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March 6, 2015

Feds tap Zillow’s chief economist for open-data initiative

Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries has been named to an advisory panel that the federal government says will help it do a better job unleashing vast troves of data to foster economic growth and promote better decision-making — including census data served up by real estate search sites. Humphries, creator of…
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March 6, 2015

Realtor.com climbs in rankings, Trulia’s new look, Homes.com picking up steam

Zillow Group has given Trulia’s home page a subtle makeover, which could foreshadow other changes that would help differentiate the nation’s most popular real estate search portals now that they’re under the same roof. Before it was acquired by Zillow, Trulia’s home page featured an image of a couple holding hands, strolling up a…
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March 6, 2015

Swipe embraces visual media trends to create a new breed of home search

Editor’s note: This week, Inman is launching a brand-new daily series of articles focused specifically on evaluating the technology you use in your real estate business. Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our expert? Email him at craig@inman.com. The pitch Yesterday, I discussed in some verbosity Doorsteps, a…
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March 6, 2015

Kevin Hincker: ‘The industry is currently dependent on a single technology — one invented 2,000 years ago’

Chief technology officer and co-founder, NuOffer Time at NuOffer: Two years. Describe what you do in one sentence: I oversee the development team and create new features. Age: 51 Location: Los Angeles Social media: LinkedIn  Kevin Hincker’s workspace. What do you do? I draw on white boards and go to meetings :). I write code,…
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March 6, 2015

Brokers facing tough choices when portals raise prices for ‘featured’ listings

When Zillow told New York City-based brokerage CORE in December that the price of “featuring” its listings on the portal in 2015 would be four times what it paid in 2014, the company decided to cancel its ad spend. Instead of paying to feature listings on the site — blocking…
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WFG News
March 5, 2015

3-D virtual tours of multifloor homes just got a whole lot easier

3-D virtual tour provider Matterport has added new features to its interactive online models that allow prospective buyers to more easily navigate and visualize homes with multiple floors. The enhancements represent one of the latest advancements in 3-D technology, which some real estate agents are using to grab the attention of…
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March 5, 2015

How this Zillow Premier Agent made $10 million

Gordon Stephenson is a Zillow Premier agent. Through his association with Zillow he has accumulated approximately $10 million in wealth. According to his profile on Zillow, he had 23 home sales in the last 12 months. He is a small Seattle broker with 60 agents and a property management division.…
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March 5, 2015

Realtor.com grows New York City footprint

Realtor.com’s listing database in the Big Apple is getting thousands of new listings thanks to new agreements with five brokerages and listing syndication platform RealPlus. In addition to securing listings from Bond New York, Brown Harris Stevens, Compass, Halstead Property and NestSeekers, the portal has added new search filters and property types to help streamline…
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March 5, 2015

Zillow program could help more agents track their listings online

Zillow has launched a program that could provide another perk to real estate brokers and multiple listing services that send their listings directly to the popular search website. Zillow Tech Connect: Reports, the newest branch of the Zillow Tech Connect Program, will allow vendors that show agents how their listings perform online…
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March 5, 2015

Doorsteps helps agents walk homebuyers through the process

Editor’s note: This week, Inman is launching a brand-new daily series of articles focused specifically on evaluating the technology you use in your real estate business. Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our expert? Email him at craig@inman.com. The pitch Online tools like Doorsteps.com is why real estate…
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