It’s a small spark that lights the winding path to the future, and every industry, whether real estate or retail, is chasing that flicker, hoping to grab hold before someone else. With the announcement of ArX Solutions’ new 3D

Google’s first foray into housing data has yielded some encouraging – albeit sobering – numbers for the housing recovery. Earlier this month, we reported that Google and Auction.com were diving head-first into the real estate data game with NowCast,

The manner in which prospective homebuyers search for residences suggests very interesting things about the housing market. About a month ago, we reported on what has been a radical upheaval to how real estate functions: 43 percent of homebuyers

President Obama came out in support of net neutrality this week, and his proposals could be instrumental in protecting the Internet – and your business. Advocates for net neutrality received a huge vote of confidence this week from President

There’s a new player in the real estate data town, and it’s coming with substantial offerings. Google is poised to make a bold introduction into the real estate data sphere with “Nowcast,” an exclusive report that it will issue

The manner in which prospective homebuyers locate their new residences has changed quite a bit in just 10 years time. The year was 2004, and real estate agents and yard signs were the prevailing method for consumers to find

Technology is ever-changing – one minute, an app or software program is hot, the next, it’s out of date. It’s hard enough for agents to keep up with the latest in tech, so our panel of real estate professionals

Technology is ever-changing, particularly in the app market, where new products constantly provide new dimensions to our professional or recreational lives. So with that in mind, we decided to spotlight nine relatively new apps for real estate agents that

The National Association of Realtors is launching the very first domain name to be used strictly by real estate professionals: .REALTOR. Originally announced in June 2012, the domain name will launch on Oct. 23. Plus, NAR is offering the

Advantage – Move, Inc.? In a clear response to Zillow’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, Move, Inc., the company that manages NAR’s realtor.com website, has acquired the listing syndication business of Point2 in an effort to increase its market

Data is the big currency in today’s real estate environment, and it’s brought quite a few changes to how the industry functions. #144635400 / gettyimages.com Big data – the grand democratization of statistics and information that the Internet made

Mobile design moved swiftly through real estate websites, and it’s now poised to take over the industry. #184078342 / gettyimages.com Everybody knows that with each passing year, mobile browsing seizes a larger and larger share of the real estate

The Zillow/Trulia merger could mean serious alterations to how agents and consumers interact. After a weekend filled with rumor and speculation, news dropped this morning that Zillow will indeed acquire Trulia for a cool $3.5 billion, creating by far the

NAR and Move, Inc. have prevailed in their opening salvo against Zillow. A Washington state judge has ruled in favor of Move, Inc. and the National Association of Realtors in what promises to be a long legal battle with

In the wake of its failed AgentMatch program, realtor.com kept its Dec. 2013 promise to develop online tools to help connect agents with prospective clients. The first step? Updating its agent profiles, according to a recent report by Inman

We know, we know, negative reviews are always bad…or are they? Have we been looking at them all wrong? #184641297 / gettyimages.com We live in an era dominated by online reviews. Whether its a product, service or company, the Internet