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March 2, 2015

Jeff Goldblum’s latest role: Apartments.com mastermind

Jeff Goldblum plays Brad Bellflower, the fictional mastermind of apartments.com. Real estate brokers and agents have become adept at using the Internet and social media to grow their business. But suddenly TV is blazing hot, with big brand names like Zillow, realtor.com, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Re/Max, Redfin and Berkshire…
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WFG News
February 25, 2015

America’s biggest brokerage launches new website

A real estate search portal built by the U.S.’s largest brokerage, NRT LLC, to compete with Zillow, Trulia and realtor.com and generate more online leads is now live in 14 of the brokerage’s 40 markets. HomesForSale.com serves up listings sourced from multiple listing services and features automated home valuations, sold data…
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WFG News
February 24, 2015

Maverick broker touts ‘legal way to get drone-like views’

Some real estate agents may be tempting fate if they use drones to capture aerial images of homes without obtaining authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration. But Surefield, a broker that uses a proprietary camera to produce virtual 3-D tours, says it’s cooked up a way to capture drone-like aerial imagery without running that risk.…
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WFG News
February 20, 2015

Why the FTC let Zillow buy Trulia

Federal antitrust regulators say they decided to allow the nation’s most popular real estate search portal to acquire its closest rival because real estate agents have “numerous” ways to market their services, and that there was “insufficient evidence” that the deal would result in higher advertising costs or hurt innovation.…
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WFG News
February 20, 2015

Michael Glover: ‘It’s not enough to replicate a desktop experience on a mobile screen’

Technical lead, Redfin Time at Redfin: Almost two years What he does: I build software that helps agents quickly move on behalf of their customers both at their desk and on the go. Age: 35 Degree: Bachelor of science in computing and software systems, University of Washington, Bothell Location: Seattle, Washington Social…
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WFG News
February 11, 2015

Redfin enters 7th new market this year

Continuing an expansion push launched last year and fueled by a $70.9 million funding round, Redfin has hired the former owner of six Re/Max franchises in the Northeast to head up its operations in New Hampshire. Mark Callahan Mark Callahan, who started his career in real estate more than 25…
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WFG News
February 5, 2015

Redfin glides into tech-friendly St. Louis

Redfin has set up shop in St. Louis, opening the door for buyers and sellers in the area to team up with its tech-fueled real estate agent team, and continuing the discount broker’s aggressive push into new markets. Redfin Regional Director Mark Reitman suggested that St. Louis’ burgeoning tech scene will grease the runway for Redfin…
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WFG News
February 3, 2015

Redfin enters New Mexico, closes in on US-wide coverage

Redfin has opened shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, bringing the tech-focused brokerage one state closer to full U.S. coverage and into its fifth new market so far this year. The Seattle-based firm’s expansion, launched last year and boosted by a $70.9 million funding round it announced in December, puts the brokerage in 28…
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WFG News
January 30, 2015

Chief economists mostly bullish on 2015 housing market

NEW YORK — Four chief economists from some of the nation’s most popular real estate websites are optimistic about the housing market this year, citing an expected increase in home sales, and low mortgage rates and oil prices leaving more money in consumers’ pockets. Still, low inventory, decreasing home affordability…
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WFG News
January 30, 2015

Technology fueling commission rebates to Toronto homebuyers

Canadian brokerages TheRedPin and CommissionMadeFair.com say technology that lets homebuyers do much of the legwork involved in finding the home of their dreams themselves lets them offer commission rebates to buyers. Homebuyers “can filter through all the facts until they’re ready to take the next steps, which is usually going…
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