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After over a year of working as CEO, Opendoor’s Kaz Nejatian reported significant growth in revenue and market share during the iBuyer’s Q3 earnings call, and attributed the gains to a shift into AI infrastructure as the company says it has found ways to flip more homes without overpaying. “This past quarter we rebuilt this…

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A day after the stock market hit the skids big-time, there was good news on the employment front. U.S. employers hired at a vigorous pace in October, adding 165,000 jobs, way above the 65,000 forecast, while the unemployment rate lowered slightly to 4.1% from 4.2%. The report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows…

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Above, Dane Briggs Phil Sexton, founder of HomeSmart’s NEXT team, has announced his business partnership with fellow Arizona real estate industry veteran Dane Briggs. In this leadership role, Briggs will support the team’s advancement, including the development of agent-focused workflows and AI integrations.  A release writes that Sexton and Briggs have spent the majority of…

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Connecticut’s SmartMLS has announced that it will introduce a new Ownership Verification tool from Property Shield designed to help real estate professionals combat seller-impersonation and vacant-land scams. According to a release, the new technology, expected to become available to SmartMLS next week, provides an additional way for real estate professionals to verify the identity of…

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