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Proptech Earnings Radar – Q3 2024 (Series V, Part VI)

Proptech Earnings Radar – Q3 2024 (Series V, Part VI)

Q3 results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category. We also included a table covering the top 27 companies in our wrap-up. Results were…

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Proptech Earnings Radar – Q2 2024

Proptech Earnings Radar – Q2 2024

Second quarter results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category… Airbnb Blend Labs Compass CoStar eXp World Holdings NewsCorp / Realtor.com Opendoor ProCore Redfin…

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Proptech Earnings Radar – Q1 2024

Proptech Earnings Radar – Q1 2024

First quarter results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category… Airbnb Blend Labs Compass CoStar eXp World Holdings NewsCorp / Realtor.com Opendoor ProCore Redfin…

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Zillow Group Q3 Earnings Report

Zillow Group Q3 Earnings Report

Note from the editor: This in-depth analysis first appeared on the GEM, Geek Estate’s private prop tech think tank. Interested in signing up and seeing these articles as soon as they are published? Click Here       Earnings Call Highlights GAAP EPS of $.17,…

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[Editor’s note: Originally published on Not Boring, a weekly newsletter combining current events, strategy, finance and economics frameworks, and pop culture.] Ancient Athens With Modern Amenities Last year, my wife, Puja, and I decided to search for a house in Athens, New York, right across…

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Technology Can’t Turn Red Into Black – Part 1

Technology Can’t Turn Red Into Black – Part 1

It isn’t the same as turning lead into gold but the latest talk about red and black in the real estate industry is still nice fodder for the pundits even if it doesn’t really reflect reality. Second quarter earnings announcements and SEC filings were released…

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The Next Revolution in Real Estate, with Spencer Rascoff

The Next Revolution in Real Estate, with Spencer Rascoff

Zillow’s CEO, Spencer Rascoff, recently did an interview at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in New York. The video is below, for those curious folk.

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The 2018 Pocket/Off-Market/Coming Soon Landscape

The 2018 Pocket/Off-Market/Coming Soon Landscape

I wrote a post back in May of 2014 about using pocket listings to shift the balance of power away from the MLS. In it, I said this: Everyone trying the pocket listings strategy now, such as @Properties, is doing it between agents. I think a…

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Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #41 – A Future Looking Back on Zillow Offers & A Strategic Mistake, and Over Romanticizing the Status Quo

Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #41 – A Future Looking Back on Zillow Offers & A Strategic Mistake, and Over Romanticizing the Status Quo

Last week, I imagined a world where Zillow Offers is the greatest strategic mistake in the company’s history. Flipping houses directly adds significant operational complexity utilizing on the ground employees and contractors, with low margins. Was their original entry to the market, a marketplace enabling…

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Geek Estate Newsletter #27 – Morphing Open Houses into Pop-Ups and Experiences

Geek Estate Newsletter #27 – Morphing Open Houses into Pop-Ups and Experiences

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. In this week’s member newsletter…

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