Second Century Ventures (SCV) announced a partnership with the Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios (AMPI), which represents thousands of real estate professionals through more than 100 local sections throughout Mexico. SCV operates REACH, with programs in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Middle East. Under the agreement,…

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Lofty announced the launch of the Lofty CIPA Defense Program, a legal protection initiative that aims to provide customers with a full legal defense against California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) demand letters. The program offers demand letter review, formal legal response, legal support throughout a qualifying claim and ongoing case updates at no cost,…

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It’s one of the most agonizing statistics in the real estate industry. The specific numbers may change, but year after year, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reveals a massive disconnect between intent and outcome: 88% of homebuyers state they would happily reuse or refer their real estate agent, yet only 41% do. What did…

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Zillow has launched Zillow Pro℠, its premium membership for real estate agents that provides exclusive tools built to help create more personalized client experiences. Through the new membership, agents are able to invite buyers and sellers into their network to collaborate with them on Zillow, giving agents visibility into their Zillow activity and tools to…

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Compass has announced the launch of “Home Platform,” its end-to-end AI-powered technology platform for real estate professionals, in what company President of Growth Rory Golod called “its single most important innovation in our business.” Compass said the deployment, now rolling out across the mega-brand’s company-owned brokerage brands, represents a historic milestone that Golod promised in…

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When Nick Van Assche set out to grow Sea Glass Properties into a full-fledged franchise operation, he knew that vision without infrastructure was just a dream. As a partner at the Virgin Islands-based brokerage with 140-plus agents that has sold over $2.4B of resort/lifestyle/second-home real estate and an emerging franchisor with ambitious expansion plans, Van…

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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) has announced that MaxHome.AI has joined its Solutions Group program, a collection of preferred business resources available to its global network of 500 real estate firms.  According to LeadingRE, MaxHome.AI uses intelligent document understanding to interpret real estate documents in real time, extract structured data and orchestrate…

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Second Century Ventures (SCV) has announced a strategic partnership with the Confederación Inmobiliaria Latinoamericana (CILA), the leading confederation of real estate associations, chambers and professionals across Latin America.  SCV operates REACH, the world’s most active real estate technology accelerator, with programs spanning the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, Latin…

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John L. Scott Real Estate announces the rollout of its new AI Home Search capability across its network of more than 3,000 broker websites, introducing a more intuitive and personalized way for consumers to discover properties online.  According to the company, online home searches have relied heavily on structured filters such as zip codes, square…

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Realtor.com® has announced the launch of RealAssist™ AI, a conversational home-search experience built with Google’s Gemini and Google Cloud that aims to transform how consumers navigate the homebuying journey.  Currently available in beta to a select group users across desktop, mobile web and the Realtor.com® app, RealAssist AI enables buyers to search for homes using…

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