+ Zillow has announced they are paying $50M in cash for StreetEasy. StreetEasy is the #1 site in New York, the US real estate market pretty much everyone has known has been Zillow’s major weakness since it launched in 2006. Back in late 2006 while…

Keller Williams launched a mobile search app this week, essentially creating 88,000 branded agent apps (each agent has a unique download code). Props to them for tackling mobile — but I’m not sure if this is enough. Distribution is the problem when it comes to apps,…

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…