For most of my career around housing, we have talked about a real estate agent’s value as though it were one thing. It isn’t. An agent may help a buyer understand a market, find properties, arrange showings, evaluate price, write an offer, negotiate terms,...
RateZip, an independent consumer rates platform, has launched its RateZip Deposit/Mortgage Rates in the ChatGPT app directory. According to the company, RateZip Deposit/Mortgage Rates is a live rate service that lets ChatGPT answer questions about current US savings...
Rocket Companies announced a new CEO for Redfin on Monday morning. Normally, I would consider that an executive personnel story and move on. This one caught my attention because of who Rocket hired and, more importantly, what Rocket said it wants him to do. Alessio...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Are you still using the United States Postal Service (USPS) to send payments and documents? I am, and I feel as primitive as Fred Flintstone for relying on their mailboxes. This summer, I’ve had four pieces of mail lost by the USPS. Two of those...
The acquisition expands CoStar Group deeper into new-home construction data, builder software and residential real estate marketplaces. CoStar Group has completed its $800 million cash acquisition of Zonda, significantly expanding the real estate information and...