‘Whisper’ deals on the rise
The appeal of off-market listings — or “whisper” listings, those not formally listed for sale in a multiple listing service — are becoming attractive to a wider pool of buyers and sellers in low-inventory...
TripAdvisor’s new ad model earns analyst upgrade
TripAdvisor can justify charging advertisers a higher “cost per click” (CPC) since transitioning to “meta” searches that lets consumers see hotel prices before clicking through to make a booking, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Michael Purcell...
California pending home sales down on mortgage rates
Pending home sales in California fell 8.9 percent on an annual basis last month due to rising mortgage rates, but the Federal Reserve’s decision to delay its bond-buying “taper” should lead to lower interest...
Realtor.com expands commercial listings through Xceligent alliance
Realtor.com is now providing information on more than 450,000 active commercial listings after launching expanded commercial search functionality powered by Xceligent Inc. The additional listings are aggregated by Xceligent for its website, CommercialSearch.com, from...
Who is the ‘pink mustache’ of real estate?
At real estate conferences, everyone wants to gather, connect, listen, tell stories and perhaps … work. Inevitably, the question comes up: Where should we go and how do we get there? Frequently this question is...
Man found dead in Marconi Plaza
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In an apparent suicide, police located an 83-year-old man deceased at a Marconi green space Monday afternoon.
Police responded to the east side of Marconi Plaza, 2700 S. Broad St., at 12:16 p.m. where officers...
INRIX search-by-commute-time tool now baked into mobile
Minneapolis-based brokerage Re/Max Results is rolling out a new consumer mobile app today that uses traffic data from INRIX Inc. to allow users to filter home searches by commute times for up to three...
RealPage and Smarter Agent resolve patent lawsuit
Property management software company RealPage Inc. has agreed to license several patents from mobile real estate applications company Smarter Agent, resolving a lawsuit the company filed against a RealPage subsidiary in March 2010. In...
Bob Hope estate ‘will appeal to celebrity’
The Bob Hope estate may be located in the San Fernando Valley, but it “screams Hollywood,” Jade Mills, estates director for Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills, tells People Magazine. Neighbors include Billy Ray Cyrus...
Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman to star in NYC ‘real estate dramedy’
A bidding war that erupts over a Manhattan condo drives the script of “Life Itself,” a film that begins shooting in New York City next week, TheWrap reports. Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman will...
