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January 28, 2015

Barbara Corcoran backs real estate website provider

Barbara Corcoran, founder of New York City-brokerage The Corcoran Group and current “Shark Tank” investor, has given her seal of approval to real estate website provider Real Estate Webmasters, making an investment in the startup that values the company at $50 million. Real Estate Webmasters offers custom website development, marketing…
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January 28, 2015

Research engine publishing real estate agent performance statistics

FindTheBest, a data aggregator that helps people research everything from smartphones and cars to colleges and nursing homes, often helps consumers gauge quality by serving up ratings. But the research engine, which recently migrated its real estate search tools off findthebest.com and onto a standalone website, findthehome.com, has decided not…
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January 28, 2015

Diane Szoke: ‘You need to embrace losing if you want to learn’

Diane Szoke is the CEO of Relocality. Describe what you do in one sentence: As a woman, I’m accustomed to balancing the needs of complex social, professional and personal networks on a daily basis — as an entrepreneur, my passion, vision and “intuitive muscle” serve me well in building startups that innovate,…
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January 28, 2015

Back office system helps brokers gauge customer satisfaction

Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies Inc. has completed an integration with agent review platform RealSatisfied, enabling brokers to automatically invite their agents’ clients to fill out a RealSatisfied customer satisfaction survey whenever a transaction closes. The integration with Lone Wolf’s back office broker management system, brokerWOLF, “reduces data entry, saving…
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January 28, 2015

Why News Corp bought realtor.com instead of Zillow or Trulia

NEW YORK CITY — The new owner of realtor.com operator Move Inc. kicked the tires of its two chief competitors, Zillow and Trulia, before  acquiring Move for $950 million in November, News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson revealed today. In a one-on-one conversation with Inman Publisher Brad Inman at Real Estate Connect…
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January 27, 2015

Realtor.com will make ‘simple product improvements’ before exploring ‘big, bold ideas’

Don’t expect radical changes to realtor.com under the management of News Corp., which acquired the site’s operator, Move Inc., in November — at least not right away. Ryan O’Hara Move’s new CEO, News Corp. veteran Ryan O’Hara, says he’s looking to start out with “simple product improvements” already in the…
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January 27, 2015

4 steps to picking perfect real estate tech solutions

Developing the best agent-facing technology strategy for your brokerage is a lot like finding the perfect home. There can be an overwhelming number of things to consider, and once you commit, you’ve got to do everything in your power to make it work. But when you’re searching for your dream…
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January 27, 2015

Portals can sell 3-D listing enhancements using new platform

Don’t be surprised if you begin to see more 3-D content popping up on listing portals in the near future. DIAKRIT, which produces 3-D renderings for listings that appear on websites including NJ.com, NOLA.com and Syracuse.com, has rolled out a 3-D-centric sales and marketing platform for listing portals featuring 2-D and 3-D floor…
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January 27, 2015

New tools let brokers, team leaders manage networks of multiple websites

BoomTown, a real estate marketing firm that bakes real estate search websites, search engine marketing and a customer relationship management system into one offering, has released new tools that allow brokers and team leaders to network multiple websites and better manage teams and brands. The tools let users bundle multiple Internet data exchange…
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January 27, 2015

Zillow will offer more perks for listings

Zillow will roll out new perks this year for brokerages that provide direct listing feeds to the portal that the company says will increase their visibility and branding. More than 5,000 brokers currently provide a direct feed to Zillow under the existing “Pro for Brokers” program. In return, listing agents…
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