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Digital’s Impact On The Consumer’s Biggest Purchase: Their Home
August 23, 2019

One of the most fertile grounds for disruption in this digital world — ongoing, significant disruption that promises to impact one of the most important engines of the economy — is the world of home selling and buying. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Zillow Brings Fast Cash Home Selling Platform To South Florida
August 19, 2019

Home sellers in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and other parts of South Florida now have the option of getting a cash offer from Zillow to buy their house, the company said in a press release. The new service, called Zillow Offers, helps sellers close faster by...

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Redfin Testing Online Real Estate Bids
May 12, 2019

Redfin, the real estate company based in Seattle, is rolling out a new program that enables home buyers to bid on properties via its website. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Money Laundering Causes Rising Canadian Home Prices
May 10, 2019

Home prices increased about 5 percent in Canadian province British Columbia last year thanks to money laundering. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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Are Consumers Ready To Buy And Sell Homes Online?
January 18, 2019

Way back in the day (which, in 21st century digital economy terms, probably means a decade or so), smart and important people used to express well-informed skepticism about the prospect of selling clothes, cars and even groceries via online or mobile channels. The concerns were...

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Rising Interest Rates, Housing Prices Keep Millennials Renting
January 14, 2019

Millennials are being shut out of the real estate market as rising home prices and interest rates are pushing homeownership out of the reach of many first-time buyers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Divvy Founders On Building A Millennial Bridge Between Renting And Homeownership
October 17, 2018

For much of the early 2010s, there was an emerging piece of conventional wisdom that millennials were on the verge of radically breaking from the behavior of their older siblings, parents and grandparents and eschewing homeownership en masse. Many reasons were given (fear of default...

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Homebuilder Downgrade A Tough Housing Market Harbinger?
September 21, 2018

Caution, warns a sell side analyst regarding homebuilder stocks, and the sector swoons. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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The Digital Evolution Of Apartment Hunting
September 21, 2018

Twelve years ago, when New York Magazine profiled Craigslist and its founder Craig Newmark, they managed to call him “schlumpy” and “gnomish” within the first 800 words of the profile. It seems harsh — because it was harsh — but in all fairness, media outlets were...