as Opendoor and Redfin
The new tools will let agents conduct live video tours and send out automated emergency texts if or when they run into trouble
After broker feedback, indie brokerage network says its updated stance is 'neutral'
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Premier Agent leads have slipped, says real estate agent Meg Jones Mullin in her follow-up break-up letter to Zillow. She and others sound off
The investigations — which are relatively common after a company discloses very bad news — are a response to Zillow's announcement that it will end its iBuying business
Real estate franchisor says giving the listing brokerage equal billing would cause consumer confusion
Realtracs Showings comes amid an ongoing race to build alternatives to ShowingTime, which Zillow acquired earlier this year
This week saw a flood of real estate company earnings reports. Overall, they indicate the market is well-positioned and maybe returning to some semblance of normalcy
Some MLSs are 'strongly opposed' to requiring the display of listing agents in addition to listing brokerages
CEO Brian Bair offered reassurance in the wake of Zillow's iBuying exit that Offerpad's business model is working
The brokerage brought in $1.74B between July and September, but also lost $100M — and sees seasonality returning to the business
Glenn Sanford made the comment while on stage at EXPCON about a week after Zillow revealed plans to abandon iBuying
Pretium Partners has agreed to buy some of Zillow's homes as the listings portal exits the iBuyer business, The Wall Street Journal reports
EXp CEO Jason Gesing also told Inman that franchising may see waning popularity, while iBuying is likely to remain a niche offering
How will Opendoor and Offerpad respond to Zillow bowing out of iBuying? How is Compass faring as a fledgling public company? And is Keller Williams nearing an IPO?