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Crowdfunding Opportunity Across the Atlantic: emoov

Crowdfunding Opportunity Across the Atlantic: emoov

emmoov.co.uk, which we profiled with a founder interview, is crowdfunding. You can learn more about the opportunity by watching the video embedded below:  The campaign has 30 days left, and are already oversubscribed. It seems crowdfunding international estate agencies is indeed alive and well….

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New Zealand Property Tech, Transitioning from Tech to Practicing Real Estate: An Interview with Alistair Helm

New Zealand Property Tech, Transitioning from Tech to Practicing Real Estate: An Interview with Alistair Helm

Alistair Helm has been a longtime property tech thought leader based out of New Zealand, with a deep resume that includes Properazzi, manning the helm at both Property Portal Watch and Realestate.co.nz, and head of product at Trade Me. We traded emails recently, and I learned he…

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Meet the RE Tech Founder: Russell Quirk from emoov

Meet the RE Tech Founder: Russell Quirk from emoov

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder of UK based residential real estate agent emoov, Russell Quirk. I had the chance to meet him in NYC while attending the mipim summit, and was very impressed with his read on…

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Years Of British Ridiculousness Pave The Way For UK PropTech Boom

Years Of British Ridiculousness Pave The Way For UK PropTech Boom

It’s been a fascinating, if occasionally turbulent, few years here in the UK; when David Cameron first promised a referendum on EU membership back in 2015, even our best minds had no idea quite how dumbfounding the events that followed would be. A sure-fire win…

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International Real Estate Portals and Websites

International Real Estate Portals and Websites

For those of you reading from outside the confines of the United States, what property search sites do buyers utilize in your country? Please leave URL’s in the comments, along with the name of the country. [Photo via Miami.edu]

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Real Estate Models: UK vs USA

Real Estate Models: UK vs USA

[Editor’s note: Originally published on KWMayfair] No MLS. No buyer agency. No individual branding–everything is done in the name of the company and the company owns the customer relationships. No independent contractor status. You either form your own company or you are on a salary….

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Is Zillow a $50 Billion Opportunity?

Is Zillow a $50 Billion Opportunity?

All you industry insiders should certainly read Rob Hahn’s most recent post that digs into whether Zillow is truly a company that will reach a $50 billion valuation. I honestly have no idea what the long term valuation will be, but do have one word to add to…

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Business Idea for the Young Guns – International Real Estate Listings IDX, Built Within a WordPress Plugin

Business Idea for the Young Guns – International Real Estate Listings IDX, Built Within a WordPress Plugin

Background: I firmly believe business ideas are worth next to nothing; execution is everything. Additionally, I’ve talked to no fewer than 3 others who are either working on this or have thought about working on it — which is a good sign in my book since it…

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Feedback on Zoopla's New TV Campaign

Feedback on Zoopla's New TV Campaign

I’m assuming 99% of the readers of Geek Estate know the major US portals like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Real Estate, and Realtor.com. A smaller percentage have probably heard of the likes of Frontdoor and Hotpads. But I would bet very few are familiar with many,…

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