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January 14, 2015

Redfin sets up shop in Tennessee and Southwest Florida

With the addition of four new markets in Tennessee and Southwest Florida, Redfin is continuing an expansion push that brought it into more than a dozen new markets in 2014. The Seattle-based brokerage and referral site, which raised $70.9 million in December that will help spur its growth, announced this week that it now…
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movotorealtor.comRedfinSelectTechnologytruliaZillow
January 13, 2015

Tech-focused brokerages gain national prominence

Three tech-oriented brokerages — Redfin, Movoto and Estately — all grew their traffic notably in 2014, and are beginning to create a national presence for themselves. All three have sleek websites and powerful mobile apps, with Movoto and Estately employing referral-based business models in which they hand buyers and sellers off to other…
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January 12, 2015

Venture capitalists placing big bets on real estate tech

Big talk A raft of Wall Street types and venture capitalists are snooping around the “dynamic real estate opportunity,” as one banker described it. The last time I recall such a swirl of enthusiasm was during the dot-com days in the late 1990s. Yurchello108/Shutterstock Supersized valuations at Zillow and Trulia…
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jamie moyleLeighton Deeslisa archermarc davisonMatt BeallmatterportMauricio Umanksymichelle serronestionextdoorOB Jacobiopendoorpete flintraj qsarre/maxreal estate LLCrealogyrealtor.comrealtytracRebekah BastianRedfinrobert reffkinRyan Marshallryan o'harasarah learySelectsherry chrisspencer rascoffstreet easystreeteasySue AdlerSusan DaimlerTechnologythe agencytruliaurban compasswindermereWindermere Real EstateZillow
January 6, 2015

33 people who are changing the real estate industry

In 1982, the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) was introduced which in effect, launched the Internet. Nothing has done more to transform culture, the economy and real estate in the last three decades. In honor of the 33rd anniversary, we are recognizing 33 people who are changing or will change the real…
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