Solutionstar Relaunches with New One Stop Home and Mortgage Portal

New competition has entered the commercial real estate tech scene now that Solutionstar has been relaunched. The firm, which is a subsidiary of Nationstar, has been re-launched as a real estate search and transaction platform and could prove to be a serious competitor to firms such as Realtor.com and Zillow. Renamed as Xome, Solutionstar will feature an online portal, Xome.com. Capitalizing on the ability to provide users with a completely innovative digital experience, Xome can be accessed on m…

RentPath Simplifying the Search Process

For many consumers, the process of finding the right rental property can be challenging. RentPath seeks to simplify the search process and make it easier for tenants to find the right property. Given the competitiveness of many rental markets around the country, this ease-of-search can be highly beneficial for renters who are struggling to find the right property. Recently, RentPath has worked on expanding its services, including through the purchase of Lovely last year. RentPath picked up the …

Placester Expands Services with Customizable Single Property Websites

With an ever increasing number of buyers now beginning their search for a property online, it has become more important than ever for brokers and agents to take full advantage of online marketing capabilities. Placester is making that process easier by providing low-cost real estate website. The company recently announced it has expanded its service menu even further following a $15 million funding round. According to Placester, which first began offering search websites to agents for $10 or le…

Opendoor Gives Buyers the Ability to Submit Mobile Offers

Opendoor, an online real estate transaction marketplace, has recently announced a new home shopping venue. According to the National Association of Realtors, 92 percent of homebuyers now use the Internet to search for properties. Furthermore, 50 percent of buyers now use a mobile app or website. Yet, one element of the home buying experience that has not changed in recent years, despite a rise in technology, is the ability to view homes whenever a buyer wants and the option to submit offers via …

New Tech Startups Bring Real Estate into the 21st Century

Technology in the commercial real estate sector has been moving at an incredible pace in the last few years and a number of new tech startups are driving much of that innovation. Streamlining the Real Estate Industry with Groundbreaking Technology Among those startups is Compass. While the company was launched just 18 months ago, it has already generated an impressive amount of attention. The real estate listing app is available for both Android and iOS and is designed to eliminate many of the c…

New Real Estate Tech Makes Investing Simpler

In the last few years, real estate investing has become increasingly easier for investors at every end of the spectrum. Now, a new real estate tech firm is significantly reducing the amount of effort and time involved in bringing commercial real estate tech investment opportunities to clients. Acquire Real Estate has announced it is utilizing breakthrough technology to create a revolutionary platform. The new platform will provide accredited investors with unrivaled access to exclusive real esta…

The Top 5 Most Influential Real Estate Tech People…Of All Time!

With hundreds of millions of dollars now being poured into real estate tech annually, the sector is one of the hottest in the entire tech community. But it wasn’t always that way. Here is our take on the five influencers that paved the way. Andy Florence, CEO | CoStar Perhaps no one else has had a bigger impact on the real estate tech industry than Florence. The founder of CoStar created the first true internet-based business and grew it into the largest, most heavily trafficked site in the indu…

MREN Removes International Barriers and Transforms Commercial Real Estate

While technology has dramatically changed many industries over the past few years, the commercial real estate industry remained virtually unaffected until recently. One of the reasons for that is the fact that the commercial real estate industry is often held back by delayed negotiations and international barriers that tend to slow down transactions. All of that could soon change with the introduction of a new commercial real estate platform. A new cloud-based platform, MREN, has recently been l…

LinkedIn Discussion Groups You Should Join

It’s a little secret that LinkedIn can be a powerful place to make business connections. LinkedIn Groups can also provide real estate professionals with the perfect location for sharing and staying up to date on the latest tech updates as they relate to the real estate industry. If you are not already active in the following LinkedIn discussion groups, now is the time to join. The Rook’s Real Estate Tech Talk The Rook’s Real Estate Tech Talk is the ideal place for sharing tech info and how it c…

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