A few minutes after I published my post on Smart Homes, I saw the news that Walmart is testing in-home delivery of packages and groceries (TechCrunch). That means you don’t need to be home when the delivery happens, and the products are left inside your home…

A big, big congrats to one of true gems of this industry — Mr Jeff Turner — for his new role as CEO of immoviewer, the 3-D virtual tour technology based in Europe. (see here for some context on why I cherish him). Given his love of…

When I first heard the news that someone in Illinios was suing Zillow over a bad Zestimate, my gut was it was a complete frivolous lawsuit that would result in nothing other than wasting both time and money by both parties. Turns out I was right….

Nextdoor recently launched an ad product targeted at agents. A couple weeks ago, they took the next step and added real estate sections to neighborhoods in select cities (greater Atlanta area, Austin, San Francisco Bay Area, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, and…

After seemingly hearing the “when is Redfin going public?” question floating around industry conversations for years, it appears the answer is here. Now. In more ways than one. The real big news is not that they announced their IPO. It’s Now. As in Redfin Now, a competitor…

Rob got me thinking… while Zillow is the #1 website in the real estate category, I’m willing to bet that most consumers don’t start searching there. I think they start searching on Google and go from there. So… say it with me: Google Instant Offer….

It’s no secret inventory is a problem in many real estate markets across the country (my own backyard, Seattle, certainly falls in that list). That begs the question, how do you open up more inventory for purchase? I’ve long been a fan of the Make…

Trulia has released a new ad campaign…The House is Only Half Of It. Ad #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfzOKR6iOfE Ad #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-aEsOhIdlM I’ve long wondered why Zillow Group continues to throw marketing dollars at commercials for Trulia, given Zillow is clearly the stronger consumer brand. This ad campaign seems…

Another portal, targeted at millennials? Will that get adopted? It seems we’re about to find out with Zillow Group’s upcoming launch of RealEstate.com.

Today’s Geek word is “Ethnographic”. Basically, it’s the presentation of data as it applies to society or groups. Lynden Foust, Spatial’s CEO and a team of about 10 engineers are building a social layering platform that uses AI to cull about 30 different social media…