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February 26, 2015

Serious money, big names get behind PayPal vet’s big-data house-flipping startup

Opendoor — the “big-data house-flipping startup” that’s out to shake up real estate by making instant offers to homeowners who want to sell their homes quickly online — has landed another $20 million in funding, bringing the total raised to date to $30 million. Founded by former PayPal and Square…
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February 26, 2015

Heather Marie on how testing and analytics are changing her tech-driven business

The Shoppable founder and CEO talks about diving deep into Google Analytics, how working in a technology business means constant change, and why the best ideas come up during cocktails. The post Heather Marie on how testing and analytics are changing her tech-driven business appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance…
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February 26, 2015

Kenneth Ham’s real estate tech career started with TI-82 calculator games

Lead developer and architect, Balcony Time at Balcony: Six months What he does: My job is to fully realize the Balcony platform, which includes our Web product, mobile app, vendor integrations, as well as development that targets social media and marketing. Age: 31 Degree, school: MS in computer science, Texas…
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February 26, 2015

Dotloop’s transaction management platform comes in new flavor for teams

Digital transaction management platform provider dotloop has released a new version of its platform that’s specially designed for agent teams and team leaders. The new offering, dotloop for Teams, goes for $249 per month and features customized branding options and real-time analytics. Users also get real-time charts and graphs that give…
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February 25, 2015

Franchisor’s iPad app designed to help win listings with big data

Coldwell Banker Real Estate has launched a new iPad app to help its agents win listings by wowing sellers with big data and on-the-spot home valuations. Using data collated from a variety of public and private sources the free app, CBx, delivers insights on homebuyer trends and profiles for specific…
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February 25, 2015

Behind-the-scenes look at the Zillow-Trulia-News Corp. listings battle

Real estate is an industry full of people who cooperate and compete with each other at all levels, sometimes uneasily. With potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue at stake, this is especially clear among the now top two rivals for consumer traffic in the real estate space:…
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February 25, 2015

Zillow secures direct feed from big Georgia MLS

Georgia Multiple Listing Service, serving nearly 27,000 members with a total of over 54,000 listings, is the latest large MLS to sign up to send Zillow its listings in a direct feed. “The direct agreement with Zillow gives our members the opportunity to decide on how to best market their…
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February 25, 2015

Agent branding trumps IDX on real estate websites

“Websites for just $5 per month. Websites for just $10 per month. Websites for just $200 per month with 20 guaranteed leads and an ‘about us’ page!” This is what real estate agents who want to create an online presence see over and over again, every day. There are tons…
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February 25, 2015

Barbara Ann Rogers: ‘I’ll be able to show listings from all over to my clients’

The broker with William B. May talks about a new IDX platform and why her buyers keep her up at night. The post Barbara Ann Rogers: ‘I’ll be able to show listings from all over to my clients’ appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 25, 2015

Matt Ehrlichman: ‘Homeowners are going to have more control over how their stories get told’

Matt Ehrlichman is the CEO of Porch. Age: 35 Degree, school: entrepreneurial engineering undergraduate degree from Stanford University; master’s degree in management science and engineering Location: Seattle, Washington Social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Matt Ehrlichman What’s your favorite activity outside of work and why? Spending time with my wife and two…
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