The NAR vote is in… As a result of today’s vote, the RIN board approved amending the operating agreement with RealSelect in three fundamental ways: Amending the restriction that says Move may display only listings that have been sourced from REALTOR®-owned and controlled MLSs or…

We just heard from the folks at Realtor.com that they’ve renewed their agreement with MSN to be the sole provider of real estate listings and content for the media portal.  The agreement has been ongoing for 7 years, and strengthens one of their bases of…

Zillow is kicking off a new TV campaign… What do you think?

We’ve covered Nextdoor before. It was announced today that New York City has adopted Nextdoor — in a big, big way. How are you reaching your farm? Have you started a Nextdoor community for your neighborhood? How are you planning to win the neighborhood opportunity?

We know an amazing team is paramount to Realtor.com somehow figuring out how to overtake Zillow and Trulia. But what possible strategic product/business approaches could Realtor.com take? What is not the winning strategy? Winning with a “cool” factor. Pounding on the “data freshness” (updates every…

I’m going to have a bit of fun with Todd’s request to brainstorm about how Nar and Move could put Realtor.com back in the lead…. How do you take Realtor.com to the top? Simple. Assemble the greatest team possible, put them together, give them lots…

I was just talking shop with Greg Fischer tonight, and we got to discussing recent real estate industry acquisitions. How did I miss the fact that CoreLogic bought Case-Shiller from Fiserv for….$6 MILLION? That’s it? WTF? Why on earth did Trulia not buy that brand? Case-Shiller…

Looks like Ben Cabellero from the infamous NAREP has entered the form promulgation and legal interpretation business. Take a look at the form sent out to brokers and agents in an email today. I find it interesting that the organization is willing to send out…

The real estate technology consolidation continued today, as DocuSign acquired Cartavi. Here’s the press release: DocuSign Acquires Cartavi to Create End-to-End Digital Real Estate Transaction Collaboration Cartavi, a DocuSign Company, and zipLogix ® To Deliver Best-in-Class Solution with Forms, Collaboration and eSignature SAN FRANCISCO, CA;…

+ = Congratulations!! I’m a big fan of Michele and team — both because they are great people but also because they’ve executed to build a real brand that means something. Great strategic acquisition by Move. Press Release