Zillow’s 1% Loans Have Little to Do With Helping First Time Home Buyers
Zillow has become the most popular residential real estate portal in the U.S. They did this by becoming masters of lead generation. Their first big…
Why the AI Revolution in Real Estate May Never Happen
Few things in the tech world get people more excited than artificial intelligence. AI research has been around for decades, but we’ve seen endless hype…
Does Zillow’s iBuying Pause Signal a Downturn?
For the past few years, a number of companies have been pioneering a relatively new real estate business model. These so-called iBuyers are offering cash…
The Tyranny of NAR
Passing a test can make you a real estate agent but, in the U.S., if you want to get into residential real estate, you need…
Post-Pandemic Economic Development
When we talk about livable cities, we usually focus on the details. We go back and forth about the way housing is developed or streets…
iBuying Is Paused but Its Risk Exposure Is Not
Life, for most of us, seems to be on pause. This means that homebuying, one of the most expensive and painstaking purchases in most people’s…
Zillow Poised to Devour the iBuyer Market
Imagine you knew nothing about real estate. That you had never heard of an escrow, natural hazard disclosures or title insurance. In this world, what…