Growing direct homebuyer Opendoor now has $3 billion in financial backing (yes, that’s “billion” with a “b”) thanks to a sizable new investment from Japanese technology company SoftBank Group. Opendoor announced Thursday that it secured a $400 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund, SoftBank’s investment arm.That investment pushes Opendoor’s total equity capital raised above $1 billion – $1.045 billion, […]
Compass announced that it had raised an additional $400 million, much from its existing investors. Robert Reffkin shared his conviction that they could raise additional monies when and if they needed the funds for rapid growth at the REAL Trends Deal Makers Conference a month ago. Subsequently they announced that they were acquiring Pacific […]
Everyday real estate professionals are bombarded with information about new business models and disruptive tech companies. You can thrive if you adapt and focus. Glenn Bill, a broker with CENTURY 21 Sheetz in Indianapolis and a real estate coach wrote the book, “The ABCs of Attitude,” that offers helpful mindset strategies for real estate professionals. Listen […]
CoreLogic Reports Strong Economy Boosts Homeowner Equity by About $1 Trillion in the Second Quarter of 2018 · The share of properties in negative equity fell to 4.3 percent in the second quarter 2018
In an industry where the word “disrupter” is thrown around for every new business model out there, one firm has been quietly and stealthily growing—HomeVestors of “We Buy Ugly Houses” fame. In just nine years, the company, based in Dallas, went from 165 to 1,000 franchises, independently owned and operated. Now in 164 markets nationwide, […]
Home Partners Of America And Realogy Holdings Corp. To Launch The cataLIST Program Cash Sale Program Available to Home Sellers in Select Markets
Exclusive Tool Empowers the BHGRE Network to Find the Right Clients with Rich Customer Profiles, Customizable Geo-Targeting and Predictive Analytics within a Fully Responsive, Mobile Environment
It’s true: everywhere you look, there are articles about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. QuantmRE hopes to disrupt real estate investment by using both of those technologies to their advantage.
Zillow recently announced that Right at Home Realty, Canada’s largest independent real estate brokerage, will send a direct listing feed to Zillow.com. For-sale listings from Right at Home Realty as well as other Canadian listings will be featured on Zillow.com soon. Zillow has relationships in the U.S. with thousands of brokerages and real estate agents […]
REAL Trending Episode 16
