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Are We in a Housing Bubble? Homebuyers Say Yes, Redfin Expert Says No Historically fast home-price growth has homebuyers and sellers worried the market has become detached from reality. But Redfin’s chief economist says rising mortgage rates and buyers who can afford their homes are preventing a bubble.   SEATTLE--(Friday, January 21, 2022)--BUSINESS WIRE--(NASDAQ: RDFN) — More than three-quarters...

My guest on  WGAN-TV Live at 5  on Thursday, 20 January 2022 is  HomeJab  Founder and Owner  Joe Jesuele . Joe will discuss: ✓ HomeJab Professional Real Estate Photographer Survey Results You can get a taste of the HomeJab Survey results here: https://forum.we-get-around.com/topic/16286/page/1/transcript-wgan-tv--homejab-pro-real-estate-photographer-survey-results/

Inventory down 40% from pre-COVID level as price growth intensifies Competition already fierce as shoppers start the buying season early - Home value appreciation accelerates, breaking new records with 19.6% annual gain - Inventory drops below 1 million to record-low levels -- down 40.5% from December 2019 - Rents are up 15.7% from last year, but growing at their slowest pace since March SEATTLE,...

Knock 2022 Housing Forecast Reveals the Best Markets for Each Stage of Life Austin is the best market for millennials, Miami rises to the top for Gen X and Pittsburgh ranks No. 1 for baby boomers NEW YORK, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With affordability and limited supply expected to keep the housing market competitive and remote work and the desire for more space influencing decisions...

Matterport Continues the Global Expansion of its Capture Services On-Demand Online Service to Five Additional Countries Company adds five countries and 21 new cities as businesses worldwide move to adopt Matterport digital twins SUNNYVALE, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matterport, Inc. (“Matterport”) (Nasdaq: MTTR), the leading spatial data company driving the digital transfo...

Matterport Delivers 30 Percent Increase in Sales for Allseated Hospitality Clients Together with Matterport, Allseated is transforming the event planning industry with digital twins and virtual reality SUNNYVALE, Calif., Wednesday, January 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matterport, Inc. (“Matterport”) (Nasdaq: MTTR), the leading spatial data company driving the digital transformation of the built wo...

PropTech Consulting Blog ((www.goproptech.com)) (Tuesday, 18 January 2022)  Revolutionizing Real Estate: How Mobile 3D LiDAR will change the Industry The past few years have been a case study in finding creative solutions for unpredictable situations. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global market conditions for every industry segment. Because of the fundamental need for shelter, e...

Redfin Survey: 1 in 10 Homebuyers and Sellers Say Climate Risk is Main Reason For Move Roughly half have spent at least $1,000 to protect their homes against risks related to climate change, like wildfires and flooding SEATTLE --(Wednesday, 19 January 2022 | BUSINESS WIRE) -- (NASDAQ: RDFN) — One in 10 homebuyers and sellers say climate-related risks—hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, extreme temper...

Redfin Reports 3 in 5 Home Offers Faced Bidding Wars in December, Even Amid Holiday Slowdown Many homebuyers are writing upwards of five offers before finding success as remote work, an ongoing housing shortage and low mortgage rates fuel bidding wars SEATTLE--January 18, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) —Nationwide, 59.6% of home offers written by Redfin agents faced bidding wars in December...

Matterport, Inc. Announces Completion of Redemption of Public Warrants SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matterport, Inc. (“Matterport” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MTTR), the leading spatial data company driving the digital transformation of the built world, today announced the results of its previously announced redemption of all of its outstanding publicly held warrants (“Publi...

Are you experiencing a race-to-the-bottom in pricing in your market? Make potential virtual tour competitors irrelevant with mashups (example above). If a potential client says - "I want a virtual tour like that!" - it's likely that few virtual tour photographers would know how to do this mash-up (or lack the gear and software) that uses: 1.  ThreeSixty Tours  for aerial hero image with 3D and 360...

Active listings Fell 28% Year-Over-Year: 39% of Pending Sales Under Contract Within Two Weeks Home Prices Start New Year at New High January is shaping up to be the most competitive month in housing history SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) — The median home sale price surged 16% year over year to an all-time high of $365,000 during the week ending January 9, according to a  new report from...

Matterport Appoints Rob Hines as Managing Director to Drive Growth in the Americas Veteran sales executive from Oracle and salesforce.com to lead company’s sales to accelerate new business growth in the region SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Matterport, Inc.  (Nasdaq: MTTR), the leading spatial data company driving the digital transformation of the built world, today announce...

Video https://podcast.wgan-tv.com/e/129-wgan-tv-matterport-live-guided-tour-video-chat-powered-by-nodalview/ -- New!  Nodalview  enables  live guided tours (video chat)  within Matterport digital twins (in addition to  live guided tours (video chat) within Nodalview 360 virtual tours . On Thursday, 6 January 2021, Brussels, Belgium based  Nodalview  Co-Founder and CEO  Thomas Lepelaars  will be my...

Realtor.com® Forecasts the Best Markets for First-Time Homebuyers in 2022 Struggling to buy your first home? Try Magna, Utah; Chalco, Neb. or Mauldin, S.C., where young homebuyers have a better shot at success SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With 2022 shaping up to be  another challenging year  for hopeful homebuyers, Realtor.com® ran the numbers to find the best markets for peo...

12% of First-Time Homebuyers Say Selling Crypto Helped Save for Down Payment, Up From 5% in 2019 Digital currencies are becoming an increasingly common payment method as millennials rush the housing market SEATTLE--(January 7, 2022 via BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ: RDFN) — One in nine first-time homebuyers (11.6%) surveyed in the fourth quarter said selling cryptocurrency had helped them save for a do...

3i Wins CES 2022 Innovation Award with Pivo Pod X (for  Pivo Real Estate ) Seoul--( Newswire ) January 6, 2022 --  3i  (3i, CEOs  Ken Kim ,  Jiwuck Jung ), a metaverse technology company including artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) says it won the  Innovation Award  at the  2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) , the largest information technology (IT) an...

Redfin Reports Homebuyers Face Record Supply Shortage Heading into 2022 Home prices were up 14% and pending sales rose 4% from a year earlier despite a record low number of homes for sale SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE / January 6, 2022)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) — The housing market started off the new year with fewer homes for sale than ever before as active listings fell 27% from a year earlier, according to a ...

Redfin: Demand for Vacation Homes Up 77% From Pre-Pandemic in December 2022 While demand for second homes fell just slightly last month, affluent buyers continued to take advantage of remote work and low mortgage rates SEATTLE--(January 6, 2022; BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ: RDFN) —Demand for vacation homes was up 77% from pre-pandemic levels in December, according to a  new report from Redfin  ( www....

Matterport Completes Acquisition of Enview to Bring Powerful Property Insights and Analytics to Millions of Digital Twins Enview’s advanced technology and specialized team to strengthen the Matterport data platform and provide customers with advanced business intelligence for any physical space SUNNYVALE, California, January 6, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Matterport, Inc.  (“Matterport”) (Nasdaq: MT...

New HomeJab Real Estate Photo Study Finds Sellers are Unprepared Survey also asks photography pros to rate real estate agents' "professionalism" --- Download HomeJab Study --- CHERRY HILL, N.J., Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A  new study of real estate photographers  released today by  HomeJab  found that homeowners selling their homes are often not prepared for a photoshoot ordered by their real e...

U-Haul Growth Index: Florida has 10 of Top 25 U.S. Growth Cities Kissimmee-St. Cloud netted the most U-Haul trucks in 2021, followed by Raleigh-Durham PHOENIX, Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The sun-soaked Kissimmee-St. Cloud market less than 30 miles south of Orlando isn't just for vacationers chasing roller-coaster rides and encounters with a famous mouse. In 2021, no American city or market nette...

Zillow Forecast: Top 10 Hottest Residential Real Estate Marketings for 2022 Based on a blend of factors, such as job and home price growth, Zillow expects housing markets in the Sun Belt to be the most competitive in the U.S. - The Sun Belt dominates Zillow's list of hottest housing markets for the second year in a row. Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, San Antonio and Charlotte top Zillow's rankings....

Where and Why Did Americans Move in 2021? United Van Lines 45th Annual National Movers Study Reveals the Top States People Moved To and From The Pandemic Continued to Influence Americans' Decisions to Move as They Relocated to Lower-Density Areas and Desired to be Closer to Family Where and Why Did Americans Move in 2021: Top 10 Moved To/From USA States ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit...

Active Listings fell 26.1% year-over-year/all-time low; down 44.8% from '19 New for sale home listings down 6.4% from 2020: up 15.6% from 2019 Redfin Reports Home Prices Rise to New Record High A dip in new listings contributed to the ongoing supply shortage as home prices hit another all-time high SEATTLE, Dec. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: RDFN) — The median home sale price rose 14.6% year o...