I saw Earth Enable last night, and thought it quite a fascinating project. It’s not really real estate technology, but it has a real estate angle (flooring in Rwanda) and worth sharing nonetheless. 80% of Rwandans and over one billion people worldwide live in homes…

Google announced a new mortgage shopping product in late November. Partly powered by Zillow, it’s an advertising tool for lenders and a product comparison tool for consumers. Zillow already has the products, interest rates, and reviews of nationwide lenders across its mortgage shopping system. It…

I came across HTML to WordPress on Product Hunt this morning. Those of you who have deployed custom WordPress sites know the process is first to design a PSD, then slice that into CSS/HTML, and then connect that to an actual WordPress theme. HTML to…

I am a firm believer that someone will create a great AVM that will rapidly replace human input into the valuation process. As we’ve seen with advances like self-driving cars, computers are better at assessing risks, reacting to local conditions, and, in many cases, making…

The website for Enetai Beach is gorgeous, as is the video. Well done, Pete and Anne. Well Done.

On the heals of the recent news by Surefield, another Seattle-based brokerage you have probably heard about – Redfin – announced their own Automed Home Price Estimates today. You can type in an address here, and you’ll end up on a property page such as…

Many of you know today is #givingtuesday. I recommend you giveback by becoming a member of Giveback Homes. Or Kiva. Or The AdventureProject (which is what I donated to earlier today). Or any other cause you care about. And yes, Black Friday is a con. [Graphic via Mary]

Building marketplaces is a tough, tough game. It’s virtually always a massive chicken and egg problem. I know from experience — Horizon is a marketplace for hospitality exchange (though we aren’t technically involved in a transaction element yet). VersionOne, a VC firm, recently produced a fairly advanced…

I just watched the following video, a short presentation by Brett at New Story (which I’ve written about before): Given I’m a sucker for community, one thing I picked up on was that Brett mentioned that building homes leads to lasting community. Money can’t build…

While most of the industry conversation centers around Zillow’s focus on high performing agent teams, Zillow keeps plugging away with business development efforts to gain more distribution for their mortgage offering. This week’s news was that Zillow Group partnered with Google Compare for mortgage data (press…